11/21 Whole Life Wednesday - Beyond the Whiteboard Lifestyle & Macro Tracking

Coach Zach overhead squats and Coach Dover overhead split squats. Both forms of the overhead squat are correct and each has its purpose. If your overhead mobility limits your squat, try split squatting. 
I have written several times about the very cool lifestyle feature in Beyond the Whiteboard. Read this post if you missed it. 
The BTWB Lifestyle feature helps you keep track of your sleep, hydration, mobility, nutrition, fish oil consumption and how your body feels. That is 4 of the 7 Whole Life Challenge daily habits. Since sleep, hydration, mobility and nutrition are common to both programs, you can bet that these 4 lifestyle factors have the greatest affect on your health and wellness. 
I'm super excited that BTWB just released its new Macro Tracking feature. For a $3 add-on to your BTWB account you can track as many Macro targets as you like (e,g, rest day, workout day, double day, etc.)  You can enter foods yourself, you can scan barcodes, or you can look up something in the giant food database. I have been testing this new feature for the past 2 weeks and I LOVE IT!
I recently participated in the Macrostax challenge (Congrats again to Tami who won that challenge) and have been tracking my Macros, off and on now, for about 1 year. I have not been perfect (that's Coach Heidi!) at achieving my Macros, but I have been about 80% complaint. I have been much better at just tracking them however, and that has dramatically changed my food choices throughout the day or week, and has helped me see a direct correlation between workout performance, energy levels and overall feeling of "goodness" or "not - so  - goodness" based on my food choices. 
I used to use a few different apps to track my Macros, I used Devour to tell me how much protein, fat and carbs I should be eating and Macrostax to tell me if I reached those numbers. Of course, I also continue to use BTWB daily to track my workouts, body composition and weight. I am thrilled that now I only have to use ONE app to rule them all! 
You can read a full detail of the BTWB Macros feature here, and here are some of my highlights. 

• The database and barcode scanner are robust and super easy to use. 
• I love having the option for as many Macro targets as I like. I use a Rest Day, Light Workout Day, Moderate Workout Day and Heavy Workout Day. I am a geek this way - you DON'T HAVE TO BE! I used my RP macros and entered them as my targets. 
• I love that in the Macro view I also see a daily accounting of my BTWB Lifestyle features. I love seeing the check-mark for my workout, the sleep icon if I've slept well, the mobility icon and all the rest of the healthy lifestyle practices. 
• I love that it's only $3 per month. 
• I love the daily habit I've developed of keeping track of my lifestyle choices. I started this with my first Whole Life Challenge and I'm stoked to have it integrated into BTWB. 
• I love the weekly analysis and all the rest of the terrific and robust BTWB data analytics. 
• You get a 2 week free trail and can cancel anytime. 

I encourage all of you to test it out. I have the feeling I will be using BTWB to run a lifestyle and nutrition challenge in the New Year. You might as well get used to the app now! If you need help figure out your Macros, you can re-read the blog series I wrote on counting your macros here, here, here and here. You can also talk to Coaches Amanda, Dover, Heidi or me as we all have experience with counting macros. Good luck and happy tracking! 

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