If you do any kind of workout you understand that what you eat defines your success and your body! By now, you know that kitchen scales are your best friend - if not, you will find out very soon... You need to stick to your calories and macros that are in your personal meal plan as much as possible.You also know that prepping your food can be very time-consuming, especially if you are not sure how much you should eat from certain types of food.I know all of this, I have been through the same! I am here to help you!With this book, I am about to save you a lot of time!When I started to do my workout and follow my meal plan, it took me a while to prepare it all correctly so I decided to create a database for myself where I entered all sorts of food and I re-searched all nutrition info for this. I would like to share my tables with you that show calories, carbs, fat, and protein for different types of food, in different amounts. All you need to do is to look at your meal plan, match your macros with the help of this book, and add it all up. This book also contains some tips that helped me a lot, either to save time or save calories, carbs, and fat.Yes, you do need a set of scales! It does not matter what sort of scales they are as long as they are kitchen scales. They all do one thing - measure the amount and weight of your food.Yes, you will still need to do some maths however, the content of this book will help you massively and save you a lot of time. The whole point of following a sustainable macro-based diet is that it's flexible. You can eat oven-baked chicken with rice and carrot for the rest of your life if you wish, but I do not think many people could and would do that. We need variety! And if you calculate your macros, you can create amazing meals all the time. You need to love what you eat, otherwise, it will not be sustainable and you will not get the results you would like to see.This book contains a lot of food with their calories and macros, most starting from as small as 5g to 600g of weight so you do not have to look up nutrition info for each item you want to use and calculate the calories and macros, it will save you a lot of time. Some people like using macro tracking apps and it's great if that works for you, the downsides are: -Many of these apps allow anyone to enter anything, which means it might not be accurate.-If the app was created let's say in the US or Europe, it will be full of American or European products but not so many from anywhere else in the world.-You still need to enter nutrition info if you can not find it on the app.-Many apps will have in-app purchases which means you might not be able to use all options or you can use the app only for a certain amount of time for free.I do not put the success of my hard work in the hands of 'someone' entering the info. I research everything very carefully and to the best of my knowledge, these are the very calculations I use myself. I am also 'old-school' and like to write it down with a pen. It makes me feel good! Psychologically, if you actually write something down on a piece of paper, it is more powerful than some virtual numbers. So I am not an 'app-person' when it comes to macros.In this book, I'll give you some tips on how to save calories, carbs and fat and how to 'make up' if you are not hitting your protein target or consumed too much fat for your lunch. I also left many empty spaces for you where you can write down YOUR favourite food. You can create your favourite breakfasts and meals and easily adjust the recipes you like. By the end of this book you will be able to calculate your macros easily, create your own recipes and you will have 3 breakfasts, 5-10 mains and 3 treats to get you started.I wish you all the best for your lifestyle change and fitness journey