{"id":73801,"date":"2021-03-24T11:11:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T16:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/?p=73801"},"modified":"2022-10-06T13:52:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T18:52:44","slug":"ways-to-meal-plan-around-your-macros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/blog\/ways-to-meal-plan-around-your-macros\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Better Meal Plan Around Your Macros"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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When you don\u2019t know how to meal plan around your macros accurately, tracking macros can feel like a chore. You can’t seem to make typical household meals fit your daily targets and before you know it – you’re throwing in the towel on the whole approach.<\/span><\/p>

Whether you\u2019re new to tracking macros or you\u2019ve been tracking for years, when it comes to meal planning around your macros, there are some hacks that can help beginners and veterans alike.\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

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BATCH COOK RECIPES AND LOG THEM IN YOUR DIARY BY SERVINGS OR BY WEIGHT<\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Most tracking apps allow you to add your own recipes, and then the app will calculate the nutrition facts for you. Pretty convenient, right?<\/p>

When adding recipes to your tracking app, there are two ways to go about it.<\/p>

  1. Servings per recipe – with this option you create the recipe by adding all the ingredients to your tracking app under a descriptive title (that you’ll remember). You can add the ingredients by weight (oz, grams, lbs) or volume (cup, tsp, tb) measurements. Then, when you eat the food you’ve made, you’ll simply log 1\/4, 1\/3, 1\/2, etc. of the recipe depending on how many servings you plan to get out of it.<\/li>
  2. Weight – when tracking a recipe by weight, you’ll need to add all the ingredients to the recipe by weight as well. Your tracking app will automatically calculate the total weight of the recipe, or you can override the total weight of the recipe by adding it in manually after the dish is complete. Then, you will log how much you eat of that recipe by weight throughout the week.\u00a0<\/li><\/ol>

    If you find yourself eating some of the same things all the time, make things easier on yourself by creating recipes in your tracking app to streamline the daily logging process. If it\u2019s an egg bake you make frequently, or that chili your family loves – load all your ingredients to the \u201crecipes\u201d section of the app and log your personal serving size across multiple days if you know you\u2019re planning to have it throughout the week.<\/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

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    PRE-LOG FOOD IN YOUR DIARY AND EAT \"AROUND\" THE BOOKMARKED ENTRY<\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Stay on track with your macros by pre-logging food in your diary and eating your other meals around your pre-logged entires. You know you want Chipotle for lunch? Definitely want to eat the brownies your neighbor dropped off the other day? Maybe it\u2019s pizza night with your son\u2019s soccer team on Friday?<\/p>

    Be honest with yourself and log the food you know you want to have in your diary before you eat it so you aren\u2019t stuck playing tetris with your macros at the end of the day. Not only will you be happier and more satisfied having enjoyed these treats, sweets and restaurant eats, but it won\u2019t be at the expense of your goals as you \u201ceat around\u201d those foods with the remaining macros you have.<\/p>

    Here’s a few examples:\u00a0<\/p>