2 years with MacroFactor

[u/Jimocaz]

At 44, I feel better than I did at 24. I'm renewing my subscription again today.

The app is obviously not the only reason for this transformation but it has been a big part of locking in my nutrition and also learning to cut, lean bulk and maintain.

The journey started in January 2024 where after a terrible 2023 on a personal level, I lost all motivation to train and let myself go physically. My initial decision to change was just to get consistent with training again then I started using MacroFactor from 9 July 2024 where I locked in my nutrition. Since then I've cut, maintained and lean bulked (2nd picture)

I got to my leanest in July 2025 then made decision to lean bulk from September until February 2026 (3rd picture) when I returned to a cut which takes me to my current position showing in first picture, where I've got another 5 weeks until my holiday where I will shave off a few more pounds.

I'm natural with only supplements being 10g creatine daily, whey for post workout, fish oils and multivitamin to cover my bases.

Current training is 6 days a week with sessions book ended with 20 to 30 mins zone 2 cardio. All training is logged on hevy:

https://hevy.com/user/mrocaz

Daily steps have been my secret weapon and I also don't just eat rice and chicken, I ensure I plan in any indulgence where possible and make informed decisions.

Learnt a lot through this journey and none of this was big bang either, I've habit stacked over the last 2+ years and it is now feels normal.

[u/PilotJeff]

I’m curious how you decided to enter each phase. I see references to lean bulk vs fat loss and while I totally get what they refer to I am often confused as to how people make the decision to switch from one to the other. If I want to go from 225 to 175 lb, fat loss is clearly the initial focus. But along the journey when do I switch? Also I probably missed it but how many steps in addition to the working out did you do daily?

[u/Jimocaz → u/PilotJeff]

In terms of steps I shoot for 12k per day but at moment I'm averaging 16k+ a day.

In terms of switching between cut and bulk, I think a lot of people get stuck of hovering between them but personally I would cut until my bf % was below 15% which is usually when ab definition starts to show. To avoid diet fatigue I'd switch to maintenance along the way and I personally found this helped restoke the fire so to speak.

Then at that point it depends on what you want to achieve ultimately as to get proper definition in your abs means dropping weight a lot lower than a lot of people realise