Data without Drama
Welcome to The Insider: Three weekly emails — Mindset, Meals, Movement — all based on my real daily life staying lean, building muscle, and living healthy over 40.
This is the first year I’ve been able to maintain my weight loss without feeling restricted at all!
Back in February, I wrote a post about three questions: (read that post here)
- What do you want? (Maintain my weight loss while being flexible)
- Why do you want it? (Because I worked hard to get there)
- What are you willing to do to get it? (Track ALL my calories!)
I started calling this: DATA WITHOUT DRAMA! I love the data I get from tracking. It has made my life MORE free and flexible, Not less!
Do you want to see if calorie tracking is right for you?
- Are you tired of your clothes not fitting?
- Are you tired of feeling a little held back, a little less confident, a little smaller in your life than you know you could be?
I think there comes a moment where you don’t want another plan, another promise, or another reset.
Can you commit to giving calorie counting a try? Just for a week? If you track every single gram of food you eat for a full 7 days and send me a copy of all your tracking, My promise to you is that I’ll give you feedback and recommendations for your personal calorie deficit. What do you say? Here’s a few extra articles for you to browse for tutorials and motivation! Let’s make 2026 AMAZING together!
The Basics & Tools
- How to Calculate a Calorie Deficit
- 5 Easy Steps to Calculate Calories and Macros in MyFitnessPal
- Food Log Printable
- 5 Steps to Calorie Counting
My Experience
- The Mindset Shift I Needed To Start Losing Weight
- Reasons You Aren’t Losing Weight In a Deficit
- Losing 10 lbs By Counting Calories
Amy Roskelley
P.S. Can you commit to giving calorie counting a try? Just for a week? If you track every single gram of food you eat for a full 7 days and send me a copy of all your tracking, My promise to you is that I’ll give you personal feedback and recommendations for your calorie levels according to your goals. What do you say?

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YAYA Lisa! I will add you manually. I’m almost finished with the the guidelines, and I’ll send them over as soon as possible.