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townsendroberta
townsendroberta Posts: 11 Member
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Hi everyone,

My name is Roberta and I'm trying to lose weight by tracking macros instead of food. I'm tired of being obese and looking for motivation.

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  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 8,354 Member
    Hi, Roberta. Welcome to MFP.

    I’m not trying to sound disingenuous but why in the world would you track macros over calories?

    I would go mental doing that. Calories is (comparatively) tough enough (though once you get the hang it’s easy) but macros to me is like Jenga. Once you get one side balanced, the other wants to crash. It’s a tightrope act for me. I have to look at it on a weekly basis and be happy that that’s pretty close because I would neeeeever get it to work daily.

    Just curious!
  • townsendroberta
    townsendroberta Posts: 11 Member
    springlering62 wrote: »
    Hi, Roberta. Welcome to MFP.

    I’m not trying to sound disingenuous but why in the world would you track macros over calories?

    I would go mental doing that. Calories is (comparatively) tough enough (though once you get the hang it’s easy) but macros to me is like Jenga. Once you get one side balanced, the other wants to crash. It’s a tightrope act for me. I have to look at it on a weekly basis and be happy that that’s pretty close because I would neeeeever get it to work daily.

    Just curious!

    I'm following a plan where everything is calculated to achieve the balance. I really don't stress over it, but I'm finding that a healthy diet gets me close to where I want to be.

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