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▪️THE MOST COMMON DIETARY HABITS THAT CAUSE MANY TO SPIN THEIR WHEELS- CONSTANTLY TRYING TO DIET BUT STRUGGLING TO ACTUALLY MAINTAIN A DEFICIT

Why is fatloss the only measure of progress?

How to find fulfillment and progress outside of wanting to just lean up by dieting

Then lead into the importance of fuelling and performing

Becomes a part of the lifestyle negatively yes but also identity

This is where you see the gaining of more body fat around the body fat ** come back to explain this one

RESTRICTED MENTALLY - even if you arent seeing the results

But youre looking worse

Bloating, digestive issues, you feel fatter because of how your belly feels, you feel more out of control, the mindset around this makes you want to do more, restrict more… more fearful of doing what you need to do

So your deficit isnt a deficit anymore

Youre burning out your metabolism if you think of it like a car and youre foot on pedal, car in neutral

Or youre just driving around the block, running miles on the car, using up petrol for the sake of it but not getting anywhere

Unaware of what that physique requires

Best physique - comp prep

Talk about my status

Living in a deficit

Yoyoing the restriction and overeating

Not fuelling, and thinking only leaning up, losing weight, fat loss

VS fuelling performance, FUELLING their metabolism

Which is what im all about in my coaching now because thats truly what has you ACTUALLY building the bosy for life

Over restricting then leads to performance dropping which only takes them

What exactly is the importance of fuelling for performance and going back to fat loss being a measure of progress and only leaning up

How can you shift that focus to perforamcne and make them see the importance of it and find fulfillment in that - the higher metabolic flux

Cortisol and muscle synthesis and fat burning - where it moves alot into we are running through more glucose and cycling that

They only look at the input not the output or think training is the post important thing as out vs the rest of the day but also that you don't know how good you feel until you feel good

And its impossible to feel amazing when you are mentally restricting, you don't have to be on 1200 or 1500 calories to be restricting, its a mental thing which is where most people find themselves

And then this leads into how we approach our building phase into mini bulks

People try mini bulks or 6 months of building… but thats a 6 months of building up not already adding to a HUGE sculpture of work thats already there

Ie, they come back after a long lay off or starting otu and theres still alot of training volume and capacity to then build up first

How the rate of msucle building depends on alot like are you optimizng for performance? Whats your programming like? Intensity? Consistency?

How often are you giving your 100%

How often do you take time off? Etcetc

Age…

29.20

35:10

I did that mini and mini and i didnt realise until i looked back 2-3 years later all that wasted time when i HAD more time to put in more effort vs now where my business is a higher priority

THATS SOMEONE WHO HAS ALTREADY GOT A BACKLOG OF DOING ALL THE WORK, SMASHING IT, not just starting up again or for the first time

That potentiates fatloss, no matter if you still don't feel lean enough or you have more weight to lose

Especially as you get older this is even more important because age slows this process enough as it is so you need to be alot more strategic with what you do if you want to see the results and add more patience

▪️THE DRAWBACKS OF TRYING TO CONSTANTLY RESTRICT CARBS AKA BEING IN LOW CARB AVAILABILITY

The importance of fuelling your performance

Building up a high training capacity and metabolic flux = how you can live leaner, stronger and healthier

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