{"id":71516,"date":"2020-09-05T08:26:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T13:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/?p=71516"},"modified":"2021-05-26T14:46:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T19:46:00","slug":"the-6-stages-of-macro-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/blog\/the-6-stages-of-macro-tracking\/","title":{"rendered":"the 6 stages of macro tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Which stage sounds like you?\u2063
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Stage 1<\/strong> – Macro Huh?<\/strong> If you just heard the word \u201cmacro\u201d in the context of nutrition for the first time, you\u2019re probably not sure what macronutrients are or why you would track them. You can\u2019t differentiate between it and other approaches such as low carb, watching calories or a meal plan. \u2063
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Stage 2<\/strong> – Macro Curious.<\/strong> Perhaps you\u2019ve played around with a tracking app or even downloaded macro targets from a free online calculator \u2014 but you haven\u2019t made a real commitment to yourself to follow through on anything. (And are probably doing yourself a major disservice as a result!)\u2063
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Stage 3<\/strong> – Macro Annoyed.<\/strong> This is the most common place to get stuck with macro tracking. In this stage, you\u2019re tracking food when it\u2019s convenient, but might find yourself making franken-meals to get close to your targets. By the end of the day, you\u2019re usually too high or low with one or more macros and are starting to doubt if it\u2019s worth the effort. \u2063
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Stage 4<\/strong> – Macro Determined.<\/strong> This is when you can eat to your targets most of the time – but it still takes a lot of focus and effort to make it happen. You\u2019re using a food scale to be more accurate and eating balanced meals all day. You usually eat the same meal as the rest of the household with a few tweaks.\u2063
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Stage 5<\/strong> – Macro Hesitant.<\/strong> This sounds like, \u201cI got this?\u201d You can hit your macro targets when you\u2019re in control of the food, but are less confident about navigating restaurant eats, social events or situations where you\u2019re away from home. In this stage, you\u2019re tracking all your eats, meal planning around your macros and pre-logging food in your diary on a regular basis. \u2063
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Stage 6 – Macro Master.<\/strong> You\u2019re flexing carbs and fats in order to hit your calorie goals when necessary or more convenient. You\u2019re comfortable in nearly all food environments because you can eyeball your food and estimate the macro content fairly accurately. You know where you\u2019re going and how to adjust your targets. \u2063<\/span><\/p>

\u2063If you\u2019re stuck and can\u2019t see the path to graduating to the next stage – you need Macros Made Easy – a self-paced online course that teaches you how to go from confused to confident in macro tracking. What are you waiting for?<\/p>

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Perhaps you\u2019ve played around with a tracking app or downloaded macro targets from an online calculator, but haven\u2019t made a real commitment to yourself to follow through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":71469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-macro-tracking","category-pfc-balanced-eating"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71516"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74651,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71516\/revisions\/74651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}