Friday Apr 16, 2021
The Truth About Calories and Weight Loss
The Truth About Calories and Weight Loss
Why is losing weight so hard?
Isn't it just a matter of eat less, burn more, and the scale will start moving, or are we missing something here?
Every major diet on the market is based on tracking and restricting calories in some way. Every diet you've probably tried has involved some version of calorie control through packaged food, tracking on an app, counting points, only eating certain foods in certain proportions etc. You know the drill. You've been there, done that, probably multiple times!
The calories in/calories out diet model is THE accepted model for weight loss, you'll hear it from your doctor, dietician, trainer, the girl on insta, reality tv weight loss shows, EVERYWHERE! It's taught in the schools and programs that train all those professionals, I was even taught this model early on.
So the question becomes - if being on a "calorie deficit" diet was THE answer to losing weight, why are 80% of Americans overweight or obese DESPITE 33 million of them being on a calorie restriction diet at any given time?
Clearly there's more to the problem of weight loss and weight gain than a simple calories in/calories out model. Everybody has that friend who eats whatever she wants, and twice as much as you, but doesn't gain a pound. Meanwhile you eat half as much as she does, but if you so much as smell a cookie your thighs get bigger. Clearly it's NOT the calories. Her body is obviously functioning better than yours. And spoiler alert - she didn't get her body to function optimally by dieting harder or starving herself more, like you're probably doing on that diet.
In this episode we're going to discuss:
- what calories ARE, where the concept of calorie and the 1200 calorie diet came from
- why counting calories, cutting or adding calories is NOT the answer for long term weight loss
- the other factors that are actually controlling how your body absorbs, regulates, and utilizes the calories
- how your calorie restrictive diet have destroyed your metabolism and you mindset
- what the body systems are that ACTUALLY matter for long term weight loss like gut health, liver health, and hormonal balance - and how to heal them
- how to shift your mindset from short term diet mentality to long term health and lasting weight loss
If you want to get BEYOND yo yo dieting, and never diet again, you have to change your strategy. That strategy is what I teach in the 12 Weeks to Weight Loss and Wellness Program. Enrollment is open right now and we start April 27. Click the link in these show notes to check it out and get registered!
XOXO
Tara
Show Notes:
COMING APRIL 27!!!! Weight Loss & Wellness Coaching Program!!!!!
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- Properly set goals so you'll actually stick to them and succeed
- Retrain your mind for success and food freedom
- Overcome emotional eating for good
- Create new, healthy, lasting habits for long term success, and remove habits that no longer serve you
- Use food as fuel, how to determine what foods are right for you, and how food works in your body
- Simple ways to incorporate movement and exercise into your busy life
Take control of you mind, your body, and your life!
Click the link to check it out, and if you're ready, get signed up. If you still have questions, schedule a free coaching call to see if working together is right for you!
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