If you are learning macronutrients or trying to get into macronutrients, I can tell you guys that was one of the biggest things that was so frustrating to me was that I was over under all of the time every single day at the end of the day because I was tracking as I was going during the day.

So make sure that you plan ahead.

What's going on, you guys? Welcome to the Macro Hour with Nikki Stott, co-founder of Warrior

Babe. And on this podcast, we talk about mindset, methodologies, and tactics that will help

you lose body fat, build muscle, be strong, and feel insanely confident. I'm your host, Nikki

Stott, and welcome you guys to episode number

55. Today I'm going to share with you guys six things that I wish I knew when I first started

counting macros. So I'm going to go back to like, I think it was like 2017, 2018. It was like in between the years of me bodybuilding and wanting to just obviously

learn how to do this in a sustainable way because I don't know if I ever shared this with

you guys or like mentioned this, but like macros isn't what got me results. Like counting

macros isn't what got me results. Understanding macros is what gave me and and counting macros is what gave me results. Accounting macros isn't what got me results. Understanding macros is what

gave me and accounting macros is what gave me sustainability and longevity with my fitness goals.

So, you know, I shared with you guys episode one, my story, right? And back then in like 2015,

when I was working with a bodybuilding coach, I was following a bodybuilding diet,

something that I would never recommend for you guys or the women that I work with because

it's not realistic. It's and it's not sustainable. And it was just a meal plan. And that is why

something, that is why I'm so against meal plans and like giving like handing you if I'm

going to work with you a meal plan because it's so fixated on maybe like six different food

items when there is a plethora of food items that you could learn about understand, read the labels, no portion sizes,

that you can incorporate into your routine. And that's why I love macros so much. But back in

my beginning of my journey, I was following literally like a like a freaking email, like here's

your six meals for the day. And it it got me results it got me 16 in

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