We haven’t even mentioned logging recipes yet! That’s a whole other ball game. However – when new foods and amounts are introduced, the tracking is time consuming again because there needs to be new foods added to the tracking app, which requires a library search, and manual addition if the food isn’t loaded. If a person eats the same amount and type of food repetitively, then tracking macros becomes easier because those foods are typically saved in the app they use. Yes, every BLT – or bite, lick, and taste must be tracked and logged. Well, to be done correctly, you must weigh and measure everything single thing you put in your mouth and record it in an app or some other tracking platform. Remember when I said a few paragraphs ago that macro counting is precise WHEN DONE CORRECTLY. The only time I didn’t log was when I was on vacation. I used to consistently and accurately track my macros on a daily basis. This is coming from a former consistent macro tracker! You got it – ME! It’s extremely tedious and time consuming.When considering eating out, people can’t believe that the one big mac they had at McDonald’s on the weekend actually contained 33grams of fat alone. Weighing and measuring food every day provides great insight into how much 3oz of ground beef really looks like or what an actual true serving of cereal is. In doing so, a person gets an amazing education on what the foods they eat actually contain from an ingredient standpoint to a volume standpoint. This is one of my favorite pros when it comes to tracking macros. The conclusion of the study indicated that the people who tracked the most consistently were the ones who lost the most weight. In the linked study, participants were required to track their fat calories and macros daily plus log the rest of their food in a journal.
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