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The Volume II Macro Living Whole Food Recipe Book is now LIVE 😭🙌🏻

I am a firm believer that consuming quality, balanced whole foods is medicine and has the power to heal and transform our bodies — because I’ve experienced it firsthand myself.

I once was the girl who was struggling with unexplained and uncontrollable weight gain, imbalanced hormones, missing + irregular cycles, cystic acne, and chronic fatigue.

What changed my life?

Fueling my body with the MAXIMUM quality balanced amount of nutritious, whole foods.

Your body craves what you give it. And once you discover the life changing difference in how your body functions, feels, and looks after providing it real food, you’ll truly understand that this is the secret medicine that will change your life — this was the heartbeat of my reason why in designing a majority whole food based recipe books.

Just like when I created volume I, I still remain to feel like I’m sharing a piece of my heart with you. These recipes are what I have crafted to fuel my body with the maximum amount of nutrients with on a daily basis — this volume with nearly 60 recipes personally designed + filled with mostly main meals, but also still including staple side dishes, and snacks with ingredients that truly nourish your body.

With all of my heart I hope that this little book of recipes brings you the slightest bit of knowledge, inspiration, happiness, and encouragement to nourish the body the Lord has blessed you with, so you are then able to be a strong steward + blessing to Him, and to every single one of those you love most.

Thank you Lord for Your continuous blessings and for another dream that has became reality.

As always, here is to continuing to become our strongest, healthiest selves — together.

To get your copy, you can now purchase live on the website 🫶🏻 by @themacroliving

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8 months ago

It’s been a little while since l’ve introduced myself so to those of you who might be new friends here, I’m Allison + this is my entire heart.

I’ve been married to my high school love Reiss for 11 years and he has truly been my best friend from the moment I met him. I am a mother to two angel girls named Naomi Jireh + Beulah Reiss, who are forever our sweetest answered prayers. And most precious of all, I’m a daughter of Christ who completely transformed my life 16 years ago.

Five years ago I was at my lowest point in my health + fitness journey. I had been vegetarian for three years, vegan for one year, along with being dairy + gluten free, feared lifting weights and relied on endless cardio - I had literally tried everything yet continued to experience weight gain, imbalanced hormones, and could find no answers while being at a dead end. I discovered macronutrition + weight training and it changed my life.

Now five years later, I have taught dozens of other women how to heal and fuel their bodies and achieve the health + fitness goals they never thought could be possible.

Nothing brings me more joy than pouring love, truth, and light into others lives.

Above all, I accepted Jesus Christ as my Savior when I was 16 years old - during one of the hardest times of my life when I was completely lost and broken. God brought my now husband into my life in the midst of my brokenness to show me the saving truth and grace of Salvation in Jesus Christ. He completely changed my life and gave me the promise of eternal life the moment I accepted Him into my heart. It is completely indescribable how He has and continues to transform my life — and that is the reason why you find me singing the praises of His glory + saving grace here.

So with all of that, I want to thank every single one of you for constantly showering your love + support over this beautiful journey the Lord has placed in my life. It truly means the world to me that you are here and trusting me with your own health + fitness journey 🤍 by @themacroliving

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Your *true* maintenance calories are where the health of your body thrives — where it will feel and function its best 🙌🏻

Your maintenance calories are where you are consuming the same amount of calories that your body is burning. This is not a set in stone number but more of a range, since the amount of calories we burn varies each day (and no, it’s not exactly the amount your watch tells you)

A very common mistake I see with women who have successfully lost weight and body fat is that they then become fearful of increasing calories because they are afraid of losing their progress — this includes either not increasing their intake at all or *not enough*, not reaching their true maintenance calories. This is living in a calorie deficit, and yes, over time your metabolism will adapt to that low amount of food causing you not only to stall in fitness progress but bring negative health effects along with it.

Once I learned how to fuel my body with the maximum amount of balanced, quality nutrition, that’s where my life changed. I found my best health. A healthy, regular cycle, like clockwork. Sustainable, all day energy and mental clarity. I put on the most muscle I ever have (with intentional + effective weight training)— allowing me to transform my body composition. The best sleep quality. A strong, capable body that is strong and performs better than it ever has.

This is the power of fueling your body with quality food — and I have the privilege and gift of teaching other women how to transform their health, lives, and goals by doing the same.

Also a fun fact, but my own maintenance calories are actually a few hundred calories higher than what an online calculator calculates for me. This is going to be individual to each person but moral of the story is: don’t be afraid to fuel your body with a lot of food.

Do you want to learn how to fuel your body with the maximum amount of balanced nutrition for YOUR body?

The final 1:1 coaching round of 2026 opens tomorrow !!!

As always, we are here to become the healthiest, strongest versions of ourselves — together 🤝🏻

#womenshealth #maintenancecalories #maintenance #womensfitness #macrocoach by @themacroliving

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8 days ago

Before you say it’s not working, ask yourself all of these things:

How consistent are you?
Not consistent Monday-Friday then jumping ship during the weekend, or perfectly hitting your goals one week then missing half the next. There are absolutely days and weeks where life is going to happen and no, you don’t have to be absolutely perfect 24/7 — but you do have to be consistent the majority of the time, especially when you have seasons of achieving specific goals.

Is the scale your only measure of progress?
Especially through seasons of maintenance, you’re not going to see change on the scale. It’s during times as this where it is crucial to learn what progress looks like outside that number such as change in body composition, increased strength and performance, improved relationship with food, clothes fitting differently, the health of your body improving, etc.

