4 Macro Food List Cheat Sheets

Discover 4 macro food list cheat sheets that can be printed for a quick reference of food ideas to hit your target macro nutrients.

4 Macro Food List Cheat Sheets

Happy FASTer Way Friday!

It is Thursday as I am typing this because by the time you read it I will be enjoying a girls’ getaway in the Windy City with 5 of my best friends from college!

LEFT: 2010 just a couple years out of college. RIGHT: 2019 at Heather’s funeral.

So excited to be together again!

4 MACRO FOOD LIST CHEAT SHEETS

Remember back in the day when weight loss programs were all about counting calories? When the only thing anyone cared about was creating a calorie deficit?

Thank goodness those were the good old days because if you are still counting calories or you are in a weight loss program that tells you the “bottom line” is about creating a calorie deficit all I can say is come to the light.

I say it over and over again to my 6 week FASTer Way to Fat Los clients that my goal for them to is transform the way they think about food and fitness so as to not only lose fat, but also to ENJOY food as fuel to empower effective exercise in order to live strong and well for the time we have been given.

No counting calories necessary.

4 MACRO FOOD LIST CHEAT SHEETS

Macronutrients (or macros) are the main nutrients that fuel our body and fall into 3 main categories – carbs, fat and protein.

We track macronutrients in the FASTer Way to Fat Loss because the calorie is not created equal. A sweet potato, for example, is approximately the same amount of calories as a handful of pretzels and yet the nutrient density of the two are incomparable.

Sweet potatoes contain:

beta carotene
Vitamin C
Potassium
Manganese
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B5
Vitamin E
fiber
Chlorogenic acid
Anthocyanins

A handful of pretzels contains:

fiber,
iron,
zinc
folate

If they have been enriched, that is.

The point is this. We need to retrain our minds to think differently about food (it was meant to be enjoyed!!) and equip our bodies to metabolize food in such a way that improves not only external fat loss but the visceral fat that lines our organs and arteries.

So today my clients are going to rejoice because I have finally gotten around to compiling 4 macro food list cheat sheets!

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