One habit you can develop that will greatly increase your chances of fitness success is tracking/journaling your food, specifically macronutrients.

However, for the month of May I am recommending that my clients STOP tracking their macros.

Instead let's focus on finding foods that are going to help lower inflammation and increase absorption. Also, find the optimal times of day to consume these foods.

For example, I have a client that noticed consuming protein shakes made him feel and look bloated.

Despite that he continued to drink the shakes to reach his individual protein goals.

So here's the dilemma. Is it worth consuming the high protein meals even tho he may not be absorbing them properly. One thing we know, there are negative visible effects. 

What's more important? 

I say "listen" to your body. The high protein shakes are not giving him the results he's looking for. In fact, they started having a negative impact on his physique.

When crafting the ideal diet, keep in mind it's not what you eat, it's what ou absorb. Consuming 200g of protein may not be ideal if you're only absorbing 150g. There's no clear-cut way to determine this but there are ways find out what's the ideal protein per day range for you.

Also, when it comes to inflammation and absorption, I've seen people test highly allergic to broccoli, chicken, tomatoes... just because its labeled healthy doesn't mean it can't be highly inflammatory.

This month, don't worry about how much you eat, let's lock in to the foods the limit/reduce our inflammation and increase the absorption of the beautiful foods we do it.