WAG Articles & Posts

Should I weigh my food before cooking? Does frozen food weigh more? How important is it to hit your macros anyway? If you have asked yourself these questions, or maybe typed them into Google (guilty!), you are not alone. It can be hard enough to decide what to make for dinner for the week, let alone knowing when or how to weigh it!

When it comes to weighing & tracking food, not all clients will be comfortable with it. Here are some alternative nutrition strategies for all personalities.

Stop using the excuse of being busy! It's time to stand up for yourself and your health and make a decision to be fussy about your nutrition!

If you are unable to track your food for some reason, that’s okay. Part of the journey of working with a nutrition coach is learning valuable skills that go beyond just entering your food into an app and attempting to hit your target macros.

We often get asked why we don’t write meal plans, but we think once you see how straightforward it can be with a bit of practice, you’ll be glad you did it yourself!

Sometimes we know the macros of a particular food item and it would be so much faster to just manually add the macros instead of having to look up an entry in the MyFitnessPal database.

Planning ahead is key to success in many situations, whether it be training, traveling, nutrition, work or simply life in general.

Taking the time to prepare meals can seem like an arduous task, and it’s often the last thing we feel like doing on our weekend.

Eating the same meal day in and day out makes for simple meal prep but can leave you wanting more variety. There are easy, low macro ways to change the flavor profile of your food without needing to change your entire routine.

Schedule restraints, limited food choices, and unknown quantities are all common occurrences when you attend a conference, making the thought of traveling and tracking seem daunting.

With the MFP Premium version, you can set custom macros for different days. So, if you have lower and higher carb days for example, you can pre-set MyFitnessPal!

People say, “healthy eating is expensive.” But, consuming cheap foods like Taco Bell or mac and cheese may lead to costly health care bills down the road. When you look at it that way, what is the most budget friendly way to eat?