What is going on everybody? Welcome back to the Mind Over Macros Podcast. As always, I am your host,

Mike Milner and today I've got a very important topic to discuss with you and that is the dark side of tracking macros.

Now I'm not going to pick on macros specifically but we're going to talk about something that needs to be discussed more, which is the disordered eating behaviors that can happen as a result of extreme dieting or just dieting in general. It doesn't necessarily have to be extreme.

If you are not familiar with macros, I would highly recommend going back and listening to

episode 120, which I break down how to calculate and track your macros so you can

understand what they are and how to implement them if you would like to go that

direction. I am going to talk about the dark side of macros. So tracking macros, tracking

calories, this is just a tool, one single tool in the toolbox that can be used to create

awareness around portion sizes, food labels, ratios of protein, carbs, and fats and how that sits with you as an individual

because we are all different so trying to come up with like one standard

calculation across the board is highly ineffective. We all have different needs and

the macro ratios for you as an individual are going to be unique to you as an individual and that will change over time as you

evolve and maybe your priorities change, your goals change, your lifestyle, your schedule,

the stress in your life, it is a moving target.

And it's also not an exact science, being able to weigh and log your food,

while it does give us a sense of how many calories you're consuming

how many grams of protein carbs and fats there is a margin of error there is

human error there is also food labeling error so it is not an exact science but as a

tool it can be very effective for some people most of the time like I said it's more

of just an awareness of kind of noticing some of the low-hanging fruit.

For example, somebody who's never tracked macros before when they start to get into it,

they might find that their portion sizes are way

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