VideoJun 21, 20224 minWith Nikkiey Stott

Building Muscle at 44 by Learning Macros: Rachel's Story

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Rachel is 44 and was putting in a lot of time at the gym without seeing the progress she expected. Her goal was never to lose much weight. She wanted to build muscle. Once she joined WarriorBabe, she learned quickly that her food was what had been holding her back.

Each week she learned more about macronutrients: protein, carbs and fats, and getting the right amounts at the right times. As it started to click, she realized she could do this herself, and that it could be a lifestyle rather than another six-month attempt. She worried it would be one more program she would try, fail and waste money on. It wasn't.

Seven weeks into the workouts and nutrition, Rachel says her body fat is down, her muscle mass is up and her waist is getting smaller. Most of all, she has a feeling of power and control over her body that she says she never had before.

Key takeaways

Hours in the gym won't give you the results you want if your eating doesn't support them. Rachel says her food choices were the missing piece.
Learning how protein, carbs and fats work, and getting the right amounts at the right times, is what made her progress click.
If your goal is to build muscle rather than just lose weight, you may need to change how you eat, not only how you train.
Rachel treats nutrition and training as a lifestyle she can keep for life, not a short-term six-month attempt.
She says the results came once she committed and decided to trust the process.
Understanding the why behind her nutrition gave her the confidence that she could do this herself.
Within seven weeks she saw lower body fat, more muscle mass and a smaller waist.

Questions answered

Why am I working out so much but not seeing results?

For Rachel, the answer was her eating. She learned quickly with Nikkiey Stott that her food choices, not her gym time, were what kept her from the progress she expected.

What did Rachel learn about macros that helped her build muscle?

She learned each week about protein, carbs and fats and the importance of getting the right amounts at the right times. Once that clicked, she realized she hadn't been eating the way she needed to for the body she wanted.

What results did Rachel see after seven weeks?

She says her body fat decreased, her muscle mass increased, and her waist got smaller. The places she wanted smaller got smaller and her muscles got bigger.

Is WarriorBabe just another short-term program?

Rachel worried it would be another program she would try for a while and fail. Instead, she says it is a lifestyle she knows she can keep for the rest of her life.

Full transcript

Rachel: I am 44 years old. I would put all this time in at the gym and I wouldn't see the progress that I was hoping to see, or thinking that I should see. And I learned very quickly with Nikkiey that the reason is my eating, my food choices. So when I began Nikkiey's program, I started learning new things each week about the macronutrients: how important protein, carbs and fats are, and getting the right amounts at the right times.

When I started learning how important those things were, it just started to click. With her program, you learn all about the macronutrients and you learn how important they are. And what I learned, which was most important for me, is that I can do this myself. This can be a lifestyle for me. It's not, okay, I'm going to try this for six months and lose a little bit of weight. I never really wanted to lose that much weight.

My thing was I always wanted to build muscle. And I realized very quickly with Nikkiey's program that I was not eating the way I needed to be eating in order to get the body that I wanted. The biggest thing the program did for me is it showed me that I could do this, that this was possible. So I began her program. I'm in my seventh week right now of doing the workout program and the eating, and I want to say lifestyle, because it's not a short-term thing.

It's something that you can do and that you will do for the rest of your life. And if you do, you're going to see the progress. You're going to see what you want to see. It's a lifestyle. It's something you're just going to continue to do. And it gives you the power to build the body that you want to build. So I am very grateful to Nikkiey. Like I said, in the past programs I was doing, I just wasn't seeing any progress.

When I put my mind to it and said, I am going to do this, I am going to trust the process, that's when I started seeing the results. Like I said, I'm in my seventh week now. What made me decide to finally do it was learning more about Nikkiey, learning more about the program, and just seeing her. She's a living example that what she's teaching works. I mean, just look at her.

Before I bought the program, of course there was a feeling of, oh my gosh, it's just going to be another program that I'm going to try for a while and fail, and some more money I'm going to throw out the window. It definitely was not that way with Nikkiey. This is something I am doing, I'm seeing the results, and I know I'm going to be able to do it for the rest of my life.

The results I've seen since I joined: decreased body fat, increased muscle mass, my waist is getting smaller. The places I want to be smaller are getting smaller, and the places I want to be bigger are getting bigger, which are my muscles.

So I'm definitely seeing the results. And it gives you such a feeling of power and control, which is what I was always needing. I felt like I was out of control, that I had no control over my body and how I wanted it to progress. And now I do. If you're stuck and you're looking for something that is truly going to be a lifestyle, an easy lifestyle, something you can easily work into your life, then I would absolutely recommend that you join Nikkiey's program.

Thank you, Nikkiey.

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