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Intuitive eating, ditching diets, tracking your food… everything seems like it’s so controversial these days. But it doesn’t have to be! I’m joined by Emily Field RD, who is an expert in macronutrition, to talk about how eating to your macros can completely change your approach to food and nutrition for the better. About Emily Field RD Emily teaches women to eat a balanced diet using a macros approach. This lets women break up with nonsense food rules (we all know those ones about eating after dark) and ditch depriving diets for good.  First of all, Emily explains what macronutrients are and what role they have in your body. She explains how understanding macros helps you know how much fat, protein, and carbohydrates you need to eat for your unique body every day. Emily believes that when you’re focusing only on your macronutrients, you have more control over the food you’re eating. Eating to your macros means that pizza and chocolate are no longer off the menu, so long as they fit in your daily limits. She says that this approach to flexible dieting actually gives you more food freedom than any other way of dieting out there. In fact, eating to your macros can also increase your food confidence exponentially. How many times have you been eating something and had someone else comment on it? This approach to your diet will take away any question of whether they’re right or not because you’re eating what’s perfect for you. Emily says that many of the women she works with fall into that ‘all-or-nothing’ approach when it comes to dieting. But she explains how you don’t have to be eating to your macros perfectly in order to make good progress towards your goals. In fact, Emily says that when you first start eating to your macros, you’re probably not going to hit them at all - and that’s perfectly okay. Emily helps her clients understand how to set goals that aren’t dependent on the scale. Success isn’t about that number. Success can be how you’re feeling, how your body moves, how your health conditions have improved, and how your body looks. But there are some people who shouldn’t focus on a macronutrient approach to eating. Whether you are recovering from an eating disorder or you have an underlying health condition that needs more specific dietetic advice, this approach isn’t for everyone. But if you’re ready to dive right in, Emily has a free DIY Macro Guide you can read. Are you ready to ditch the diet and learn more about eating to your macros? Do you have any other questions about macronutrition? Let me know in the comments on the episode page!   Got a question you’d love to hear me answer on the show? Leave me a voice message here!   In This Episode How macronutrients help you know how much fat, protein, and carbohydrates is right for you What the role of macros is in your daily diet How flexible dieting can help you lead to more food freedom and eating intuitively for your needs How eating to your macros can give you more confidence in what you’re eating Why you don’t have to panic if you’re not eating your macros perfectly Where you can measure success that isn’t on the scale Who shouldn’t track their macros Why you should limit who you’re getting your diet information from   Quotes “My practice is built on the fact that I want to teach people the skill of tracking macros. It is a skill. It’s not a diet it’s not a program. It is a skill that you learn so that you can be in the power position to influence your body the way that you want.” (17:17) “You will find out very quickly if you’re tracking macros that you cannot fit pizza and Pop-Tarts and ice cream and all this stuff into your diet 100% of the time, but the fact that you can make friends with those foods and work them in when you want to is really powerful for a lot of people.” (26:41) “This is a tool to help you learn how much you need to eat to support your body, not a weight loss mechanism. If we can just shift that and move away from the end goal being the only reason you want to track macros, a lot of times that can remove the pressure that tracking macros is not going to work for you.” (30:15)   Links Get your Free DIY Macro Guide! Find Emily Field RD Online Follow Emily Field RD on Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest Learn more about business coaching with me Find Fed and Fearless Online Got a question you’d love to hear me answer on the show? Leave me a voice message here! Join the Fed and Fearless Society on Facebook Follow me on Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Pinterest