MACRO FRIENDLY QUESADILLA

MACRO FRIENDLY QUESADILLA

Every so often I get cravings for certain snacks and today it was the quesadilla snack attack so I came up with this awesome solution for only 7f/22c/18p

Ingredients:

2 Sonoma low carb tortillas (found at Trader Joe's)

1.5 servings of Light Shredded mozzarella cheese, also from Trader Joe's

Flavor God Everything spicy seasoning, to taste

Directions:

Make a quesadilla :) Pretty simple

FOOD CHOICE TIP: Variety is the spice of life

FOOD CHOICE TIP

Variety is the spice of life 

One of the tougher components of a macro-based nutrition regimen is the ease of a routine. If you always eat the same things then you always know what the macros are. For some people this works and eating the same thing day in and day out is totally doable. However, for the majority of people variety is the spice of life and they need to work different foods into the mix in order to stay on track. Here are a couple things that I do regularly when I feel like I need to change it up:

*Eat Seasonally -- that way you are eating the food with the most flavor

*Buy what's on sale -- it will force you to learn how to cook and prepare new foods and saves some cash.. Double win!

*Recipe hunt -- Pinterest.com can be your BFF here

*Stalk your friends on myfitnesspal if they share their diaries to find some new food ideas

*Have breakfast for dinner or dinner for breakfast

*Think back to your childhood and recall things you used to love to eat and work them back in somehow 

*Go to the grocery store in off hours -- it will be less busy and you can browse the aisles for new food options without getting run over by the masses -- this is the one time you don't want to go to the grocery store with a list -- just go in and shop and see what you find to put in your cart.

WIN THE DAY: Ideas on foods that will help finish your macros at the end of the day

WIN THE DAY

Ideas on foods that will help finish your macros at the end of the day

A lot of people find it hard to finish off those macros at the end of the day in order to get those last couple grams of carbs, protein or fats in without totally throwing off one of the other numbers that is already maxed out. Below is a helpful list of foods based on different macro make-ups that will give you some ideas of the foods that I use frequently based on the numbers I need to fill in to hit my numbers. This is just a start and I will continue to update it as more ideas come to me-- feel free to leave other ideas of foods that you use in the comments sections, the more the merrier!! Let the games of 'Macro Tetris' begin!

Some of the foods in these groups might have small amount of other macros but I tried to come up with as many ideas as possible for each of the categories below. 

Carb Only
Fruit
     High: Bananas, apples, pineapple, berries, dried fruit (raisins)
Potatoes
Rice
Rice Cakes
Cereal
Canned pumpkin
Spaghetti Squash
Applesauce
Instant pudding mix
Candy (not highly recommended in large quantities but sometimes it's the only option)
Poptarts
Carrots
Non-fat Yogurt

Fat Only
Oil Based Salad Dressing
Olive Oil
Coconut Oil 
Shredded Coconut, unsweetened
Coconut Butter
Butter
Full fat Coconut milk
Macadamia nuts
Ghee

Protein Only
Egg whites
Protein powder
Sliced Deli Meat
Chicken breast
Gelatin powder
Shrimp
Canned tuna

Carb+Fat
Ice cream
Avocado

Protein+Carb
Non-fat Dairy products (cottage cheese, greek yogurt)
Veggies (snap peas, broccoli, cauliflower)
Beans
Quinoa
Lentils

Fat+Protein
Salmon
Cheese
Red Meat (steak, bison)
Whole Eggs

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