Need to monitor carbs and fats? Likely NO

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If you read my insights- truly all you need, then you heard me say I have never counted carbs or fats. Not for myself at least, because I have never had to. Some people may need to, for example someone with diabetes or cardiac disease. In these cases your provider likely has educated you on your recommended macro intake. I am a nurse and a fitness professional but I am not a doctor, please follow any instruction provided by your health care provider. My advise and guidance pertains to the majority of us without underlying conditions. The vast majority of us, man or woman can transform ourselves, getting into excellent shape without the need to ever track carbs or fats. I will tell you how to get optimal results simply and with out this additional tracking. It all comes down to priorizing protein and consuming the proper amount of calories filled with a variety of real, whole and unprocessed foods. Filling your diet with these "clean" foods I find can actually make it hard not to have an appropriately balanced amount of healthy carbs and fats. Taking your nutrition by the reins like this, to transform, is gonna take enough work as it is. There are meal delivery services but most are going to need to shop and to cook. Not to mention accurate tracking of calories and protein intake. Any thing we can do to make proper, result driven nutrition less of a chore, lets do it. To begin your nutrition planning first make a list. Let's start with your favorite protein sources. Things like eggs, beef, chicken, shrimp, fish, Greek yogurt, etc. Aim to consume 0.7- 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight. If you are obese you may calculate this per pound of lean body weight or targeted body weight. See the page 'How to calculate BMR and TDEE' to calculate your required daily calories. Plan your meals around your favorite protein sources. Pair your proteins with any whole unprocessed food of your choice. For example for breakfast I may plan to have my eggs paired with fruit and maybe a Greek yogurt. I am going to monitor protein intake and total caloric intake accurately. Tracking on paper or via my favorite tracking app, mine happens to be My Fitness Pal but there are many others. So in my case, My Fitness Pal will guide me on the serving sizes required to hit my caloric needs and protein intake goals. I am not going to download or purchase a meal plan laid out in stone. Why? Because maybe I don't want or like or even have access to the foods listed on these plans. Instead I will simply fill my diet with MY favorite healthy foods. And of course while prioritizing and tracking targeted intake of protein and calories to hit my goals. Its really that simple. And dedicating yourself to proper nutrition doesn't mean you can't go out with friends to have pizza and beers. You can and you can do it without losing progress. If you have plans on Friday to have dinner and drinks with friends, perhaps have a stepper deficit on the Monday and/or Thursday. So, you then have the extra calories to consume on Friday without stalling results for that week. Many fitness professionals want you to believe that nutrition is this this complicated matter so you must need their programs or their guidance. This isn't true. For most of us it can be very simple and even enjoyable.