If you want to take control of your nutrition and get serious about fat loss or building muscle there’s really no better way than tracking macros.

If you’ve been on the interwebs in the last few years and googled anything about nutrition you’ve probably seen the term “MACROS” OR “MACRONUTRIENTS” pop up.

Maybe you rushed out to Whole Foods and headed straight for the Macronutrient aisle so you could start taking advantage of this new superfood for fat loss! Sadly, you couldn’t find a bag of macros, but you found this article and that’s even better!

What is energy balance?

What does our body do with all of the calories we eat?

Where do our calories go?

What can we control?

Why isn’t calories out enough?

All of these questions are answered as we explain everything you’ve wanted to know an more about energy balance!