EmPowered Radio
Welcome to EmPowered Radio, a podcast dedicated to educating listeners on all things nutrition, training, mindset, and personal development. Each week, join host Emma Montgomery, founder of Macros with Em, as she empowers you and gives you tangible takeaways to take the guesswork out of your fitness and nutrition.
Episodes
192 episodes
You Got Your Dream Body. Now How Do You Keep It?
In this episode of Empowered Radio, Emma tackles the question every woman chasing a fitness goal needs to answer: If you woke up with your dream body today, would you actually know what to do tomorrow? Emma breaks down why so many wome...
Are You More Loyal to Your Discomfort Than Your Goals?
Emma challenges listeners to examine why they feel stuck in their fitness and nutrition journeys. The core idea: we often become more loyal to the discomfort we already know than to the goals we say we want. Emma breaks down how the brain's cra...
10 Fitness + Nutrition Rules That Keep Me Consistent
Emma shares her 10 personal fitness and nutrition SOPs (standard operating procedures) - the rules that keep her consistent without relying on motivation. From never missing twice to eating the same core meals, following the plan instead of you...
Balance Is Earned: The Season of Discipline That Creates Freedom
Emma breaks down why real balance isn't something you're handed — it's earned through consistent habits, structure, and delayed gratification. She unpacks the difference between wanting balance and wanting relief from commitment, explains why t...
Beat Procrastination: Small Steps, Big Momentum
Emma breaks down why we keep pushing off the things we want to do — and gives practical, science-backed strategies to build momentum instead of waiting for motivation. She covers the "pebble method" for tackling overwhelming goals, why action c...
Consistency Over Perfection: Finding Your Minimum Effective Dose
Emma breaks down why most people don't actually struggle with consistency - they struggle with trying to follow a "perfect" plan every day. She introduces a simple but powerful framework: the minimum effective dose, a fallback range for your ha...
5 Mindset Shifts I Had to Make to Lose Weight (And Keep It Off)
Emma breaks down the five core mindset shifts she had to make to lose weight and actually keep it off - from all-or-nothing thinking to redefining what "maintenance" really means. She also shares a personal, vulnerable look at how her relations...
Should You Lose Fat First or Build Muscle First?
Emma breaks down one of the most common fitness dilemmas: should you prioritize fat loss or building muscle first? She walks through five key factors - current body fat levels, training experience, dieting history, performance goals, and timeli...
Why "Toning" Your Body Requires Two Different Goals
In this episode of Empowered Radio, Emma dives deep into body recomposition - can you actually build muscle and lose fat at the same time?Emma breaks down the five key requirements for recomposition, explains why most women will get bett...
Why You Struggle To Lose Weight Even When You Know What To Do
In this episode of Empowered Radio, Emma dives into the psychology behind weight loss struggles — going beyond calories and workouts to explore the real mental blocks holding people back: comfort-seeking brains, identity mismatches, self-sabota...
You Might Be the Problem: Taking Ownership in Your Fitness Journey
Emma breaks down one of the most uncomfortable truths in fitness: sometimes the program isn't the problem - you are. She shares her own past struggles with consistency, and why execution (not more information) is what actually drives results.
Tracking Macros vs Hitting Your Macros
Emma breaks down why tracking your macros isn't the same as hitting your macros. She explains that logging your food only creates awareness it's consistently hitting your targets that drives real results. She shares a personal story about her e...
Why Losing the Last 5-10 Pounds Requires A Different Strategy Than the First 20...
On this episode of Empowered Radio, Emma explores why losing the last 5-10 pounds requires a completely different strategy than losing the first 20-30 pounds, and why it feels harder.
My 5 "Nutrition Rules" For Staying Consistent During Summer
Emma shares her five practical, no-restriction "rules" for staying consistent through the summer without dieting rigidly — covering weekend mindset, alcohol strategy, mindful splurging, calorie cycling around events, and protein-first eating. S...
Stop Winging It This Summer, Create A Strategy Instead
Summer doesn't have to derail your fitness goals. In this episode, Emma breaks down her four-step summer strategy to help you stay consistent - even when schedules are chaotic, vacations are back-to-back, and motivation dips. Whether you want t...
4 Habits That Change Your Body the Fastest
In this episode of Empowered Radio, Emma cuts through the noise and gets back to basics. If you've ever felt like you're doing all the things but not seeing results, this episode is for you. Emma breaks down the four foundational habits that co...
How I Built A Better Physique By Doing Less
In this episode of Empowered Radio, Emma breaks down one of the biggest mindset shifts she's made in her fitness journey: doing less to get more. Emma shares how she went from training six days a week with heavy cardio to four focused, intentio...
Why I Changed My Mind On If It Fits Your Macros (IIFYM)
Emma tackles one of the most common pitfalls in macro tracking: using flexibility as an excuse to avoid structure. She opens by sharing how she once lived by "If It Fits Your Macros" - eating whatever she wanted as long as it hit her numbers — ...
Why I Changed My Mind About Meal Timing: Macros Aren't The Whole Story
In this episode of Empowered Radio, host Emma Montgomery revisits one of the most debated topics in nutrition: meal timing. Emma shares what she used to believe as a coach - that calories were the only thing that mattered - and how years of per...
Chasing A Goal vs Chasing A Lifestyle: Why Women Struggle To Maintain Their Results
In this episode of Empowered Radio, host Emma Montgomery kicks off a new series by tackling one of the biggest reasons women struggle to maintain their results: chasing a goal instead of building a lifestyle. She shares her own journey of repea...
BTS Of Shred with Em, How + Why My Most Loved Program Was Created
Em shares the raw, personal origin story behind her popular fitness program, Shred with Em. It started not as a business plan, but as a desperate need for structure during one of the hardest seasons of her life — seven months postpartu...
What Happens When You Chase Too Many Goals
One of the biggest mistakes I see women make is chasing too many goals at the same time. Yes, it's great to be ambitious and have goals, however most of the time the goals are not aligned (ie: wanting to lose fat but also training for a half ma...
Have You Earned The Right To Diet? (How I Assess Readiness For A Calorie Deficit)
Are you actually ready to lose fat — or is your body just not there yet? in this episode, host Emma Montgomery breaks down the 6 checkpoints she uses with every client before starting a fat loss phase. From consistency and recovery to training ...
What I'd Do Differently If I Started My Weight Loss Journey Over
Now that I've shared my whole weight loss journey, I thought I'd do a follow up episode and share what I would do differently, starting with pregnancy.Shred Waitlist: May 18th
My Weight Loss Journey: Losing 80 lbs Naturally, Binge Eating, Postpartum Depression & More...
I can't believe I've never done a full episode on my weight loss journey, so I thought I'd do that today. We're starting from the beginning, as in childhood and how my relationship with food was shaped. I'm taking you through dieting for my wed...