Why Summer Is Actually the Best Time to Start Counting Macros
Embrace Your Real
Julie Ledbetter
5.0 • 982 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Hey hey beautiful human!
Every summer, so many women tell themselves the same thing. They will start in September, get back on track after vacation, or wait until life feels more structured again. And honestly, it makes sense why summer feels like the wrong time to start something new, because there are BBQs, restaurant dinners, travel plans, kids at home, and days that do not follow the usual routine.
But that is exactly why summer can be the best time to start counting macros. If you can learn how to fuel your body in the middle of real life, with social meals, looser routines, and more activity already built into your days, you are not building a habit that only works when everything is perfect. You are building one that can actually last.
In this bonus episode of Embrace Your Real, I'm breaking down why the "I'll start in September" mindset keeps so many women stuck, why your body may need more fuel in summer than you realize, and how macro counting can help you feel more confident, steady, and in control without putting your life on pause.
What's Discussed:
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Why waiting until September often turns into the same cycle all over again
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Why summer activity can increase your body's need for consistent fuel
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How underfueling can show up as cravings, low energy, and workouts that feel harder than they should
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Why BBQs, vacations, and restaurant meals are not setbacks when you understand macros
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How summer gives you the chance to build consistency in real-life situations
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Why learning your numbers now can make autumn feel easier before it even begins
Ready to have every 30-minute session pre-planned, pre-programmed, and built around exactly this structure? Head to movementwithjulie.com and get started inside the Movement With Julie app.
If you loved this episode, you'll also love: Episode 542: Why Adjusting Your Macros Matters When You Increase Your Exercise. It will help you take the awareness you built here and apply it in a practical way as your training evolves.
If you want more from me, be sure to check out…
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Macro Counting Made Simple Online Academy: https://www.macrocountingmadesimple.com/
Website: www.juliealedbetter.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, hey, beautiful human. Can I steal five minutes of your time? I have something super important to share with you, but I promise I'll be really quick. You're listening to my weekly bonus episode of Embrace Your Real with me, Julie Labbetter. I'm about to give you a quick tip for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving your authentic self. Stay tuned. If you're ready to embrace a real, let's get it. |
| 0:22.5 | Let's go. |
| 0:31.7 | Hello and welcome back to another bonus episode on the Embrace for podcast. |
| 0:36.5 | I'm so glad that you're here today because I want to |
| 0:38.3 | challenge something that I hear every single summer like as it rolls around and that is I'll just |
| 0:45.2 | start in September. I will get back on track after vacation. Summer is just too chaotic to start |
| 0:49.8 | something new right now and I get it. Summer feels like the wrong time to add anything new into the mix, |
| 0:54.7 | especially something like macro counting. It can feel like the responsible move to just wait until |
| 0:59.5 | things settle down. But I want to make the case for something that might sound counterintuitive. |
| 1:03.8 | Summer is actually, in my opinion, one of the best times to start counting macros, |
| 1:08.3 | not in spite of the chaos of your summer festivities, but because of it. |
| 1:12.5 | And that's why in today's episode, I want to dive into the I Will Start in September loop and why that's |
| 1:17.4 | keeping you stuck and what to do instead, why your body is actually asking for more support in the |
| 1:22.8 | summer, not less, and how to use the flexibility of summer to build a habit that actually sticks before life |
| 1:28.7 | snaps back to structured in September. All right, let's just get right into today's episode. |
| 1:34.3 | Let's start with something a lot of women do not even realize that they're doing. This I will |
| 1:38.9 | start in September loop is not a timing strategy. It's actually a delay strategy. And it goes something like this every single |
| 1:45.5 | year for so many women that I talk to. January comes and there's this big burst of motivation. |
| 1:50.9 | You commit to eating better, tracking your food, getting consistent. And then February arrives and |
| 1:55.3 | life picks up. Before you know it, March, April, may have passed. Things have gotten a little |
| 1:59.5 | busier. The plan started to slip. And then summer hits and you tell yourself, okay, summer is just not the right time because there's barbecues, vacations, the kids are home. Nothing is structured. I will just reset in September. But then September comes and the back-to-school chaos hits. And somehow September becomes October and October becomes the holidays. And suddenly it's January again and you're back to the beginning. So that sound familiar? Here's the truth. Things do not calm down because the second September comes in two months. It's the holiday season again. The cycle goes fast. There's always a reason for timing to feel off. Summer is for relaxing. Autumn is too busy. The holidays are coming. January is |
| 2:34.7 | overwhelming. There's always next season. That feels more convenient. And the next season never delivers |
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