Remember the "good ole' days" when you wanted to lose a few pounds, you'd just eat a little less and voila... the scale starts dipping?

And now... do you ever feel like you need a PhD in “food math” just to lose a few pounds?

One expert says “calories in vs calories out is all that matters.”
 

Another says “nah, it’s your macros (protein, carbs, fat) that count.”

So who’s right?

Well… both. But also… neither.

Here’s the deal...

Calories are the big picture... 

Eat more than you burn, you gain weight. Eat less than you burn, you lose. Simple math.

Macros are the details...

They decide what kind of weight you lose (fat, muscle, water) and how good (or awful) you feel while doing it.

Think of it like this: calories are the size of the car engine. Macros are what kind of fuel you put in the tank. 

If you only focus on calories, yeah, you might lose weight, but it might be muscle, you’ll feel like trash, and you’ll be hangry enough to bite your neighbor’s mailbox.

Focus only on macros without paying attention to calories? You could be crushing your protein goals… but still overeating.

That’s why the sweet spot is finding the balance:

• Calories to drive fat loss.
   
• Macros to keep your muscle, energy, and sanity intact.

And here’s the good news... you don’t need to obsessively track every bite forever. Once you learn the right balance for you, it becomes second nature.

In fact, that’s exactly what I’ll show you inside my 14-Day Midlife Meltdown.

It’s a short, practical reset to kickstart fat loss without crazy diets, extreme workouts, or spending your evenings arguing with a food scale.

Check out the 14-Day Midlife Meltdown here

You’ll see how simple it can be to get results without making fitness your full-time job.

Later tater,
Mike