The Macro Living

The Macro Living Individualized macronutrient + fitness coaching for women

18 week weight + fat loss, 6 week transition to maintenance calories 17 pounds, 15.5 total inchesfeeling transformed phy...
03/28/2026

18 week weight + fat loss, 6 week transition to maintenance calories
17 pounds, 15.5 total inches
feeling transformed physically and mentally for the first time while in her 40s, while now fueling her body with more quality, balanced nutrition than she ever has

“Losing 15 pounds was my dream goal that I thought would be impossible to achieve and I have achieved even more. When I began with The Macro Living, I was at my heaviest weight I had ever been. I honestly felt helpless and while I had tried many times to eat healthy on my own and workout, I was not seeing any progress. I was feeling discouraged and completely stuck to be honest, and I knew something had to be done. I had watched my sister in law for several years tracking her macros, working out, saw many pictures of her progress, but it still intimated me so much. I told myself I couldn’t do something like this and I wouldn’t have the time. I work part time, I am a pastor’s wife, a mom of two and feel like my life is constantly busy. All the doubts went through my mind.

It wasn’t until I realized that it was time for me to take care of me and do this for me, so I took the big step — a step that I didn’t know at the time would change my life forever. 

This program has meant everything to me. Allison has walked with me every step of the way, encouraged me, has taught me everything about nutrition and weight training, and most of all has believed in me from day one. This accountability has been exactly what I needed. I have equally had so much support at home from my husband. He has been one of my biggest cheerleaders!

I am down 17 pounds + 15.5 total inches and while the weight loss is amazing and I feel better than I ever have, it’s so much more for me. I have learned I CAN do hard things. I CAN achieve my goals. I have learned the importance of nutrition and eating majority whole foods, and how important moving my body is. I look back and am amazed at the woman that started this journey and that with God’s help and the support of Allison and my family, I can say I DID THIS and will continue to.

This isn’t just a temporary change for me, this is a new lifestyle.”

03/17/2026

uncomfortable truths about fat loss:

1. Even if you’re doing everything right, it is slow but steady — it needs to be normalized that fat loss doesn’t happen quickly or overnight. With following the perfect plan, it still takes time and that’s okay
2. Eating in a calorie deficit does require some sacrifice. To lose body fat, you have to be consuming less calories than what your body is burning. Even with a healthy calorie deficit, this is going to look different than what life looks like when you are living at maintenance. Short term sacrifice for long term gain — be effective with your time and efforts, achieve the fat loss, and then get to maintenance and spend the majority of your time there where you do have more flexibility while sustaining your results.
3. It will most likely take multiple fat loss phases to reach your end goal. It’s common for some people to think that they’re going to arrive at their end goal after one calorie deficit — for most, this typically isn’t the case. Which is also why it is important to realize endlessly staying in a calorie deficit won’t get you there and most certainly isn’t the best for the health of your body. You need breaks of executing nutritional periodization, which is spending quality time building muscle and living at maintenance outside of fat loss phases.
4. If you’re still unhappy with your body composition, you need more muscle. This is where so many go wrong — they believe they need more weight and fat loss to achieve the look they want, when in reality more muscle is what they need. Muscle is what gives your body shape, and with phases of truly prioritizing muscle growth (months and years) and later revealing that muscle after fat loss, that is where the “lean, toned” body composition happens.

Registration for my next 1:1 coaching round opens on Monday March 30th. I am both a certified nutrition coach + personal trainer that specializes in designing individualized macronutrient + weight training programs specifically for the needs and goals of your body — and I would love nothing more than to help you achieve your dream goals.

Who is joining us? 🤝🏻

03/06/2026

Hi we eat lots of food here 🫶🏻

For the health of your body
To feel your best
To function and perform your best
To transform your body + build muscle
You need the maximum amount of quality balanced nutrition

It’s so common for so many women to wonder why their hormones are imbalanced, struggle with chronic fatigue, have irregular cycles, and feel like they have tried everything all to be stuck + find it impossible to change their bodies — when their bodies primarily just need more quality nutrition.

And especially for those who are wanting to commit to building muscle — for both performance in your lifts and recovery to repair and build new tissue, your body needs a lot more food than you think.

I see a lot of women who are consuming way under their maintenance calories. For some people, this is more than what an online calculator will tell you. You ideally want to be consuming at maintenance the majority of the time and during intentional fat loss phases, you do not need 1500 calories, eating low carb, nonfat, sugar free everything for the health of your body.
And for most optimal muscle growth, especially for someone who is experienced in weight training, we’re talking about fueling your body even a little above maintenance.

Moral of the story is, your body wants and needs so much more food than you believe it does.

If you are ready to achieve your healthiest, strongest body and want to know what that nutrition should look like specifically for you and your body, follow the link in my bio for both 1:1 coaching + one time macro calculations 🫶🏻

03/03/2026

I was once that “nothing works for me” girl too

Until I tried all of the things I was avoiding because they were intimidating + uncomfortable:

1.) Tracking macros: When you’ve never done it before, it seems so intimidating — but it is truly the key to transformation and learning nutrition. And I’m talking tracking and NOT eating 1600 calories and actually learning how to give your body quality nutrients to maximize your health
2.) Weight training: If you are trying to change your body composition aka build muscle, the key is to stop doing random workouts and switching up exercises each week — along with letting go of the fear of picking up heavier weights. Once you are consistent with both nutrition and training, following a consistent program, and learn how to train close to failure, you will achieve results
3.) Focusing on having a healthy daily step goal: Rather than abusing cardio to achieve “faster results” or trying to burn the maximum amount of calories, walking is the powerhouse tool from aiding fat loss + digestion, increasing your metabolism to improving recovery
4.) Prioritizing quality sleep + recovery: Quality sleep and allotting full recovery days is essential for muscle growth because this is the time where your body is repairing tissue. How do you think your body is going to recover or perform its best when you are strenuously pushing it 6-7 days per week? In this case, less is more

Are you ready to simplify not only how to achieve but also how to sustain your dream goals?

I’m here to design a completely individualized macronutrient + weight training program specifically for your body’s needs and goals — to hold you accountable and walk alongside you every step of the way while teaching you everything you need to know to be successful long term.

Registration for spring 1:1 coaching opens four weeks from today — message me with any and all questions if you are ready to begin your journey 🫶🏻

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