16/07/2024
5 FAT LOSS MISTAKES PEOPLE MAKE
Here’s a quick list of what people do wrong:
- Cutting out carbs straight away 🔪
- Cheat meals too early into a diet 🍕
- Too little calories too soon 💀
- Focussing on the micro instead of the macro 🔬
- Making cardio unbearable 😮💨
Cutting out carbs 🍞: whilst this is a
great way to reduce overall calories and even shed some Ib's quickly in water weight it is very rarely sustainable. Carbs will help you feel less tired and perform better in the gym making your end result look even better so instead of cutting them out from the get go, reduce your calories by a small percentage by dropping your carbs and fats a little. Then you can track your progress and reduce every week or so depending on your results and you won't burn out too quick 💪
Cheat meals 🍔: Cheat meals are a great way to postpone your results. Mentally cheat meals make it both very hard to stomach your clean food and almost always end up to eating more "cheat food" than you should have.
I'd say give yourself a good 4 weeks or more of solid commitment, make sure you make plenty of progress and then decide whether you can have a cheat meal.
Chances are you might of passed the cravings and are more motivated by your results to stay on track 🎯
Too little too soon 💀: I like the enthusiasm but similar to the first point. You're going to feel like rubbish, you won't be conditioned to mentally handle that much stress so soon and you won't keep it up. Dieting can be just like exercising. If you've never squat before l'm not expecting you to jump under a 200kg bar but you could start at 40kg, then 60kg then 100kg and so on. Just like I'm not expecting you to jump into the most extreme diet of beige food and a 50% calorie deficit when you're used to normal food. Work out your calories and your macros, start with foods you can manage then slowly reduce your potions over time and you will be able to handle the stress 🍽️
Stop focusing on the micro 🧐: Picking the most expensive brand honey to have at breakfast because you read it's speeding up your metabolism is not outweighing the two takeaways you had on the weekend. Focus on getting your calories and macros in order, start moving more, train well and leave the aswagandan honey omega compound for last 🐝 🍯
Pick the right CV 🏃♂️: Pick a type of cardio you like (or hate the least), incline walking, biking, jogging or even dance classes. The cardio you can maintain is the right cardio for you. Making cardio to stressful on your body could hinder your results when trying to maintain your muscle in a fat loss phase and if it’s causing to much mental stress it’s going to make the whole process a lot harder and you might not even hit the finish line. So if you enjoy a glow stick dance class, go for it 💃
Are you ready to make your own transformation? Want to learn how to get results and maintain them? Let’s have a chat ✉️
