How I changed my body-fat settling point and more..(Living Lean Podcast)
Jul 9, 2020
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Jeremiah Blair, host of the Living Lean Podcast, interviews Abel, a fitness content creator. They discuss topics such as sustainable approaches to diet and fitness, finding balance in fitness journeys, understanding body-fat settling points, practical solutions for lowering body-fat settling points, resisting temptation and working with limitations, and the pros and cons of tracking fitness and nutrition.
Adopting a sustainable approach to eating and fitness can help change the body-fat settling point and allow for staying leaner year-round.
Understanding the concept of a body-fat settling point and how it can be modified through sustainable habits such as identifying trigger foods, managing energy density, practicing mindfulness, and maintaining an active lifestyle.
Finding a long-term approach to diet and fitness that suits individual lifestyle and goals, whether it involves tracking or intuitive eating, can lead to better results and improved overall well-being.
Deep dives
Introduction and Background
The podcast episode features a conversation with Abel, a content creator and podcaster in the fitness industry. Abel shares his background and journey in the fitness world, discussing his passion for sustainable practices in fitness and helping others maintain their body composition while living a reasonable lifestyle.
Passion for Helping Others
Abel's passion for helping others find balance in their fitness journey comes from his own struggles and overcoming them. He found fascination in the psychology of dieting and saw the common struggles many people face. Overcoming his own challenges sparked his desire to share his knowledge and help others.
Struggles and Transformation
Abel shares his personal struggles with dieting and how it led to a vicious cycle of dieting, binge eating, and negative self-perception. After hitting rock bottom, he decided to make a radical shift by letting go of tracking and adopting a more sustainable approach to eating and fitness. This marked the beginning of his sustainable self-development journey.
Body Fat Settling Point
Abel discusses the concept of a body fat settling point, where the body naturally tends to maintain a certain range of body fat percentage. He highlights the influence of genetics and lifestyle factors on this settling point, and how it can be modified through sustainable habits, such as identifying trigger foods, managing energy density, practicing mindfulness, and maintaining an active lifestyle.
Tracking and Long-Term Approach
Abel expresses his neutral stance on tracking, acknowledging that it can be beneficial for some individuals in certain situations. He emphasizes the importance of education and building a foundation of healthy habits to regulate appetite and make intuitive food choices. Abel encourages individuals to find a long-term approach that suits their lifestyle and goals, whether it involves tracking or intuitive eating.
In todays video/podcast episode I’m sharing with you a recent podcast interview of mine on the Living Lean Podcast with Jeremiah Blair. He was kind enough to have me on his show and ask me about my journey with dieting, finding autoregulatory eating, and how I managed to change my body-fat settling point to allow staying leaner year round.
Make sure to check out his podcast once you listened to this, he has great episodes on all kinds of topics related to fat-loss, muscle-building and more!
Time-Stamps:
2:00 - Where the passion comes from to talk about fitness
3:49 - My early struggles with dieting and more..
9:44 - The catalyst that made me shift towards a more sustainable approach to diet and fitness
16:30 - Will being lean make you happy?
20:30 - My recent diet to 7% body-fat and how hard it was mentally
28:55 - Body-fat settling point and what it means
34:25 - How did I lower my body-fat settling point - and how I recommend others do
44:37 - Calorie/Macro counting as a long term strategy - do I recommend it?
Website/coaching:
http://abelssd.com/
Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sustainableselfdevelopment/
Insta:
@SSD Abel
The living-lean podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/living-lean/id1488015698
Jeremiah on insta:
https://www.instagram.com/jeremiahbair/
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