Do you calculate your MACROS ?

The consequences of poor nutrition and a lack of exercise are serious.

- Amy Klobuchar

Yes, I do calculate my macros. 

Immediately upon waking, we need our cup of coffee or a cup of hot ginger tea with a crispy khari. We follow this routine as a nom, since over years now. Which then continues throughout the day, usually resulting in fat gain. 

Imagine if we could eat the same thing but in a calculated amount, distributed well in the entire day, it won't be a drastic change but rather a pleasant and a systematic way of eating, more calculated & more precise. 

for e.g.: 

1 cup of tea / coffee on waking

B/F : 2 eggs with 100g sautéed veggies

Mid Morning : 1 cup green tea with 30g almonds 

We relate food to emotions, which can sometimes be out of our strings, but what if we could even control that by just calculating how much we are eating.We must know our portion size so up to the par that we don't no more require a measuring cups for our meals. 

Carbohydrate + Protein + Fat = 

Total Calories

Carbohydrates : they are the energy source of our body, or we call them as our entertainment food source. I can't think of any more useful property of carbohydrate.

Proteins : as we say the muscle building macro nutrient. Per gram of protein contains 4 calories which is required in abundance in our body. 

• Proteins are broken down into small parts called AMINO ACID during digestion.

• The Human Body requires amino acids in large quantities to order to maintain good health.

There are 9 major / essential amino acids : 

Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine,Lysine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Valine.

These amino acids cannot be synthesised by the body & thus must be supplied through our protein rich diet. 

Protein also has many other useful purposes such as :

• Sports specific : Eg; Bodybuilding, Marathon runners, CrossFit athletes, MMA fighters. 

• Clinical treatments : Eg; Skin treatments, Surgery recover, Intense Bowel surgery,  bone rejoining. 

Fats : Oh! They are so yum!

Butter, cheese, Ghee, Olive Oil etc .. 

This is one of the most neglected macro nutrient from our diets, its nothing but fear.

We can add butter on bread but we cannot add ghee in chicken gravy. Why?

These are reasoning  that we humans have made up in our mind. 

Fat has immensely great benefits such as :

• Dietary fats are of 2 types which are commonly used in our daily diet - Saturated Fat & Unsaturated Fat.

• Fats are essential for our body to support cell growth. 

• Fat helps in protecting our organs and help keep our body warm. 

• Fats help your body absorb some nutrients.

• Fat helps in secreting & regularising hormones of our body.

Few examples of MACRO calculating : 

Dinner : [Stri - fried Snap Peas] 

Olive oil - 10g / 2 tb spn
Snap peas whole - 50g
Crushed roasted peanuts - 15g
Spices
Salt & Pepper

*This calculated portion of food will help you in tracting your total calorie inatake throughout the day. It will also help you in keeping a check on your exessive carbohydrate inatake. *