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A macro meal plan is a week of meals built to hit your daily protein, fat and carb targets. Here's how to work out your numbers and turn them into real meals, with a full worked example.
Read article →If your calorie deficit isn't working, the usual problem is priorities, not effort. Here's the fat loss pyramid, from the foundation up, and how much each layer really matters.
Read more →Some people can gain lean mass in a calorie deficit, but it isn't the usual result. In our experience coaching, keeping the muscle you have while you lose fat is the realistic win for most people.
Read more →Ten meal planner apps compared on the job they actually do: planning to your goal, adding a plan to a tracker, or organising recipes you pick. Plus what's on offer in Australia.
Read more →How much protein to eat a day while losing fat, per kg of body weight, why it matters more in a deficit, and what that target looks like across a real day of food.
Read more →Bad sleep costs you twice: you tend to eat more, and in one small study where the diet was held steady, less of what came off was fat. Here's what the studies actually measured.
Read more →Ten weight loss apps compared on the thing that decides whether you stick with them: how much work they leave to you. What each does, who it suits and what it costs in AUD.
Read more →Meat and fish carry roughly 4g of creatine per kilo, so a 5g daily dose means about 1.25kg of steak, every day. Here is what each route looks like, what people actually eat, and what it costs.
Read more →How much protein to eat at each meal, how many meals to spread it across, and what the muscle protein research actually shows about dose versus frequency.
Read more →Mealime closed on 21 October 2026 and its replacement only works inside US Albertsons grocery apps. Here are the best alternatives, from free recipe planners to plans built around your calories and macros.
Read more →In a calorie deficit, cardio and weights lose a similar amount of fat. The real difference is what else comes off, and strength training is what protects your muscle.
Read more →The version of starvation mode people mean, where a deficit simply stops working, does not exist. What is real is metabolic adaptation, and in controlled trials it measures in the tens of calories a day.
Read more →An overnight jump on the scale is almost never fat. Gaining 1kg of body fat takes roughly 7,700 calories on top of a normal day, so what moved is water, food and everything else you carry.
Read more →Keto genuinely increases fat oxidation. But fat oxidation and fat loss are not the same thing, and most keto content glosses over the distinction. Here is what the best-controlled research says about what is actually happening, and what actually drives fat loss.
Read more →Hormones affect your cycle, energy, mood and weight. This guide covers what practitioner Nat Kringoudis sees in clinic, what the research says, and practical changes worth trying.
Read more →A calorie deficit means eating a little less energy than your body uses, so it makes up the gap from stored fat. Here's how to work out yours in two minutes, how big it should be, and why it sometimes seems to stop working.
Read more →A landmark 2021 study in Science found that, adjusted for body size and composition, metabolism stays stable from ages 20 to 60. Here is what the research shows and what is really driving weight gain in midlife.
Read more →Sleep scientist Dr Dean Miller breaks down the evidence on chronotypes, sleep staging, wearables, shift work, jet lag, melatonin, and the connection between sleep and weight loss.
Read more →A science-backed breakdown of how to calculate your personal calorie target for fat loss, including TDEE, BMR, body composition, protein targets, and how to adjust the number over time.
Read more →Biochemist and nutrition coach Ben Cant breaks down gut health: what causes bloating, how stress and sleep affect digestion, why symptom tracking helps, and where omega-3 and blood work fit in.
Read more →Emotional eating can quietly cancel out a calorie deficit and is linked with weight gain and regain. This article covers how it affects weight loss, why it happens, and what helps.
Read more →Eating healthy doesn't automatically mean you're in a calorie deficit. Here's why food quality and calorie balance are two different things and which everyday 'healthy' foods are quietly adding up.
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