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More Than Macros: Why Fat Loss Is About Metabolism, Hormones, Stress, Sleep + Behavior- Not Just Tracking

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Emma Montgomery

Self-improvement, Nutrition, Fitness, Education, Health & Fitness, Mindset

5779 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Hey guys! Welcome back. Today I want to dive into why fat loss is more than just tracking macros. Yes, a calorie deficit is needed for fat loss, and counting macros gives us structure and targets, but there are so many factors that influence what our macros are and the ability to hit them That's what we're talking about today! Apply for coaching Black Friday yearly offer for the Monthly Membership start Thursday Black Friday sale starts Thursday for HAPI supplements (no cod...

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0:00.0

What's up guys? Welcome back to Empowered Radio. I hope you all had an amazing holiday with your families.

0:06.9

Again, I cannot believe it's already December, but today is the last day to enroll in the yearly membership at the discounted rate.

0:15.1

So it saves $75 when you join the yearly option. I'll have that linked in the description.

0:20.7

And then it's also the

0:21.6

last day for the happy sale, 25% off site wide, spend 100 bucks. You get three free protein samples.

0:28.1

You do need to add those to your cart because you're picking the flavors. So again, those are

0:32.4

going to be linked in the show notes. But today we are going to talk about why fat loss is more than macros.

0:40.7

I was having a conversation with someone the other day and I was talking about how when I started

0:45.5

my Instagram, obviously I didn't intend to create a business and all the things and it was

0:51.8

more just sharing recipes. My Instagram was even private back then, like nine, ten years ago.

0:58.1

And macros, it was like all the rage.

1:01.5

It was new.

1:02.1

A lot of people didn't, you know, weren't like counting macros.

1:06.0

And I remember when I learned about tracking macros and just the flexibility it gave me with dieting,

1:12.2

it changed everything for me.

1:13.8

It changed my life.

1:15.1

And so my Instagram handle, I created like it was macros with M.

1:21.1

And now I feel like that it's so easy for people to think like, oh, I just need my

1:27.4

macro set so I can lose

1:28.7

weight and I'm going to track macros and, you know, that's it. And while yes, macros are

1:35.0

super important in terms of what we're talking about like changing your body composition.

1:40.1

So yes, we know macros matter. We know protein matters. We know a calorie deficit matters.

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