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A more manageable approach to weight maintenance

Like I already said in my previous article, losing weight is not a problem, maintaining it – is! – I have spoken about the physiological processes

Victoria May 11, 2019

The harder I try the harder it is to lose weight, why’s that?

In this article you’ll learn: Why do low calorie diets dont work? Why do we yo-yo? Why do we find it harder to lose weight

Victoria May 11, 2019

The Diet after the Diet

Do you know what the main reason most diets fail is? – The inability to keep the weight off! Check this out: the weight regain

Victoria May 10, 2019

How to not end up skinny fat?

Skinny fat is the outcome nobody wants to see after putting hours of work in at the gym and in the kitchen. Nevertheless, it happens

Victoria May 10, 2019

If you are mindful of your calories and protein, which you should be, if you have any body composition change goal, you won’t have much left for the whole, nutritious foods. And now in a while its perfectly fine, but if done everyday, you risk to run off of sugar, have regular energy crashes, not enough protein in your diet and all the problems that come with it. One thing I would completely avoid is margarine, a manufactured butter replacement, that does us more harm than good Another personal choice of mine and I’d invite you to do the same is to completely avoid deep fried foods and Fast Food restaurants, I call them a dominated strategy food, meaning there’s never an upside for YOU, in eating it. To Recap: We require all 3 macronutrients in our diet Plan your every meal around a protein source Protein is the building block of our body You need at least 1.2g/kg of body weight to maintain the muscle while dieting You shouldn’t diet aggressively, 1lb a week is a reasonable pace Incorporate diet breaks at maintenance calories, to avoid metabolic damage and/or binging When building your diet, it’s enough to know how many calories you need and how much protein, the other 2 nutrients can come in any quantity. Saturated fat and sugars are not bad for us, it all depends on your goal and how much is your calorie budget.

What to eat to lose weight? Understand the Basics

To answer your question we need to get down to the basics. Things I’ll talk about in this article: Energy Balance (calories in, calories out)

Victoria May 10, 2019

What are macros and why should I count them?

Macronutrients (aka ‘macros’) are big groups of chemical compounds in food that provide our bodies with balanced nutrition. There are 3 macronutrients that our bodies need

Victoria May 10, 2019