09/21/2026
Real talk: I didn’t get lean by eating less.
The one time in my life I actually did that was after having my kid - a full year of struggling with my weight, doing the “eat less” thing because I thought that’s what I was supposed to do.
It didn’t work the way I expected, and it definitely didn’t feel good.
Outside of that year, I’ve always eaten balanced meals — real structure, real food, no crash-dieting.
But I wasn’t dialing in my macros. I wasn’t paying attention to exactly how much protein, carbs, and fat my body actually needed to build muscle and pertorm.
Now, at 39, I’m leaner and stronger than I’ve ever been. And I eat more carbs than I used to. What changed wasn’t quantity, and it wasn’t “getting more disciplined” with food. It was precision.
I started dialing in my macros…enough protein, enough carbs, enough of everything my body actually needs. I paired that with resistance training, yoga and Pilates, instead of hours of cardio.
And I stopped ignoring the stuff that quietly runs the whole show: sleep, stress, recovery. Because when your body is stressed, it holds onto fat no matter how balanced your plate looks.
So if you’re over 30 and telling yourself “maybe I just need to eat less”, I want you to pause on that.
You might not need less food. You might need the right ratios, dialed in for the body you actually have now.
If this is you, drop a comment and tell me - what have you already tried to fix this? (Keto? Less food? More cardio?) I read every one.
