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Most women believe that, in order to get fit, they must eliminate all "bad" foods and only eat "clean" foods. They think there are certain foods which will magically make them shed fat and others which will pile it on.

And so, a lot of women proceed to "eat clean" and eliminate all unhealthy foods...only to wind up extremely frustrated because they don't actually see the results they want.

This is because "eating clean" is not the answer. What determines whether you gain or lose body fat is the amount of food you eat, not just what you eat.

This is called the Law of Energy Balance, which is essentially calories in versus calories out.

The Law of Energy Balance only has 3 possible outcomes:

1) You consume more calories than you burn = you gain weight

2) You consume the same amount of calories as you burn = you stay the same

3) You consume fewer calories than you burn = you lose weight

Now, a huge mistake a lot of women make...

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What's going on, FitFam?

In today's video, I'm walking you through exactly how to determine what your custom nutrition targets should be based on where your body is at right now and where you want it to go.

We're going to first figure out what your total caloric intake should be and then, further dissect those calories into the amount coming from each macronutrient - protein, fats & carbs.

Hitting these nutrition targets is the golden key to your lifelong fitness success! Seriously, you will be astounded how fast your body changes when you start hitting these numbers. :)

(PS - sorry that the audio doesn't link up with the video for the Loom video!)


Here is the link to Part 1 of this Nutrition Series (how to eat to get shredded):

https://youtu.be/MMCyC9Q2uZI


Here is the link to Part 3 of this Nutrition Series (how to meal plan & batch prep):

https://youtu.be/Hh8JjswzmF8

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We all know that your nutrition is one of the most fundamentally important aspects of your life that will decide nearly everything in it.

And yet, the vast majority of people leave their nutrition to sporadic, haphazard chance as opposed to intentionally thinking ahead to ensure they get what they actually need for the results they want more than anything.

Most women are "reactive eaters" - they wait until they're starving and look for the quickest, most convenient option to satisfy that need.

The problem is that quick, convenient options are usually packaged, garbage foods, high in calories and low in nutrients, which will have you starving once again in about an hour.

Leaving your nutrition up to chance clearly is not a formula for success. Instead, you must be a proactive eater.

This means that you eat intentionally. You have a plan so you know exactly what you'll be eating and have it ready to go for when your hunger...

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When women want to get fit, they usually make this big mistake - they put a lot of time and energy into the workouts and very little time into their nutrition.

Well here's the thing - exercise really doesn't do that much to help you lose body fat. That comes almost entirely from your nutrition, which you know now from understanding energy balance and macros.

Of course, exercise will help you burn more calories, but usually, any given workout session is only going to burn about 200-500 calories max. If you don't know what you're doing with your nutrition, you can very easily eat back all of those calories and essentially get nowhere (this is of course why there are so many overweight people in gyms everywhere!).

So if exercise doesn't help all that much with fat loss, what does it do?

It's how you build muscle - which, remember, is how you get "toned."

And remember - the more muscle you have on your body, the faster your...

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Another big mistake women make when trying to get fit is they obsess over losing weight, when in fact, that's not actually what they want to do.

When you say you want to "lose weight," what you actually mean is lose fat.

When you say you want to "tone up," what you actually mean is gain muscle.

Body composition is the percentage of you that comes from body fat and the percentage that comes from lean muscle mass.

Therefore, what you're actually trying to do is optimize your body composition, not lose weight.

You're trying to decrease body fat and increase lean muscle mass.

If you follow the steps above - hit your macros and strength train - you will do this very quickly in less time and energy than you ever thought possible!

I am really against using a bodyweight scale in general because too many women have emotional issues with it.

Beyond that, the scale is only telling you your total weight - not your body...