Through the SmartShred Nutrition Program, instead of counting calories, you are counting Macros, or Macronutrients: carbohydrates, fat, and protein. After providing some basic information, you’ll receive 3 numbers which will change over the course of the program. These are your macros in grams, tailored to your body type and lifestyle. 

The Welcome Package you'll receive includes detailed information about MFP, how to program food, sample days, lists of foods by single macro as well as those that overlap, and dozens of tips to help you plan your day and hit the ground running!  For best results, we recommend you purchase MyFitness Pal (MFP) Premium or another comparable application where you can track by macronutrients and meet these numbers each week. 

SmartShred also affords you unlimited coach access,an education on BIGGER BANG for your BUCK foods (macrofriendlier foods so you can eat MORE), daily accountability, and weekly Check Ins to keep you motivated and on course. Through a healthier, balanced distribution of calories by way of macros, you’ll feel more energized and less hungry while shredding fat and toning lean muscle.

When we put ourselves in a negative energy balance, calories out exceed calories in, we lose weight. Period. But just counting calories tells you nothing about how to target fat loss, lean muscle gain, and maximize body composition.  Simply aiming to eat 1500 cal/day can mean 1000 calories of pizza and 500 calories of fruit, or 800 calories of ice cream and 700 cals of broccoli. Neither distribution is healthy, nor does this approach lend to an understanding of what those calories should and can  look like for goal-setting purposes.

This why monitoring calorie intake by a tailored breakdown of macronutrients is the optimal, and flexible, way to get lean without cutting out whole food groups or filling up with the wrong kind of food sources. Macro counting leads to an understanding of how much protein is needed to build lean muscle, and how many carbs and fat you can enjoy and still lose unwanted weight.

This is a freedom of choice program so there are no prescribed food or meal plans!  You just have to hit your numbers.  Let your coach help you choose satisfying options to this end, so you can Eat SMARTER. Not LESS.