{"id":72125,"date":"2020-10-07T10:57:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T15:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/?p=72125"},"modified":"2023-03-29T21:12:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T02:12:28","slug":"how-to-drink-alcohol-track-macros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/blog\/how-to-drink-alcohol-track-macros\/","title":{"rendered":"how to track macros for alcohol"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"72125\" class=\"elementor elementor-72125\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61d7b28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61d7b28\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2097e07\" data-id=\"2097e07\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71815c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71815c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Have you ever wondered why alcohol contains calories, but doesn&#8217;t contain macronutrients? You&#8217;ll read &#8220;0&#8221; protein, fats and, depending on what you&#8217;re drinking, &#8220;0&#8221; carbohydrates, too! The reason might surprise you. Alcohol is the <em>fourth<\/em> macronutrient and it&#8217;s not required to be labeled on nutrition facts which means it won&#8217;t contribute to any of your macro targets in your food diary if you&#8217;re tracking.\u00a0<\/p><p>The three macros that you&#8217;re probably familiar with are protein, fat and carbohydrates. But alcohol is a macro\u00a0<i>and<\/i> contribute calories, just like proteins, fats and carbohydrates do.\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">I&#8217;m not the dietitian who will tell you have to give up alcohol while in pursuit of your health, body composition and athletic performance goals, but I do want you to be an informed consumer. So, let&#8217;s talk about how you can track macros accurately to account for your alcohol beverages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f75e2f5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f75e2f5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7af12a4\" data-id=\"7af12a4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57e2439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57e2439\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">here's the bad news<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4794591 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4794591\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d32c2f5\" data-id=\"d32c2f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f4393f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f4393f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Drinking alcohol is like putting water in your car\u2019s tank: the body can\u2019t do anything with it because alcohol does not contain useable nutrients. And, because you might be &#8220;carving space&#8221; in you calorie allotment for the day, you will be stealing those calories and nutrients away from other functions in the body.\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>\u2063can\u2019t build that booty you want with bubbles\u2063<\/li><li>can\u2019t support hormone balance with tequila\u2063<\/li><li>can\u2019t<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"> balance blood sugar with white claw\u2063<\/span><\/li><li>can\u2019t recover from heavy lifting with blood mary\u2019s\u2063<\/li><li>can\u2019t get restful, deep sleep with red wine\u2063<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8da3d1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8da3d1a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a20974\" data-id=\"7a20974\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3370cc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3370cc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">here's the good news<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4bacb15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4bacb15\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f387166\" data-id=\"f387166\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab824a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab824a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When we\u2019re talking about creating a lifestyle void of guilt, shame and fear around food &#8211; one where maintaining a comfortable body shape and size is effortless, you\u2019re gonna have to figure out the best balance for drinking alcohol (or not) for you. \u2063If you want to enjoy alcohol on occasion and stay on track with your goals, you\u2019ll need to get picky about:\u2063<\/p><ul><li>the type\u2063<\/li><li>the amount\u2063<\/li><li>the frequency at which you drink\u2063<\/li><li>the mixers you choose\u2063<\/li><\/ul><p>\u2063You WILL have to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/blog\/how-to-moderate-alcohol-and-still-have-a-good-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">make adjustments to allow for drinks<\/a>. Sometimes those adjustments are totally worth it and sometimes they are not.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b964a9a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b964a9a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-99c3553\" data-id=\"99c3553\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-088c821 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"088c821\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">how to count alcohol towards your macros<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-172ecaa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"172ecaa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-365332a\" data-id=\"365332a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3737cc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3737cc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">When counting alcohol towards your macros, I teach my clients to track it towards carbohydrate or fat macros, but never protein. Protein is the most important macro for body composition goals because, by eating enough of it, you&#8217;ll essentially &#8220;tell&#8221; the body that it&#8217;s a priority to maintain or build lean muscle mass. That&#8217;s important when you&#8217;re pursuing a leaner and stronger body shape! Carbohydrate and fat macros are sometimes referred to as your &#8220;fun macros&#8221; because you have more flexibility to under or overeat them in the context of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emilyfieldrd.com\/macros-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracking for your macro prescription<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>Here&#8217;s how you&#8217;ll do it:<\/p><ol><li>Find the <b>total calories<\/b> for your drink. You can do this by searching for the drink in your preferred tracking app and multiplying by the number of drinks you want to have.\u00a0<\/li><li>If you&#8217;d prefer to give up carbohydrates to accommodate your alcohol, divide total calories by 4 because carbohydrates contain 4 calories per gram. Log your alcoholic drink by searching for &#8220;<b>quick add carbohydrate<\/b>&#8221; in your food diary and tracking the total number of grams that you calculated above.