How to Use Calorify to Achieve Your Body Composition Goals
Using precise and accurate measurements, rather than guesses or estimates, Calorify provides the information you need to sustainably meet your goals.
We all know how daunting trying to lose weight or gain muscle can be. Whether worrying about which foods to eat or avoid, when to eat or fast, or how to exercise or recover, all products currently on the market have one thing in common: they don’t give you the full picture. CGMs may measure your blood sugar to find foods that cause spikes, weight loss programs may offer specific diets to increase satiety, and exercise regimens may get those biceps to really pop, but they all only provide insight into one component of your metabolism - and that’s a problem! Imagine trying to optimize your finances by only looking at the money you spend on coffee or your car, when the broader issue is really your overall spending habits!
Calorify is the first tool that precisely measures your overall energy balance to take the guesswork out of achieving your goals.
Let’s continue with the finances analogy for a minute. You can think of energy as your body’s currency and your metabolic rate as its budget. Each day, you ingest energy in the form of calories. Then, your body spends your metabolic paycheck on various components. Some energy goes to powering the essentials, like your brain, kidneys, and digestion. Other energy may go to providing fuel for your workouts and training, or keeping you productive throughout the workday.
This ‘budgeting’ of calories is known as your energy balance. Eat more calories than you burn and you’ll gain weight… eat less than you burn and you’ll lose weight (unfortunately, no one is exempt from the laws of physics - but believe us, we wish we were too!).
This is where Calorify comes in. Using our at-home testing kit, we can measure your total energy budget and provide you with a personalized plan to meet your goals, as well as track many other metrics to help gauge your progress.
While the proven science behind Calorify is complex, using it is astonishingly simple:
Measure your complete calories in / calories out budget with an at-home Calorify kit.
Use your personalized calorie target to meet your goals.
Repeat.
That’s it! By using Calorify’s state-of-the-art technology and insights, you’ll get a complete view of your current metabolism, body composition, and a plan to move forward.
Let’s examine these steps in greater detail:
We’ll start by picking a goal. Say your goal is to lose weight. What most people really mean is that they’d like to lose fat (hardly anyone wants to lose muscle at the expense of fat).
While physics tells us that weight loss occurs when you’re in a calorie deficit of any kind, Calorify will provide you with a calorie deficit that is safe, efficient, and sustainable. Your personalized deficit, based on results from your Calorify test, will allow you to quickly lose fat, but not excessive amounts of muscle, and avoid experiencing metabolic adaptation, where your body “turns down” its metabolism as a natural reaction to an unsustainable deficit (commonly known as the yo-yo effect).
After sticking to the plan for a month or so, we’ll be able to see, through your weigh-ins, how you’re progressing. (Calorify isn’t magic or a shortcut: you still have to do the work, but we’ll make sure you stay on track.) If you’ve undergone significant weight, exercise, or nutrition changes, we’ll recommend a re-test to measure the progress that has occurred and keep you dialed in on achieving your goal.
But wait, there has to be more to life than this, right?
Absolutely. We recognize that calories are only one aspect of overall health. But they are fundamental to what makes us human: calories perfectly explain weight changes and are a major factor in body composition.
At Calorify, we’re agnostic to whatever approach you’d like to take. Want to switch to vegan or keto? Great! Interested in intermittent fasting or cold plunges? That works too! Whatever your diet or strategy, we’ll take care of your overall calories while you do the rest.
Ready to make achieving your goals easier and clearer than ever? Order a Calorify kit today to stop guessing and start measuring!
