When you restrict your calories without adequate protein intake, your body doesn't just burn fat,

it burns muscle too. And losing muscle is the last thing that you want. Because muscle is what

helps to keep your metabolism elevated and it gives your body the shape and the definition that you

want and it makes fat loss sustainable. This is why I say that protein is the macronutrient king. It does so much

for internally for your body, for repairing and building, but then externally for the results

that you want to see in your body. What's going on everybody? Hey, you guys, welcome back to another episode of The Macro Hour.

Or this is one of your first episodes, welcome to the show with your host, Nikki Stott.

And all these episodes, my friends, we talk about mindset, methodologies, and tactics that will help you lose body

fat, build muscle, be strong, and feel insanely confident. In today's episode, episode number

346, we're going to dive into some simplicity and bringing back the basics.

For the majority of you, maybe already know what this is, but for those of you that

don't, we're going to dive into the world of macros.

Okay.

And this episode is for every woman who has ever nodded along when someone said the word

macros and then like quietly went off the sideline and like googled what that

actually means later and there's no shame in that the fitness industry throws the word around a lot

like everybody already knows what it is like i was i you know i mentioned this in a few episodes

to go that i'm 10 i'm a decade into this space in the fitness industry. And what is so just second nature to me

is not to the person that I meet at a dog park and they're like, what are macronutrients? I have no

idea what they are. So the fitness industry can toss around like everybody knows what it is.

But then there's a lot of women out there that feel confused and then they give up,

you know, three days into a tracking app. And, you know, we're wondering why is that? And it's,

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