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>If you&#8217;d prefer to give up fats to accommodate your alcohol, divide total calories by 9 because fat contains 9 calories per gram. Log your alcoholic drink by searching for &#8220;<b>quick add fat<\/b>&#8221; in your food diary and tracking the total number of grams that you calculated above.<\/li><li>Then, identify a meal or snack where you could hold back XX number of carbohydrates or XX number of fats to accommodate the drink.<\/li><\/ol><p>Here&#8217;s a couple examples:<\/p><ul><li>1 white claw has 100 calories: 100\/4 = 25 g carbohydrates <b>or<\/b> 100\/9 = 11 g fat. You&#8217;ll eat 25 g carbohydrate or 11 g fat fewer during the day to accommodate.<\/li><li>1 Bell&#8217;s Two Hearted Ale has 212 calories: 212\/4 = 53 g carbohydrates <b>or<\/b> 23 g fat. You&#8217;ll eat 53 g carbohydrate or 23 g fat fewer during the day to accommodate.\u00a0<\/li><li>1 8 oz margarita on the rocks has 482 calories: 482\/4 = 120 g carbohydrates <b>or<\/b> 53 g fats. 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class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd3a6e7\" data-id=\"fd3a6e7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-374620a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"374620a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">how to know which macro to give up for alcohol<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28b79ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28b79ef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d778d73\" data-id=\"d778d73\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b82a7c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b82a7c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Ultimately, it doesn\u2019t matter which macro you budget (carbohydrates or fats) to use for alcohol. What matters most is that you are counting alcohol in your macros in some capacity. However, there are a few things to consider when deciding how to track alcohol.<\/span><\/p><p>Giving up certain macros is easier for different people depending on their food preferences. If you prefer to \u201cgive up\u201d some carbohydrates in your day to accommodate a few drinks, that\u2019s your choice. Others might prefer to \u201cgive up\u201d fats to accommodate.\u00a0<\/p><p>Second, if you are open to giving up fat macros, consider swapping fats over carbs for alcohol. A minor advantage might be seen if you eat carbs and drink your fat macros to accommodate alcohol calories. Fat metabolism is paused while you\u2019re drinking alcohol (and for hours &#8211; days after) so it might be in your interest to eat less fat and more carbs on these days. In addition, blood sugar balance gets a little wonky (you swing low) when you\u2019re drinking. Eating carbohydrates can keep blood sugar more stable so you don\u2019t experience low lows in blood sugar.<\/p><p><strong>To budget\u00a0fat macros\u00a0you might:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Choose a\u00a0leaner cut of meat<\/li><li>Prepare your meals without oil<\/li><li>Skip the cheese, bacon or avocado on a salad or sandwich<\/li><li>Use a vinaigrette salad dressing versus a creamy one<\/li><li>Cut back on your portion of nut butter or coconut cream in your morning smoothie<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>To budget\u00a0carb macros\u00a0you might:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Have steamed vegetables over a baked potato<\/li><li>Skip the bread basket before a meal when eating out<\/li><li>Avoid the desserts and snacks in the work break room<\/li><li>Skip the side of toast at breakfast or the bread\/breadstick with lunch<\/li><li>Cut back or eliminate certain \u201cextras\u201d in your day that typically help you meet your carb target like cacao nibs, honey, maple syrup, fruit juices, cereals, etc.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1ca5d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1ca5d9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45b5c56\" data-id=\"45b5c56\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c70b5c8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c70b5c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-09df551 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"09df551\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-382af0f\" data-id=\"382af0f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40e10a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40e10a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At the end of the day, if your goals are to lose body fat and\/or gain lean muscle mass, you&#8217;ll want to keep alcohol to a minimum throughout the week. If you are going to choose to drink, work it into your macros for the day by using a <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.workingagainstgravity.com\/how-to-track-alcohol-into-your-macros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.workingagainstgravity.com\/how-to-track-alcohol-into-your-macros\" data-cke-saved->calculator like this one<\/a><\/u>. The best case scenario would be that you limit your alcohol intake to 2 drinks per week or less if you\u2019re serious about getting to your body composition goals as quickly as possible.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72b250f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72b250f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b6458a\" data-id=\"2b6458a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe52fdb\" data-id=\"fe52fdb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c800f35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c800f35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/work-with-us\/\">calculate your macros with my downloadable guide<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3827ee\" data-id=\"a3827ee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e35079a elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e35079a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.kartra.com\/page\/DIYMacrosGuide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">click here for my DIY Macros Guide<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6fdb53\" data-id=\"c6fdb53\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Counting alcohol towards your macro targets is stealing macros from other functions\u2063. But I\u2019m not the RD who will tell you to give up alcohol while in pursuit of your goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":77342,"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":[147,142],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-habit-change","category-macro-tracking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72125"}],"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=72125"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78568,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72125\/revisions\/78568"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}