Are you tracking your macros?
This is hands down the most accurate way to ensure you are hitting a specific nutrition target specific to your goals — consistently. The guesswork is taken out of the equation.

Are you weight training consistently?
In effectively changing your body composition and providing lifelong benefits to the health of your body, this is key. Diet is powerful, but your diet alone won’t do it all.

Are you giving it enough time?
This is also a huge missing piece for most people who are wanting to achieve a total body transformation. This takes years of being very intentional with training and nutrition, once again, consistently — and spending lots of time outside of dieting.

Are you tired of feeling like you’re working so hard all to not achieve the goals + results you dream of?

My FINAL 1:1 coaching round of 2026 opens in less than 2 weeks, on September 28th. I am certified in designing individualized macronutrient + weight training programs designed specifically for the goals and needs of your body. I can personalize plans specifically for pregnancy, postpartum (while accommodating for breastfeeding), phases of weight and fat loss, building muscle, fueling for performance, or simply learning how to fuel your body with the maximum amount of food.

Who is joining us? by @themacroliving

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19 days ago

So what’s next?

I am SO incredibly excited to share that I will now be training for my first MARATHON which will take place in May 2027 !!!

I’m going all in with an absolutely thrilling + terrifying goal and I already know this will be the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but that honestly that just makes me want to pursue it even more.

I have a forever love with running, but this is and will be different. It’s a lot of unknown, uncharted territory. It’s going to be pouring in endless hard work and commitment. It’s going to be trusting the process despite what I feel and what my mind tells me. It’s going to be honest hard work, but even more incredibly rewarding. It’s going to be life changing and above all, I’m just so incredibly grateful to have the gift and privilege of being able to pursue it.

Let’s do this.
Let’s train for 26.2 and give it absolutely everything we’ve got by @themacroliving

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I am filled with both tears and fire no matter how many times I replay this 😭 #halfmarathon #mamaswhorun #runningmotivation by @themacroliving

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a month ago

Got behind the start line for the first time since college and this time we made 13.1 official 🥲🙌🏻

1:48
2nd within female age group
16th overall female
65th out of 1159 runners

To relive the challenges of rebuilding from the ground up and feel those feelings of pouring everything you have through the finish brought me back to why this was my first love.

350 miles were ran to prepare for this day
and today I felt the weight and true gift of every step it took for me to get here.

Thank you Lord for an able body and for the gift of bringing to life what I have always loved,
for answering countless and endless prayers over this training + this day — for running beside me every step of the way.

Here’s to giving everything you have to pursue big dreams — and continuing to believe that if a dream terrifies you, that’s even more reason why you should pursue it. taken in Great Smoky Mountains by @themacroliving

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and also one of the hardest 🥲
thank you Lord for everything beautiful in this life,
and just for the blessing of being able taken in Dolomites, Italian Alps by @themacroliving

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a month ago

We’re 19 days out from race day and I’m still just trying to process how much I have fallen in love with this journey 🥹

Running is what I’ve always known. I ran track and cross country in high school and continued cross country as a college athlete. After college, I stopped running competitively but it was the one thing I continued to hold onto for both my body + my mind.

In my late twenties, my health was at its lowest — it was here that I decided to take a break from running and actually when I discovered macronutrition and weight training, which little did I know would change my life forever.

I took several years off from running to focus on building muscle, learn how to fuel + feed my body properly, and learn how to achieve results while also finding my healthiest self without endlessly chasing cardio.

Yes, I have a running background but I’ve been rebuilding from taking several years off — I literally was not running more than two miles at a time at best twice a week before I began training in April 😂

So you could say that this training has been like coming home while also rebuilding from the ground up all at once.

My goal throughout this training has been to rebuild speed + stamina as I train for my half marathon while also maintaining strength + muscle (and to prevent injury) through weight training. I’ve had to completely rewire my brain and body in how I’m weight training (no training to failure for now) and be extra intentional with how I’m fueling my body for performance + recovery (with over 2800 calories this weekend 🙌🏻)

The goal walking into this was to complete the half marathon.
Then it quickly grew into having an ultimate goal.
Then it evolved into getting a running coach
And I’m chasing a dream goal for this race — and now an even bigger dream goal I’m going to be working towards for the next 8 months 😭

I’m so incredibly grateful + excited for how far we’ve came and where we are going. This is just the beginning.

Now let’s give a final push, it’s peak week 🤝🏻

#themacroliving #hybridtraining #runnerswholift #halfmarathon #halfmarathontraining by @themacroliving

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2 months ago

Always here to send you the truth along with (tough) love, and demystify fitness and nutrition 🫶🏻 by @themacroliving

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2 months ago

You don’t need less carbs or elimination diets
You don’t need to overwork your body
You don’t need extremes, shortcuts, or the fastest way out

You really just need to follow a consistent, structured plan and fuel your body with real food. This will allow you to not only achieve your fitness goals but feel and function your best.

I am down to the final two 1:1 coaching spots for this summer round. I design a customized nutrition + weight training program specifically for the needs and goals of your body while also teaching you everything you need to know to be successful just not through this season but for the rest of your life.

Follow the link in my bio to get started 🫶🏻

#fitness #postpartumfitness #womenshealth #buildmuscle by @themacroliving

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my mama friends know. our babies are forever the greatest reason why we come back stronger than we ever could have before 🫶🏻 by @themacroliving

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