Macros For Life

Eve sits down with Jessica DeMarcus, a therapist turned trauma-informed life coach, to talk about how high-achieving women can pursue big goals without running themselves into the ground. Jessica shares her own career journey, the role fitness played in her mental health, and why consistency, not intensity, is the real key to sustainable success.

Motivation is finite — systems aren't. Instead of waiting to feel motivated, build habits and routines that carry you through the days when motivation is nowhere to be found.

Consistency wins over intensity. Most people can sustain an intense push for 30–90 days, but long-term results come from finding a pace you can actually maintain.

Reasons vs. excuses. When you're tempted to skip a habit, check in with your values — that's often the clearest way to tell whether you have a real reason or you're just making an excuse.

Burnout isn't just stress. Burnout comes from a combination of unreasonable conditions and poor coping strategies over time — not simply having a busy or tiring week.

Off-balance is okay. Rather than striving for perfect balance across every area of life, get intentional about where your time and energy go in each season.

Jessica is a therapist with over a decade of clinical experience who now works as a trauma-informed life coach. She works one-on-one with high-achieving women and also runs a trauma-informed coach certification program.

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  Nutrition Coaching 

In this episode, we’re breaking down the basics of MACROS and why they’ve played such an important role in our weight loss journeys.

Together, we’ve lost 265 pounds, and learning how to use macros was a major part of changing the way we approached food and weight loss.

We’re going back to the basics and breaking down the Big 3: protein, carbohydrates, and fats. We’ll explain what each macro does, why your body needs them, how they work together, and some of our go-to foods in each category.

If you’ve ever heard people talk about “counting macros” and thought, “Okay, but what the hell does that actually mean?” this episode is for you.

This is where it all starts.

Resources Mentioned:

MacroU: Macro Mentorship Program → [link]

  Nutrition Coaching 

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If you've ever stared at a plate of pasta and felt guilty, this episode is for you. Carbs, carbs, carbs — are they really the enemy? Do you have to cut bread, pasta, rice, and more out of your diet in order to lose weight? Let's talk about it.

In this episode, I'm breaking down:

Resources Mentioned:

MacroU: Macro Mentorship Program → [link]

  Nutrition Coaching 

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I had to stick to a diet for 21 days straight before I saw the results that eventually added up to 120 pounds lost. But I almost never got there, because I kept quitting at days 10 through 13, every time, convinced the diet wasn't working just because the scale hadn't moved yet. In this episode, I unpack why the scale lags behind real effort, why that lag is exactly where most people give up, and the 21-day rule that finally got me through it.

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   "The fat loss hasn't shown up on the scale yet. That part takes time"

If someone you know is in their own day-ten right now, send them this episode.

Resources Mentioned:

MacroU: Macro Mentorship Program → [link]

  Nutrition Coaching 

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I used to eat two double cheeseburgers and a value fry from McDonald's every single day. I was almost 300 pounds, and that was just Tuesday.

Today I'm down 150 pounds, and it wasn't willpower that got me here. It was learning how to cook and season food well, so healthy eating didn't mean giving up the soul food I grew up on. This episode is about staying open to change, building a real cooking skill set, and why "easy is earned" instead of found on day one.

Topics:

Eating healthier gets easier. Easy is earned.

 If someone in your life feels like they have to choose between their culture and their health, send them this episode.

Resources Mentioned:

MacroU: Macro Mentorship Program → [link]

  Nutrition Coaching 

📲 Follow me on Instagram → @eveguzmanofficial

 I Ate More So My Cut Would Actually Work

Mentally in a cut, physically in a cut, but the reason it's working started a year ago, with the scariest decision I've made in this whole journey: I stopped dieting and ate at maintenance instead.

In this episode, I break down why a full year of eating enough (sometimes even a slight surplus) and lifting as heavy as I could is the actual reason my current cut is working, why "readiness" is something you have to build before you can diet successfully, and why the problem for chronic dieters usually isn't eating too much, it's eating too little for too long.

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Resources Mentioned:

MacroU: Macro Mentorship Program → [link]

  Nutrition Coaching 

📲 Follow me on Instagram → @eveguzmanofficial

Why I Eat the Same 5 Meals on Repeat and Never Get Bored — The Simple System to Tracking Macros

EPISODE SUMMARY:

15 years. 150 lbs maintained. And my system is embarrassingly simple.

In this episode I'm pulling back the curtain on exactly how I eat, how I track, and how I built a meal plan that fits my macros without the overwhelm on a budget, with minimal ingredients, and in under 2 minutes a day.

If you've been overthinking macro tracking, spending too much on food, or quitting every time it gets complicated, this episode was made for you.

WHAT WE COVER:

MY GO-TO GROCERY STAPLES:

Proteins → ground turkey, chicken, lean ground beef
Carbs → rice, sweet potatoes, corn tortillas, canned beans
Fats → avocado, olive oil, cheese
Flavor → salsa, hot sauce, canned tomatoes, seasoning blends

LINKS + RESOURCES:

Track your macros with me
Macros First App → [link]
Use code EVEG to get started

📚 Become a certified macro coach
MacroU: Macro Mentorship Program → [link]

1:1 Nutrition Coaching 
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When Your Client Is Doing Everything Right and Still Not Losing Weight

Your client is hitting her macros, training consistently, getting her steps in, and sleeping well.

So why hasn't the scale moved in three weeks?

Most coaches immediately assume one of two things:
• The client isn't being honest
• The macros are wrong

But in many cases, neither is true.

In this episode, Eve breaks down the three questions she asks before making any nutrition or training adjustments. You'll learn how to assess a true fat-loss stall, identify when compliance is actually the issue, and understand why stress, recovery, and life circumstances matter more than most coaches realize.

If you've ever felt unsure about what to do when a client's progress slows down, this episode will help you think like a coach instead of reacting like a dieter.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Why a stalled scale doesn't automatically mean fat loss has stopped
• The difference between client effort and actual compliance
• How to determine whether a plateau is real or simply normal weight fluctuations
• The role stress, sleep, travel, and recovery play in scale weight
• Common mistakes coaches make when troubleshooting fat loss
• Why great coaching requires assessment before action
• How to develop stronger decision-making skills as a nutrition coach

"Experts don't guess. Experts assess."

RESOURCES & LINKS:

Free Live Training:
From Certified to Expert Nutrition Coach: June 30 at 7:00 PM EST
June 30 at 7:00 PM EST

Learn the exact frameworks, coaching systems, and decision-making process used to help coaches confidently get client results and build profitable coaching businesses.

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Why Getting Certified Didn't Make Me a Great Coach

You passed the exam. You got the certification. So why do so many coaches still feel unprepared when a real client needs help?

In this episode, Eve shares the uncomfortable truth that most coaches discover after certification: credentials don't automatically create confidence. While certifications teach information, they rarely teach decision-making, pattern recognition, or how to navigate real-world client situations when the textbook answer doesn't work.

Drawing from her own journey of losing 150 pounds, leaving a stable laboratory management career, and building a six-figure coaching business, Eve breaks down the difference between being certified and becoming an expert coach.

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Episode Title: Certified But Stuck: What Nutrition Coach Certifications Don't Teach You

Episode Summary: You studied hard, passed the exam, and got certified so why does working with real clients still feel so overwhelming?

In this episode, we're talking honestly about the gap between being certified and actually feeling like a confident, effective nutrition coach. If you've ever wondered whether you missed something, this one's for you.

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