How Controlling Your Macronutrients Can Help Manage Your Weight

You’re not alone if you’ve committed to a specific diet plan only to realize you’ve wasted your time and effort on a method that didn’t deliver the results you wanted. Most people find they can’t achieve measurable and lasting weight management with a one-size-fits-all program. 

If you’re tired of depriving yourself of entire food groups or eating foods you don’t enjoy, counting macronutrients may be the right weight-management strategy for you. 

This method should be included as part of a personalized meal plan that also monitors your consumption of water and micronutrients. This way, you’re more likely to decrease body fat, build muscle, and achieve lasting weight management. 

Consulting an experienced weight-loss professional is the best way to determine whether controlling macronutrients is right for you. Our weight-loss specialists at NuvidaRx Weight Loss in Tallahassee, Florida, can teach you what’s involved and how to implement this approach to weight management. 

By individualizing a program suited to your overall condition and personal preferences, our team can help you reach and maintain your weight-management goals. 

Learn more about controlling macronutrients and how this strategy can make a difference for you.

Understanding macronutrients

Macronutrients, often called “macros,” include carbohydrates, proteins, and fats — the nutrients that your body requires in the largest amounts. Macronutrients support growth and provide the energy necessary to help bodily systems and organs function at optimum levels. 

Carbohydrates 

Carbohydrates are high in dietary fiber, and they support digestive health and energy production. 

Common carbohydrates include: 

• Grains 
• Bread
• Pasta
• Vegetables
• Fruit 

Proteins 

Proteins support your metabolism, immune system, strength, and muscle development. Your body uses the amino acids contained in protein to build many bodily structures by binding cells together into tissues. 

Common proteins include: 

• Meat 
• Eggs 
• Beans 
• Fish 
• Tofu
• Dairy 

Fats 

Fats provide energy and support proteins in doing their job. They help your body promote hormone production, absorb essential nutrients, and support cell growth.

Common fats include:

• Nuts
• Oils
• Seeds
• Avocados 

Your body needs macronutrients to stay healthy because they provide needed energy. Controlling your intake of carbohydrates, protein, and fats to ensure that your body consumes the optimal combination of macronutrients helps your body function best.

How to control macronutrients

Controlling macronutrients is as easy as monitoring your daily intake of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Your target number of macronutrients is individualized, based on whether your goal is to maintain a healthy weight or lose body fat. 

We can help determine your daily caloric intake, establish a target number of calories to achieve your goal, and determine the number of calories that should come from each macronutrient category. 

Factors such as your age, health, weight, lifestyle, and weight-loss goals can determine the balance of macronutrients that’s right for you. 

Finding a combination you can follow, eating healthy foods, and consuming fewer calories than you burn are all key to weight management. While there’s no combination that’s right for everyone, many people achieve their goals by following the suggested macronutrient split that includes 45-65% carbohydrates, 10-35% protein, and 20-35% fat in a daily diet. 

Our team of weight-loss professionals can design a personalized meal plan to help you achieve your goals.

Advantages of controlling macronutrients

When you’re controlling macronutrients, you can eat any type of food you want as long as you adhere to the combination of carbohydrates, protein, and fat in your meal plan. No foods or food groups are off limits as long as you stay within your recommended macronutrient levels.

Controlling macronutrients allows you to consume a wider range of food, with more control over what you eat, which may make you more likely to adhere to your weight-management program. Monitoring what you eat may also result in making healthier food choices. 

Since controlling macronutrients is related to calorie intake, following this type of program may result in weight loss. The emphasis on including protein daily may also help you gain muscle as you lose weight. 

Learn more about controlling macronutrients and how this strategy can help you achieve your weight-management goals. Request an appointment online or call our office today at 850-765-2549.