How to Count Macros | Beginner's Guide

today we are going to learn about macros we're going to learn about what they are why you should count them and how to count them macros is short for macronutrients macronutrients are the building blocks of all the food that we eat there are three main categories of macronutrients which are carbs proteins and fats why you should count your macros you should count your macros because counting macros is essential to maximizing your fitness goals especially if you're just beginning counting macros gives you an exact guideline as to how much food you should be eating so think about counting macros as going to the salon to get your hair colored when you go to salon and color your hair you also want to get a color safe shampoo and conditioner to use at home the color safety improved conditioner helps to maintain the color and helps it last as long as it should otherwise if you're not using a color safe shampoo and conditioner the hair color fades out right away and the time and money you spend on your hair color goes to waste in the same way going to the gym is like going to salon to get your hair colored and counting your macros is like getting the color safe shampoo and conditioner your time at the gym is maximized by counting your macros and eating clean otherwise if you're just if you're not aware of what you're eating and you just eat whatever you want then the time you spend at the gym goes to waste how to cut macros so the easiest way to cut your macros is by using the myfitnesspal app which i will show you how to do right now alright so the first thing you're going to want to do is just download the myfitnesspal app it's uh here it's just a little blue icon with the under armor icon in there and i already have it downloaded so i'm just going to go ahead and open it up all right so when you first download the app it's going to ask you to sign up using facebook or email go ahead and do that after that it's going to ask you a couple of questions about your age weight your height goals etc just and just answer these questions accordingly and if you ever need to change your goals or adjust them you can just go down to the bottom right hand corner where it says more and then go to goals and then you can adjust your your weight and your activity levels and then your if you need to train change your macros at all you can go down to nutrition goals and then to the little tab that says calorie macronutrient goals and then you can always change your macros there as well all right so to enter food into the app you're gonna go to the diary button which is the second button to the left and then you're just going to click add food i always find that the easiest way to add food is just to use the barcode on the food item that i want to enter in so i'm just going to go ahead and scan that and then that's just the little barcode icon on the upper right hand corner all right so i just scanned in some protein powder this is the woman's best one and so here the servant says 30 grams which for this brand is just one scoop and if i if you ever need to change how the serving size is measured you can just click on it and then it gives you different options for different ways to measure the serving size all right and then you can adjust the number of servings you're going to be eating by clicking on number servings let's say i want to do two servings of two scoops of the protein and then i'm going to collect the check and then to add this into your diary you're going to want to go up to the upper right hand corner and click the check again and then that adds it into your food diary when you buy raw meat at the store you can skin the barcode but the macros you're given from my fitness pad will likely be for the raw means not for when it's cooked so if you're going to be cooking your own food at home keep in mind that raw food weighs more than cooked food for example i usually find that six ounces of raw chicken breast weighs about four and a half ounces once it's cooked so to correctly enter in your food i'd recommend weighing it once before you cook and then once again after it's cooked so you know what the conversion is write your conversions down somewhere so that when you cook these foods again you'll know exactly how much food you need so if you don't already have a scale for your food i would recommend getting one i have a link to one that i'd recommend for you guys down in the description box below so do keep in mind that your macros are there acting as a guideline and not as a restriction if one day you go over your macros then you go over your macros that day just let it be and just try to hit your macros again the next day or if one day you are under your macros then you're under your macros for that day don't stress about it just try to hit your macros again the next day thank you so much for taking the time to watch this video i hope that you found it helpful if you did please make sure to subscribe to my 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