Submit your daily screenshots after you’ve finished eating for the day and your MyFitnessPal food log is complete. Your screenshots should represent everything you ate and drank that day as accurately as possible. This gives your coach the information needed to review your intake and provide useful feedback. Post your screenshots to the private MacroRx+
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Exercise is an important part of overall health, but you don’t need to exercise excessively to be successful with MacroRx+. Your calorie and macro prescription already takes your normal activity level into consideration. For general health, current physical activity guidelines recommend that adults work toward: • 150–300 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity per week, or
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MacroRx+ allows one planned Flex Day per calendar month for members who have been consistently following their prescription. A Flex Day is a planned day when you can relax your normal calorie and macro targets. It can be useful for birthdays, holidays, vacations, celebrations, or simply enjoying foods that are more difficult to fit into
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Your MacroRx+ prescription gives you calorie, protein, carbohydrate, and fat information, but not every number needs to be treated the same way. When planning your day, use this order of priority: 1. Stay close to your calorie prescription Your total calorie intake is the highest priority. You don’t need to hit the exact number every
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There isn’t a specific list of foods that are “allowed” or “off limits” with MacroRx+. When deciding whether a food fits, ask: 1. How does it fit my calorie target? 2. Does it help or hurt my ability to reach my protein target? 3. How does the portion affect my carbohydrate target and the rest
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Most people have certain foods that are especially easy to overeat. That doesn’t mean those foods have to be completely off limits, but it does mean a little planning can make them much easier to manage. One of the best MacroRx+ habits is our Golden Rule: Log it before you eat it. Before you open
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Your daily calorie target is the number listed in your current MacroRx+ prescription. That number has been personalized for you based on your starting information, goals, activity level, and how your body has been responding to the program. As we collect more information from your actual results, your coach can adjust your prescription when appropriate.
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Whenever practical, log your food before you eat it. One of the most useful habits you can develop with MacroRx+ is looking ahead rather than discovering at the end of the day that you’ve already used most of your calories, haven’t eaten enough protein, or don’t have room for something you wanted. Pre-logging lets you
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For most MacroRx+ prescriptions, there isn’t a separate minimum or maximum target for fat. That’s intentional. Your calorie target, minimum protein target, and carbohydrate target already create practical boundaries for how much fat can fit into your day. Fat is an essential part of a healthy diet. It provides energy, supplies essential fatty acids, helps
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Low- and no-calorie sweeteners can be useful tools for reducing added sugar, carbohydrates and calories while still allowing you to enjoy sweet foods and drinks. Common examples include aspartame, sucralose (Splenda), acesulfame potassium (Ace-K), saccharin, stevia and monk fruit. You don’t need to avoid these sweeteners to be successful with MacroRx+. Sweeteners that are approved
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