#193: What should my macros be with Craig McDonald
I always thought I had to go to extremes to lose weight, then I’d have these epic binges. When I met Emma and Craig and learned about calories and macros, energy balance, strength training and that carbs, sugar and dairy were not evil foods that would make me fat or give me cancer 🤣😈 I realised I didn’t need to be doing all these crazy diets to get the body and health I wanted.
There are also heaps of misconceptions about macros and calories. When many women see these words they immediately start thinking restriction or they become overwhelmed. The truth is you don’t need to eat 1200 calories to get the body you want, and once you learn about energy balance, calories, macros and how to meal plan reaching your body and health goals becomes so much easier and more enjoyable.
In this episode, Craig and I chat about:
➡️What are calories?
➡️Total caloric intake and how it impacts your weight
➡️What are macros?
➡️How your protein intake may vary depending on your goals
➡️Doing caloric deficits (and how to do this properly)
➡️How much fat, protein, and carbs you should consume
➡️Eating at maintenance calories and macros
➡️What it means to be in surplus
➡️Calculating your maintenance calories
➡️How long deficits should last
➡️What to monitor during deficits
➡️Refeeds and what they do
➡️How to gain muscle or “get toned”
➡️Laying your foundations first
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SHOW NOTES
01:15 - My crazy diet history
01:49 - What I realize after meeting Craig and learnt strength training and tracking food accurately
02:36 - How much calories I'm eating on maintenance phase
03:27 - How planning ahead can be freeing
04:35 - What are calories?
04:53 - Total caloric intake and how it impacts your weight
06:22 - What are macros?
06:31 - How your protein intake may vary depending on your goals
08:39 - Doing caloric deficits and how to do it properly
09:13 - How much fat and carbs you should consume
11:17 - What deficit, maintenance, and surplus phase are
11:56 - How do you first determine and calculate your maintenance calories
14:58 - Testing your maintenance calories for a couple of weeks
15:33 - How long deficits should last
17:50 - The benefits of Saturée Clean Casein and helped you hit your protein target
21:37 - Refeeds and what they do
24:22- Eating more food consistently and being able to perform hard in the gym
25:18 - Doing body measurements
25:30 - Why eating at maintenance could be good for women who have very severe issues
27:33 - Creating new habits for a better version of yourself
28:10 - How to gain muscle or “get toned”
32:39 - Put the work and build the foundations first
34:08 - Accepting slow progress
36:43 - Fail forward
37:06 - What it means to be in surplus
39:03 - What's in our 7-Day Eat More, Train Less, Get Results Challenge
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