Hear me out...It’s like this, you can’t kill something that’s already dead.
If you have zero dollars in the bank, you can’t go make a withdrawal.
You can’t break what’s already broken.
AND you can’t diet what’s already restricted.
When you’re in restrictive caloric intake and you decide to ‘diet’ by cutting more calories (decreasing energy input) and/or doing more cardio or exercise (increasing energy output) you actually downgrade your metabolism, your body begins to burn muscle tissue and store body fat!
There are typically three types of people:
Person 1: “Low Calorie Laura”
Undereating your way thru life
Person 2: “Yo-Yo Yolanda”
Swinging from bouts of under eating to overeating.
Person 3: “Cram-it-all Cathy”
So busy all day you forget to eat, until the evening and you get it all in then.
You may fall into one of 3 categories of ‘under eating’
You just under eat… thinking that’s going to help you reach your goals…. (sorry sis, but it does the opposite)
You swing between under and overeating. You under eat for several days and then you go crazy for a day, then guilt pulls you back to restricting.
You may only eat 600 calories all day because you’re busy or unprepared… then ya get home and the sun goes down and, well, ‘the freaks come out at night' & you eat 3000 plus calories in fats and sugars, because well… you’re HUNGRY!
Your body doesn’t enjoy this, it only wants to feel safe!…. Exercising more and eating less is the fastest way for your endocrine system to ‘flip you the bird’, then set out to make you suffer! Make your body feel safe & it will be kind to you! I promise!
Doing diet after diet then following with another diet (with lack luster results!) leads to some pretty nasty side effects such as:
Low Energy
Blood Sugar Crashes
Chronic Hunger or No Hunger
Disturbed Sleep
Inability to Stay Asleep
Inability to lose weight
Unable to gain muscle mass or hit new PRs
Wacky Menstrual cycles
No Menstrual Cycle
Hair Loss
Infertility
Poor Mood
Subclinical Thyroid Labs
Therefore, before deciding you’re going to go FULL speed into another deficit again, lets check in on whether or not you’ve earned the right to enter the “Deficit ZONE”.
SO, HOW DO WE GET OFF THIS HAMSTER WHEEL?
HOW MANY CALORIES DO YOU NEED?!?
HOLD ONTO YOUR PANTS GUYS…. (MAJOR WISDOM NUGGET ON ITS WAY….. FOLLOWED BY A MIC DROP)
*If your goal ranges anywhere between losing lots of fat all the way to lean and sexy…like Instagram model abs and a toned tooshie… you can’t get that accomplished by restricting the restricted!! That’s like saying I plan to kill the dead…. If you’re already in a caloric deficit, your attempts at a deficit will fail you.
SAY WHAT???
If you’re drastically under eating, having a CUSTOM plan of adding back in calories in increments IS SO smart. If you’re confused or still suffering from symptoms, consider JOINING ME IN MY SCIENCE-BACKED COACHING TECHNIQUES!
Focus on stability first.
If you’re already here, rock on! I will see you back next week and we can get this party started!
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~Coach B
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