04/25/2024
Losing a large amount of weight (think 50 lbs +) is hard in itself and doing it in a healthy and sustainable way is even harder. NOT feeling miserable in the process AND actually learning to enjoy the journey ? YES, it is possible and my client in this post is the living proof.
I am SO proud of my client who lost a total of 55lbs in the last 17 months of working together, in a healthy and sustainable way. She’s had her ups and downs, some weeks were less than perfect, but she embraced the journey. She tells me all the time in her checkins how good she feels in her skin, how much her sleep, digestion and energy have improved, how she needs to shop for new clothes, how she feels in control about her food choices even when eating off plan, how she learned to feel confident in the gym and all the compliments she gets from the people around her.
Because let’s face it, if you are overweight or obese, you have probably attempted to lose weight multiple times in your lifetime, only to gain it all back, leaving you feel defeated, upset and thinking you will never be able to achieve a healthy and fit body and maintain it.
How many times in your weight loss attempts have you self-sabotaged, blamed your hormones or metabolism or felt so restricted that you felt miserable and gave up?
The reason why you keep failing to lose weight and keep it off is because you are still thinking you can WILLPOWER your way though the basic math of CALORIE IN - CALORIE OUT that you have been told all your life. MOVE MORE, EAT LESS, LOSE WEIGHT. Easy enough, right? I mean this principle is based on the universal law of thermodynamics after all.
Now hear me out, YES, losing fat requires you to be in a sustained caloric deficit over a period of time long enough for your body to burn off the excess fat you carry around as stored energy.
AND ALSO, your metabolism / the amount of calories you burn will be impacted by factors such as your age, hormones, muscle mass, lifestyle, daily activity, gut health, stress, inflammation, etc
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