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We compare traditional calorie and macro tracking with a pattern-based approach that uses eating behaviors, biofeedback, and trends to drive fat loss and muscle gain over 40.

What if cutting-edge AI nutrition and physique coaching could analyze your eating patterns, correlate them with your body's response, and provide a high level of awareness without logging every meal? 

Learn how Fitness Lab is the #1 (and only) app that can spot correlations across sleep, stress, meals, and training to give precise daily coaching, especially for midlife adults dealing with issues like hormones and recovery.

This approach requires less mental energy so you don’t fall off track, while teaching you how to "level up" your system to get and maintain results for life. 

Episode Resources

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Timestamps

0:00 - Why tracking calories and macros works (to a point) for fat loss and muscle building
6:45 - Pattern-based nutrition coaching explained
9:50 - The 5 metrics that replace calorie counting for body composition
13:46 - How to track eating behaviors, meal patterns, and biofeedback
18:56 - Building nutritional literacy whether or not you're logging food
22:31 - 4 foundations required for pattern analysis success over 40
25:41 - Protein awareness without counting every gram
29:36 - Daily consistency and minimum viable tracking habits
33:56 - Using feedback vs. hitting calorie targets
37:06 - When to use calorie tracking vs. pattern analysis (or both)
40:41 - How AI makes pattern-based coaching seamless and effortless

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