If you truly wish to optimize your approach regarding nutrition, you’ll have to consider flexible dieting, where you’ll calculate your macros on a daily basis.

The three macro nutrients (macros) that exist are protein, carbohydrates and fats. By monitoring these three, you will be able to increase or maintain your muscle mass when you’re Bulking/Cutting or in Maintenance. This allows you to have a greater freedom within your food consumption as well as your lifestyle.

Did we just say calories? Yes!!!

Calories are the kings and queens of our diet.

Calories are energy measuring unit that our body uses to survive. They determine if you gain or lose weight, meaning that you can only lose or gain weight if you’re in a caloric deficit/excess.

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When you combine the two motorizations, of calories and macro-nutrients, you’ll be provided with greater sustainability within your daily routine. There are no restrictions, no good or bad foods, no fairy tales. There is a nutritional content, which is a very important factor in your transformation.

It’s also crucial to keep a sound mind.

In a study done at Louisiana State University and Pennington Biomedical Research Center that had as a goal finding out the symptoms of eating disorders that were connected to diets, they tested the influence of a restrictive diet versus a flexible diet on 188 women.

The results showed that those who followed a restrictive diet had more symptoms of eating disorders, mood changes and greater concerns about their physical appearance than those you followed a flexible approach. These effects were felt throughout the entire study, they were constant. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11883916)

In your diet, science plays a vital role, your body works in a very specific way. On the other hand, your mind also need very special attention. When you follow a flexible diet, you can take advantage of that, using it as a sculpting tool for you to create your “sculpture”.

As soon as you can dominate these factors thanks to a scientific approach, nothing will be out of your reach. You are your own limit.