Good morning!
Thanks to all of you who joined in on Wednesday night with
Sarah and I! We didn't expect it to go that long but we had a great time and answered a lot of your questions! We also covered a lot of ground so I'm going to recap some of that below. You can also watch the entire video on my Instagram page...just click HERE (great for a long
car ride😃)!
Let's start off with Sarah's maintenance calories and how she eats most of the time.
'But first, let's talk about why eating in maintenance is best MOST of the time. This is what I try to explain too many of you. You cannot "diet" all the time. You cannot try to lose weight all the time. Our body does not like that. It will burn things we do not want instead of things we do want (aka muscle and fat). Not fueling ourselves with enough calories resorts to our body
attacking muscle first for energy because of the requirements muscle has. Fat does not require as many calories as muscle hence why our body will use muscle as energy first before fat if we are not properly fed. Being properly fed is #1 when it comes to fat loss - it allows our body to ACTUALLY burn fat and not just kinda hold onto it.'
OKAY. Now that we all know staying in maintenance is beneficial...let's discuss in Sarah terms. Sarah consumes around 2400 calories daily. She's a 5'2 female who weighs roughly 120lbs...SHOCKING the amount of food she eats...I KNOW. But, it's the correct amount. She also hits 145 grams of protein daily. Its the perfect
amount for Sarah's body to be well fed, well energized and well nourished for the demands she is putting on her body. She lifts heavy ass weights, moves her body throughout the day training clients and does some simple cardio work when not lifting to improve her cardiovascular system (not using it to try to burn calories or fat). She prioritizes protein and hitting her calories so her body can build and retain muscle..thus BOOSTING her metabolism and creating a fat burning
machine (just look at her photos on Instagram HERE😉).She doesn't worry about the scale, doesn't try to "diet", and doesn't shame herself if she treats herself here and there. This is whats sustainable. This is how you become successful and FINALLY get yourself out of the
circle of losing and gaining constantly.
Here are some great takeaway points:
- You cannot diet all year.
- You need to understand your maintenance calories
if you want to keep the weight off for good.
- You need to prioritize protein.
- You need to stop eating 1200 calories thinking your going to lose weight..cause your not.
- MOST men should not be eating less than females.
- Strength training is a MUST.
- Beach body does not get
you to your goals however it is a great form of movement.
- Stop turning your strength training sessions into cardio sessions. Cardio does not build muscle.
I hope you took some things away. I hope hearing it from another fitness professional may make something click in your head. I hope possibly hearing
it from a female can help drive the point home. I just hope this is the LAST year you stop trying to lose weight and start trying to learn your body, get stronger, nourish your body and succeed for the long run.
Enjoy the day. Go
Ravens. We need Lamar to save us from a you know what SuperBowl. Please Lamar....please🟣🟣🟣🟣.
