The #1 reason busy mamas are hesitant to focus on macro tracking at first

What is a mom’s most valuable commodity? Time! We all know it, right? As mamas we are busy! No matter what stage of life you’re in, mamas are constantly being pulled in a million directions! Mamas have kids to feed, chauffeur and entertain. We want to build thriving relationships with our spouses. We crave adult interaction and want to spend time with our friends and extended family. Time is always a factor. And time is one of the biggest reasons busy mamas don’t want to try macro tracking at first.

I’m right there with ya, mama. I’m a mom to three kids who all play competitive spots (aka we’re at practices, games and competitions year-round!) My husband is a firefighter and spends days away from us every week. Plus, I run my own business! I don’t have time for things that don’t work. And I know you don’t either. 

But mama, what if I could help you get your time back? 

What if serving a nutritious home-cooked meal was more efficient than going through the Chick-Fil-A drive-thru? 

What if you could spend more quality time with your husband because you weren’t worrying about what you had to cook for dinner? 

What if you could enjoy a night out with your girlfriends without being so preoccupied with what you ate or drank and how it would show up on the scale tomorrow? 

If macro tracking could help you free up your time to spend it with the people who matter most to you, would that be worth it to you? Here’s how it works.

Macro tracking takes time to learn, but then it’s simple.

Many of the mamas I talk to use time as an excuse for not trying macro tracking. And as I said, I completely get it! Up front, macro tracking seems like it’s going to be way too time-consuming. But I can tell you that it was one of the best things I’ve done to get my time back.

The reason macro tracking seems so time-consuming up front is that it’s something new! Just like anything else, you have to allow yourself time to be a beginner.

One of the reasons it can take more time, in the beginning, is that you’re learning to look at food in a new way. Most of us were taught to meal plan by whatever ingredients we had on hand or whatever looked or sounded good in the moment. When you macro track, you start thinking of your food as nutrients: protein, fat and carbs.

Meal planning as a macro tracker is like balancing a budget. You don’t just spend money all day and hope to stay within your budget! You have to set yourself up for success. You have to go through what you’re going to eat and make sure it all fits into your nutritional budget.

However, once you’ve done this, it sets you up to save time for the rest of the day!

I remember before I was macro tracking, I would spend my morning stressing about what I was going to eat for breakfast. Then I’d either get too busy and forget to eat, or I’d snag a few bites of my kids’ abandoned breakfast and call it good enough. 

Then lunch would roll around and I’d stress over what to eat. I’d dig through the fridge to find something that was edible - there was never anything. So I would end up just heating a few extra dino nuggets for myself

Then I’d stress the rest of the day about what in the world I was going to cook for dinner. And because I couldn’t think of anything, I’d order a pizza. Then, I’d eat half of it because I hadn’t eaten anything all day. And I would end my day with more junk food because I was starving, exhausted and stressed!

It was a never-ending cycle. 

But once I learned how to macro track and how to budget my food throughout the day to give me energy. I spend 5-10 minutes each night creating my plan for the next day.

Each night, I plan my breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. I always plan a dinner that my whole family will eat because I don’t cook separate meals! And then each day is a breeze! When I go into the kitchen, I know exactly what I’m going to eat. I know that I have the ingredients on hand and usually prepped ahead of time because I took the time to prepare.

I don’t have to live in constant stress about what I’m going to eat and how it’s going to affect my health because I have a plan. When I first started it took me a little longer to do this, but now it’s second nature. And I’m beyond grateful that I have so much time back (and so much less stress!)

This is how macro tracking gave me back my time! And not only do I not waste hours of each day thinking about food, making food, and then making more food because my kids won’t eat what I cooked. But macro tracking took the mental load off of me too! I’m no longer constantly thinking about food! It’s been an amazing byproduct of macro tracking, but it’s not even the best part!

Macro tracking is about more than just weight loss

Most women get into macro tracking because they want to lose weight. That’s what got me into it, and I bet that’s why you’re here reading this blog.

I lost weight macro tracking. I built muscle macro tracking. I go on vacation and come back at the same weight because of macro tracking. But that’s still not the best part of macro tracking.

The best part of macro tracking was that it taught me what healthy looks like for me.

It taught me that I didn’t have to eat boiled chicken breasts and salads all day just to be healthy! 
I finally learned how to eat the foods I loved, like peanut butter, tacos and ice cream sandwiches in a balanced way. Oh, and I got to keep having my coffee and creamer too. That was a big one for me.

Plus, on top of finally understanding my own nutritional needs, I learned how to teach my kids about food!

I was a two-sport college athlete who survived on Taco Bell and Top Ramen. I was the athlete who could eat what she wanted because I spent so much time in the gym. But the second I stopped playing, it caught up to me.

That’s not happening to my kids.

They’re athletes. As I mentioned before, they play year-round sports. My son is already a two-sport athlete. But my kids have a leg up on me. They understand their nutrition because I taught them what I learned!

When they were little and I was just diving into macros, I taught them everything I could about nutrition. They could tell you that carbs gave you energy (and I’d have them run in place when I taught them.) They knew fats kept you full (they’d rub their tummies to pretend to be full.) And they knew protein made them strong (and they’d tell you that as they flexed.)

Teaching my kids these things when they were little helped them stick as they grew up. Now, my kids are getting a little older and they know what to reach for when they need a pre-practice snack. They know that when they’re sore after a long week of practices, they need protein and rest to rebuild their muscles. They know how to fuel themselves for a weekend tournament. 

Yes, I got into macro tracking to lose the baby weight. To feel like me again. But it’s not just about weight loss anymore. It’s about feeding my body so that I feel good and it’s about teaching my kids how to do the same. Because the last thing I want for my daughters is to go through what I did, and mama, I know you want that for your kiddos too. 

You want to set them up for success. Being a little bit selfish with your time or money right now so that you can learn how to eat a balanced diet that helps you feel amazing in your skin, is going to have huge dividends. Invest now and let everyone around you reap the rewards!

Schedule a free discovery call if you want to save time, enjoy your favorite foods, lose weight and pass down an amazing nutritional future for your kids. It’s worth it. I promise.

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