Why I Changed My Mind On If It Fits Your Macros (IIFYM)

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Emma Montgomery

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

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🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Emma tackles one of the most common pitfalls in macro tracking: using flexibility as an excuse to avoid structure. She opens by sharing how she once lived by "If It Fits Your Macros" - eating whatever she wanted as long as it hit her numbers — and why that approach eventually led to poor satiety, low energy, and even binge eating cycles. Flexible dieting is a powerful tool, but without structure (consistent meal timing. protein anchors. fiber, and planned treats), it becomes chaotic and unsus...

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome back to another episode of Empowered Radio. I am your host, Emma Montgomery,
0:05.1	and we are on, I believe this is episode two of the series that I'm doing on things that I've
0:12.4	changed my mind on over the years. So this is nutrition, fitness type things that I used to feel a
0:19.5	certain way and now I feel a completely different way.
0:22.6	And that is through personal experience and experience coaching clients and thousands of
0:27.9	women at this point through my Shred program, my monthly membership, one-on-one coaching.
0:33.3	So today, this episode is about macros specifically.
0:38.7	And if you're familiar with I-I-F-Y-M, so if it fits your macros, that whole movement.
0:45.0	So that's what we're going to talk about today.
0:46.6	Okay, but before I get into the episode, if you're in the monthly membership, I'm super excited because I'm doing this with you.
0:53.1	I originally was putting this together for myself and I thought, no, I need to let everyone in on the fun because I know the summertime is typically a time where you're either super locked in right before summer because you're trying to lose weight and do the thing. And then it's like as we get into summer,
1:11.2	it just habits start slipping. We get a little more relaxed. So I put together a six-week program.
1:19.6	And this is the summer body blueprint six-week training program. It's a four-day upper,
1:25.9	lower split that is focused on abs,
1:29.1	glutes, and shoulders. So all the things that we want to show off in the summer, there are
1:32.8	brand new summer recipes, sample meal plans that'll come with it. So this will be available.
1:38.9	If you're in the membership, you're going to get this for free. It comes in the membership.
1:43.5	And we are going to do a challenge with
1:45.4	it starting on June 21st. So literally the first day of summer. Six weeks challenge. There's
1:50.0	going to be prizes every week. It's just going to be super fun and motivating to keep everyone
1:54.9	again a little more locked in through the summertime. If you are not in the membership and want to join so that you
2:02.1	can take advantage of the challenge, I would love to have you. If not, it will be available to
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