![]() A macro meal plan allows you to plug and play when you need to. Second, this will allow you to ‘go off plan’. If you stick with macros for a while, it’ll overtime teach you a whole lot about foods, nutrients and portion control. Why would you even bother with numbers, weighing your food, etc.?įirst off, education. In case you’re wondering why I’m specifically talking about how to make your own macro meal plan. That’s how you really learn, that’s what action-based coaching is. But you’re going to be the one taking action. I will give you instructions and feedback, and will show you how to tweak your macros while allowing for flexibility. That’s why I will teach you how to make your own macro meal plan yourself. Because ultimately you’d want to know how to do without a plan, right? It would be easy and convenient for us both, sure, but it simply wouldn’t be the right thing to do. I’d be doing you a huge disservice by not pushing you how to figure things out yourself. However, easy isn’t what we’re here for, because easy doesn’t lead to real long term sustainable results. It would also be much easier for you to just receive your weekly updated meal plan. And to be honest, it would be really easy for me as your coach to send you a one-size-fits-all plan. I get asked about meal plans all the time. I think the right plan can be an amazing tool for you. I’m actually on somewhat of a meal plan myself at the moment. Which I will say isn’t the most positive for meal plans, lol.īut hey, I’m not against them at all. We recorded a podcast about flexible dieting vs meal plans. This is why providing you with the right exit strategy is one of the key components of our individualized online nutrition coaching system. Especially after a fat loss phase, your exit strategy is often more important than the actual diet itself. What happens once you reach your goal? Are you just supposed to be eating the same foods to maintain your results? The answer is no, your food intake will ebb and flow depending on the nutritional phase or ‘season’ you’re in at a given point of your fitness journey. Instead of learning how to be flexible, you feel like you’re ‘cheating’ any time you have a bigger meal. It’s either on or off plan, which can give you a sense of failure when you don’t manage to strictly follow the plan. If you’re not provided with both macros and education on how to include flexible foods, a meal plan can become very restrictive. If you often go to restaurants, friends and family for dinner, a traditional meal plan can become very difficult to stick to. Yep, a meal plan can either improve or mess up your adherence. Which can be an issue, because you want to know how to do without one too. Without it you may see results, but you won’t truly understand why and how.īecause you don’t understand the why and how, you may become dependent on the plan. Education is the foundation of long term success. Simply following a plan (that you didn’t create yourself) is convenient, but doesn’t teach you about nutrition. How often you’ll have to adjust your macros and portions will depend on the phase you’re in and how well your body’s responding to your plan at the time. ![]() If you have a solid understanding of how nutrition and macros work, you should be able to make adjustments to your plan without a problem. But especially if you know what you’re going to be eating on a weekly basis, you’ll make things a whole lot easier for yourself. Food prepping becomes infinitely easier.įood prepping is already something I recommend, because it can save you a ton of time.Personally, that’s what I do for things like rice, oats, etc. This can even save you money if you buy certain products in bulk. ![]() When you know exactly what you’re going to eat, how many times a week, you can create a weekly shopping list. This can also help you stick to your nutrition. You know exactly what, how much, how often and when to eat. Following a plan can be very convenient when you have a busy schedule, because it takes the guesswork out of the equation. ![]()
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