If you’re one of those weirdos who doesn’t like anything processed, I salute you. Huge fist bump!
But to those of us who aren’t that way, trying to only eat whole, natural foods and never get to indulge in the foods we love is just a recipe for disaster.
It leads us to feeling deprived, which can lead to a binge, and then guilt, and then more binging...you know...that horrible yo-yo dieting cycle!
So instead of trying to just avoid all of the foods you love and make yourself miserable, why not find a balance? A balance that can be a true LIFESTYLE.
This is why first dialing in your macros is so key.
By focusing on your macro ratio, you help yourself eliminate enough crap to be healthy AND get results while still leaving in enough of the foods you love to make it SUSTAINABLE.
And by focusing first on the ratios, you don’t so much think about the fact that you are “cutting things out.”
NOPE!
Instead you are focused on what you need to ADD IN to hit the ratios while still being able to include, and even tweak, the recipes you love!
That shift in how you view your diet is key...from one where you are constantly depriving yourself to instead one where you are adding things in and finding a balance!
It is what creates LASTING RESULTS.
And think about it…If you focus on whole, natural foods 80% of the time and 20% of the time you eat crap, you’re still consistently going to get results because you are consistently doing the RIGHT things.
And you are going to ENJOY what you are doing which is going to help you build a lifestyle.
If instead you tried to do 100% clean and then were constantly “falling off your diet,” which let’s face it means basically eating 100% crap, you probably won’t over time even come close to that 80/20 rule.
So that is why after focusing on macros and your caloric intake, I say start to dial in the quality of your calories, remembering you can still keep in some “crap” and ENJOY what you are eating!