Have you been on a strict diet plan and had success but now want to open up your diet to include more foods or you just aren’t losing anymore? This will explain the best way to lose weight, for you!
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Have you been following a strict low carb diet or possibly a super low calorie diet and you know you need to begin eating more carbs or overall, eat more food? Have you been restricting and are starting to find that difficult to stick to? Or perhaps you have been really good with your diet lately, but have gotten stuck at a plateau?
Here are my five tips of things you can try to get the ball rolling again with fat loss and ways to ease up on a super strict diet but continue to lose fat and get lean..
1. First, come to realize that there are SO many diets. Your sister may have lost 30 inches doing ketosis, and your best friend may swear that she has so much more energy being vegan, but your husband may be able to eat whatever he wants as long as he fasts, but still loses fat. There are thousands of approaches to fat loss and one is ONLY ever better than another if it’s the one that suits you.
Personally, I recommend someone simply follow a clean eating meal plan that includes protein and vegetables at most, or all, of your meals, and having enough starchy carbohydrates such as rice or potato, fruit and fat to keep you satisfied and satiated. I begin there with all of my clients. This helps the gut become healthy (go here to learn more about how a healthy gut can aid in fat loss) and if your gut is healthy, the rest of your body can become healthy and it is easier to lose fat. This is also helpful because it will decrease sugar cravings, it helps stabilize blood sugar, supports liver function, supports healthy hormone balance and it’s just easy to follow.
Don’t complicate things. Eat foods that come from the earth, listen to your body and eat when you are hungry, stop when you are full and perhaps play with other tactics from there.
Once you pick YOUR diet plan, keep your head down and don’t ask others for their opinion, don’t listen to the millions of opinions other people are going to give you.. just do your thing.
2. Make sure your HEC is in check. Jade Teta always talks about the importance of this. Are you hungry? Do you have energy? Are you having cravings? If you are following your clean eating meal plan and you are constantly hungry, that is your cue to eat more food. If you do not have energy it could be possible that you are not eating enough – look into that. If you are having cravings, then something should be adjusted. If your HEC is in check and you are losing fat, good, keep going. If your HEC is not in check but you are losing fat, this likely isn’t sustainable long term – something will need to change so you don’t binge or quit. If your HEC is in check but you aren’t losing fat, we need to look into why as it could be something bigger and we will discuss getting blood work done or further investigation with a medical professional. And if your HEC isn’t in check and you are also not losing fat, this is definitely not the right diet for you. But I can help with this!
In #Commit2Fit every single week my clients check in with me and I ask about their hunger, energy and cravings to ensure they are in check. I also check in monthly for progress pics to ensure they are making fat loss/ muscle gain progress. If all is on the up and up, we keep going. If not, we make changes.
3. The one constant amongst ALL of my fat loss clients is that they are lifting weights. They follow hypertophy based workout plans of lifting 3 – 5 days a week, 3 – 4 sets of 8 – 12 reps going as heavy as possible for each exercise. Lifting weight helps you build muscle which in turns makes fat loss easier. If you are not currently lifting weights but you want to lose fat, start lifting, NOW. (In #Commit2Fit all of my clients are on programs that include weight lifting workout routines.)
4. Choose something you enjoy and can stick to long term. If you heard that IIFYM works well but you hate tracking your macros, this probably isn’t the best plan for you. If you tried doing Paleo but you do not have a dairy intolerance and love your greek yogurt in the afternoon, then don’t worry about being strict Paleo! Again, there’s so many different options. You don’t need to be strict, you don’t need to follow a cookie cutter diet by the letter. If your HEC is in check and you are losing fat, then you are doing the exact right thing for you.
5. Whatever you choose to do, stick to it for 4 – 8 weeks. Again, this has to be something realistic for YOU. Don’t take pics or measurements every single week. This is going to take time. Every four weeks take full body front/ back/ side photos with the same outfit, pose, lighting, time of the day, time of the month, background, etc so everything is a constant and you can actually see progress. If your HEC is in check and you are getting lean, keep going. If something isn’t working, make a change.
I hope this helps you in your struggle. If you need help with individualized workout routines and clean eating meal plan, I can help!
#Commit2Fit is open for enrollment. This is a 12 week plan created just for YOU. I only accept 25 women each session because it is so custom and there is so much 1:1 coaching. Go to commit2fitcoaching.com to learn more and join.
Your Coach,
Kyra