I have always been a big supporter of tracking macros (see previous post on what are macros), I was aware that this didn’t always suit everyone, but for me it was what I had to do to lose any weight/fat. But recently, although I still feel its what I need to do to make real progress, I have seen the benefits of not tracking.

Starting a new job and working full time has meant that I don’t have masses of time, and this has impacted my diet ALOT. No more is my routine egg/avocado/toast breakfast, (during the week anyway) and when I get home in the evening I generally just want to eat something quick and easy, and then there’s all the eating out that seems to happen nowadays, we go out for food at work a lot, yum.

Living at home also means that I can’t eat exactly what I want. After years of arguments I have given in and just accepted that basically I have to eat what is being made, and cooking my own is a rarity – its a long story, but it makes tracking basically impossible because I can’t plan, and planning is key when tracking, annoying.

But if I’m being honest, it has been a refreshing break. It can be so easy to get bogged down in numbers, and you can quickly lose any enjoyment from food whatsoever. There are so many times when I’ve literally sat and cried because things have just got too much and the stress of not going over my set nutritional goals has stressed me out to the max, and although I’m not thrilled with my physique at the moment, I am enjoying the feeling of freedom I have when choosing what I eat!

I have put some weight on, I am far from looking my best, but my life isn’t falling apart, and although each week I am attempting and failing at finding a happy medium with food, I will continue to try, and maybe eventually I’ll be able to intuitively eat, miracles do happen right?!

I kind of doubt that I will be able to track until I go back to uni in September really, one of the benefits of living away from home, so stay tuned to see whether I find a way through, or I put on 3 stone, could go either way, but I’m trying to embrace the new lifestyle and enjoy myself.

So I guess the only message in this post really is it’s okay to not be completely on track sometimes and to not be looking amazing, life gets in the way sometimes, there is always time to get back to where you want to be in the future, but it isn’t the most important thing in life, go and have fun with your friends, eat pizza, go for fancy dinners, eat a tub of ben and jerry’s when you’re sad and don’t hate yourself for it.

Positive vibes x