Counting Macros for Weight Loss Calories vs Macros So what’s with this popular new phrase “if it fits your macros?” What does it mean? And how does it differ from just counting calories? Counting macros is more or less the same thing as counting calories. Macronutrients are carbohydrates, fats, and protein, and they are the three...Read More

Weight Loss Journey My journey began about 14 months ago. I had gone shopping for some clothes and ended up crying in the dressing room because I realized I was a much bigger size than I was squeezing myself into. I was tired of being uncomfortable in my own skin and knew that I needed...Read More

Commitment to Fitness The picture on the left is me from a few years ago. At that time fitness and healthy eating were not on my priority list. Fitness to me was going to the recreational center with my roommates once, maybe twice, a week. We would lift weights with seventy five percent intensity. I never...Read More

How I Lost 100 Pounds Let me share a little story with you about New Year’s resolutions and goal setting and how they helped me lose 100 pounds in a year’s time. At the age of 23 I was 6’1” tall and weighed 308 pounds. I was considered morbidly obese by medical standards. This means...Read More