Nutrition

Most people either skip setting real numbers and eat by feel, or they grab whatever target a random app spits out without understanding where it came from. Both approaches make it harder to adjust when something isn't working, because you don't know what the number was based on in the first place. Here's the actual process. Step 1: Find your maintenance calories This is the number of calories that keeps your weight stable — your starting point before any goal is factored in.

You'll hear two things repeated constantly, and they sound like they contradict each other: "A calorie is a calorie." And: "It's not just about calories, food quality matters." Both are true. They're just answering different questions. Where "a calorie is a calorie" is correct As a unit of energy, a calorie is a calorie. 100 calories of broccoli and 100 calories of candy contain the same amount of energy. If weight change were only about that one number, the math wouldn't car

"Macros" gets thrown around so often it's lost its meaning. Before you can set targets or track anything, it helps to know what you're actually talking about. The three macronutrients Everything you eat breaks down into some combination of three things: Protein — builds and repairs tissue: muscle, skin, hormones, immune cells. It's also the most filling of the three, which matters if you're managing hunger. Carbohydrates — your body's preferred fuel source, especially for any