Ok, so earlier today I dropped the plan for how to win at your diet if you are in the beginner to intermediate phase of fat loss.
But if you are fairly advanced, you are dealing with totally different issues. In fact, the reason you are advancd is because you are already doing the three things we discussed in that last blog post.
What Advanced Fat Loss Diet People Are Dealing With
1.) You know too much.
2.) You beat yourself up emotionally
3.) You’ve probably dieted too hard
So, as you can see, it’s totally different issues from people who need to get their habits right. You’ve gotten your habits right, but the way you interact with them needs some work.
You Know Too Much
Sooooooo common. You’ve done a bunch of different programs in the past. And you’ve gotten results with most of them. But at some point it started getting a lot harder, and things stopped working well.
And you keep ramping up your diet and your workout. You keep combining different things you’ve learned, trying to piece together what it was that worked when everything worked. And never really knowing what’s working and what isn’t working.
There is a simple solution – forget everything you know. Just pick a plan. Then follow that one plan for 12 weeks.
If it’s a good plan, and you follow the plan, you’ll get results.
You Beat Yourself Up Emotionally
Look, you’re probably in better shape than 90% of the people in America… and you completely focus on the things about your body you don’t like.
I could do an entire blog post just about this, but I’m going to do some laser coaching right here instead: Be grateful for the fitness you have. Like, as a practice. Practice being grateful for the things about your body that are great. You may have to get lots of reps in before you get good at it.
You are the ones who are going from good to rockstar. Treat yourself accordingly.
You’ve Probably Dieted Too Hard
This is where you actually make the whole process physically harder on yourself. It’s a hard place to be because you’ve done some damage to your metabolism, and you’ve got to repair it. Repairing it has to mean more food, and more food can mean more scale weight.
So probably not more food all of the time. Think like this: Have a free day. Have high carb days. Cycle between low carb and/or low calorie days, and high carb/high calorie days.
To reset your metabolism, you need a free day that has at least 6-8 hours of elevated carbs and calories. Giving your body this re-feed lets it know that you aren’t dying, and that it can turn your metabolism back on.
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