Calorie Counting vs. Macro Counting: Which One is Right for You?
Embrace Your Real
Julie Ledbetter
5.0 • 982 Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
When it comes to losing weight and getting in shape, there are a few different methods that people tend to gravitate towards. One popular approach is calorie counting, while another is macro counting. So, what's the difference between the two? And which one is right for you? I'm going to help you answer these questions in this episode!
If after listening to this episode you want to get your macros calculated, I have a free ebook that will help you figure out what your daily macros should be. And if you simply want to calorie count, you can use this free ebook to find that out as well, you will just ignore the macro breakdown and focus on the calorie number. Click here to get the free ebook.
But if you are ready to go straight into macro counting, then the best step for you would be to join my macro counting made simple online academy. Here, I help you select the macro phase that is right for your body right now, whether that's maintenance, fat loss, muscle gain, or reverse dieting, and then help you calculate your macros plus give you all the tools you need for being successful.
It's literally your one-stop shop for all things macro counting. If you sign up for the academy, you will develop yourself up for success to finally see the results you want.
To sign up, head over to macrocountingmadesimple.com
P.S: A few episodes ago, I chatted about a few issues that arise when someone focuses exclusively on calorie counting.
If you didn't listen to that episode yet, I highly recommend tuning in if this is a topic you are interested in...
Episode 227: 5 Issues with Calorie Counting You Need to Know About.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there beautiful human you're listening to Embrace You're |
| 0:03.2 | You're listening to Embrace You're real with me Julie Ledbetter a podcast where I |
| 0:06.4 | empower you to just be you with each episode I dish you a dose of real talk and |
| 0:11.6 | actionable advice for building your confidence, honoring your body, |
| 0:15.2 | and unconditionally loving your authentic self. |
| 0:18.0 | Stay tuned if you're ready to embrace your real, let's get it, let's go. Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Embrace Real Podcast. |
| 0:36.7 | I'm really excited about today's episode. |
| 0:38.2 | We're going to be chatting about the differences between calorie and macro counting |
| 0:42.3 | and kind of decide which one is more beneficial for you |
| 0:45.0 | as they both do have pros and cons and so when you're kind of |
| 0:50.0 | figuring out what route to go when achieving your health and |
| 0:53.1 | fitness goals. I wanted to just kind of share this. I actually talked about five |
| 0:58.0 | issues with calorie counting in a previous episode that I recently did |
| 1:01.8 | episode 227 so I will link that in the |
| 1:04.4 | show note so that you can easily go listen to that and that is more |
| 1:07.5 | specifically on calorie counting like a more in-depth but back to this |
| 1:12.1 | episode when it comes to losing weight and kind of |
| 1:14.2 | getting in shape there are a few different methods that people tend to gravitate |
| 1:18.7 | towards and one popular approach is calorie counting while another is macro counting. |
| 1:24.0 | So if you're kind of curious about what the difference is between the two and why I recommend either |
| 1:29.9 | one and which one is right for you, I'm going to help you answer those questions |
| 1:33.8 | in today's episode but before I do I wanted to share this review it is a five-star |
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