Should You Track Net Carbs or Total Carbs on Macros?

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So that being said, now that I've repeated that from the first video I started doing live before I got kicked off, here we are. Sally has a question for me. And if you do have questions, there's no silly or stupid question. Ask me. I'm happy to clarify anything you need clarified.

"What are your thoughts on adjusting carbs based on fiber and sugar?" Every carb is a carb. That's why I say not to track net carbs like you do with keto. You want to track every single carbohydrate. That's how I feel about it. That's my whole methodology around it. Some people do digest fiber differently than other people, but it's still considered a carbohydrate. Sugar is still considered a carbohydrate. There's sugar inside white rice, white flour, white bread, anything you eat that's a white-based or flour-based product. That sugar is still a carbohydrate. It's just a matter of when you use those carbohydrates throughout the day, which matters the most. Again, that's inside your application as well, talking about the timing of carbohydrates. But yeah, that's my methodology around it.

You don't want to do net carbs, because that causes your carbohydrate intake to fluctuate on a daily basis. There's no consistency there. Counting every carb as a true carb helps your body with consistency.

And now that we're speaking about it, I'm thinking out loud from Sally's question: the majority of your carbohydrates should not be coming from vegetables. You want to focus on getting whole carbohydrates from oatmeal, rice, breads, bagels, the cereals that I share with you guys, sweet potatoes, fruits. You don't want all your carbohydrates coming from vegetables because, like I said, not many people can digest that fiber, and you're not getting the true amount of carbohydrates you want for your workouts. The carbs that give you energy are the complex and simple carbs, the whole foods, not the vegetables.

So the majority of your carbs should not be coming from... oh, smash that like button if this makes sense, guys. I see you doing it. You want the majority of your carbs to come from whole foods. Just like I say with proteins, they should come from whole foods, and fats should come from whole foods. There's really nothing... oh, MCT oil. That's a concentrated fat. It's not a food. But anyway, always go to whole foods.

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So everybody remember, it comes down to your work ethic. It comes down to how much you really want to accomplish this goal. How much do you really want to change your body composition? And remember what I say: it's not going to happen overnight. It's not going to happen in two months. It's not going to happen in four months. You're changing your body composition. That takes a heck of a lot of time, a lot of patience, and you putting in the work on a daily basis. Those small wins add up to the big goal you're working to accomplish.

And let me tell you, I'm almost six years into my journey, and there are still aspects of my body that I'm working on. I got a memory on my IG from four years ago, a photo of me, and I was blown away. That was two years into my journey. Two years in, my legs weren't what they are today. My shoulders weren't as capped as they are today. It comes down to you. Trust me, accept that building muscle and changing your body composition is going to take a long time. Building muscle is not something that happens overnight. Changing your body composition is not something that happens overnight. I'm still working on it six years later.

So fall in love with your journey. Fall in love with every step of it. Be patient and look at the small things, the small wins, on a daily basis. That's what matters the most. And always remember to take your starter photos, because I can guarantee you that six months from now, if you're putting in the work, you're going to see a drastic difference. That's going to motivate you to go another six months. Then you'll have a year photo. You see a lot of WarriorBabes share their year photo. It's just a year. Don't get me wrong, you can still accomplish a lot in a year, but then those WarriorBabes think, all right, what can I do in another year? Then you have starter photos to two years, then two to three, three to four, four to five, and on and on.

Yup. Now is when I'm seeing my body composition change, two years later. When I saw that on IG, that was two years into my journey, and I couldn't freaking believe I looked like that. So much has changed from then to now, which is a four-year time period. You can always go onto my IG and scroll down to see where I was, because it's not where I am today. So remember that. Don't compare your day one to my day 1,800 and so on. Just focus on your journey. Fall in love with your journey.

Valerie: "Silly question. Water intake question. When you mix your Opti-Greens, do you count that as water intake or no?" No, because I focus just on this, my water. If I can get this down, that's a win. Anything outside of that is extra. I always strive for a gallon, and then I have my Opti-Greens and my post-workout protein. To me, that's extra. If I can get extra, that's freaking great. Your goal is definitely a gallon, but look at those as a bonus. If you can get the bonus, that's bomb.com.

All right, guys, I'm going to tune out. It was awesome hanging out with you. Blueprint Babes, I'll see you next at 7 p.m. And VIP, I'll see you at 9 p.m. Bye, everybody. Have a good rest of your evening. Bye.