If you’re struggling to stay consistent with your macros or not making progress towards your goals, then check this list for five common mistakes.

1. Your deficit is too much: What’s the point of a calorie deficit if it’s too hard to stick to? A slight deficit over a longer period of time is much more sustainable than a harsh, short-term deficit that leaves you feeling hangry and at risk for consistent overconsumption and weight regain.

2. You are eating empty calories: Highly processed foods are empty calories. They are heavy-hitters to the calorie bank without leaving you feeling satiated. Focus on mostly whole food, including lean protein, fruits, and veggies to get more bang for your buck and leave you feeling full and satiated.

3. You are incorrectly tracking: Weighing and logging your food in grams using a food scale is the most accurate way to gain an accurate awareness of your intake. Generic food entries in the tracking app, eyeballing portion sizes, and frequent eating out are all ways you could be staling your progress.

4. You aren’t being honest about your consistency: You can’t expect A+ results from a “C” effort. Taking two days off a week from your nutrition is 28% of your total week, meaning that even if the other days are “perfect,” the best you can get is a 72% compliance overall, which is going to result in slow or stalled progress.

5. You are using someone else’s macros: Using a generic macro calculator or replicating what the IG influencer tells you she is eating in a day won’t produce the same results because having personalized goals calculated for you takes dozens of factors into account to find what will work best for your body, your lifestyle, and your goals.

Curious…which of these tends to be your roadblock?

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