Best Practices

Ideally, when you’ve finished your last bite of food, take the two daily screenshots and post them to the private Facebook group or email them to your coach immediately so you do not forget. In the beginning, you may want to set a daily recurring alarm on your phone that says “Submit MacroRx+ screenshots” until […]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) suggests the following minimum guidelines: Aerobic activity. Get at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity a week, or a combination of moderate and vigorous activity. The guidelines suggest that you spread out this exercise during the course of a

LRDs are a special day reserved for once per calendar month.  These days you should schedule ahead of time and plan out all the fun foods you want to eat. You should try and eat as many calories as possible, including lots of carbohydrates in order to reset your Leptin levels which helps continue the

There are three goals you should shoot for each day in order to fulfill your personalized prescription, and they should be in this priority order: Eat as many of your allotment of calories as possible without going over. Eat at least your minimum percentage of protein. Eat no more than your maximum percentage of carbohydrates

All of us typically have a comfort food that is our go-to when we are stressed out.  Funny how this never happens to be a big bowlful of broccoli! Here are some best practice strategies to keep these foods in check: Log it before you eat it – the sheer act of weighing and logging

You should eat as many calories as you can, up to the maximum amount set each week by your macro prescription. Ideally, you shouldn’t leave more than 50 calories “on the table” to keep your metabolism running well.  We want to break the cycle of under- and over- eating. If you are full, and still

You should be weighing yourself every day.  We realize that weight fluctuates from day to day and you shouldn’t expect the scale to be lower every single day, even if you ate perfectly the day before.  However, we are looking for trends and having daily measurements helps us do that more accurately.   Here are

Absolutely! If it goes in your mouth, you need to measure it first. More and more foods are calorie-dense; its nearly impossible to accurately guess portion size consistently. We recommend you account for your foods using the most accurate method in this priority: Weigh your foods on a digital food scale using grams. Weigh your