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5 Costs of a Calorie-Restricted Diet to Watch Out For.
5 Costs of Following a Calorie-Restricted Diet:
1. Your body requires less energy than before.
* For every 2 lbs/1 kg of weight lost, your Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) is reduced by 20 calories a day.
2. You burn less energy when physically active than before.
* The greater the weight loss, the more your body adapts to be more energy-efficient when you are active.
3. You use less energy to process the food you eat.
* The Thermogenic Effect of Food is relative to the energy you eat.
* When you eat less, you burn less.
4. You want more food.
* Hunger increases 2 fold after ~8 weeks of dieting.
* Appetite increases by 100 calories a day for every 2 lb/1 kg of lost weight.
* Appetite is higher than before when you return to your original weight.
5. Food is even more appealing.
* The pleasantness of food is increased.
* Your senses are heightened to food aroma and taste in the context of being more hungry.
This list doesn’t even touch on the impact restrictive diets have on mental health, or the nutritional sacrifice. You can read more in my post, Intermittent Fasting.
Your body becomes more energy efficient and you are hungrier with each calorie-restricted diet.
4 Strategies to Avoid Diet-Harm and Choose Body Benefits Instead.
Find the full post on https://janecurryweber.substack.com/
Why listen to me?
There are countless nutrition voices.
One. Critical. Difference.
I listen to you.
You determine what I recommend at the Contented Table.
And I have been listening to people’s stories like yours for over 20 years.
When you steer away from popular quick-fix diets and work with how God made you, you will have more Peace and rest at your table.
Has this helped you? Perhaps encourage another? Share this episode with someone you know who is considering a calorie-restricted diet. So they can make a more informed choice and consider an alternative that leads to more Peace and rest.
The Contented Table is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit janecurryweber.substack.com/subscribe
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By Jane Curry Weber5 Costs of Following a Calorie-Restricted Diet:
1. Your body requires less energy than before.
* For every 2 lbs/1 kg of weight lost, your Resting Energy Expenditure (REE) is reduced by 20 calories a day.
2. You burn less energy when physically active than before.
* The greater the weight loss, the more your body adapts to be more energy-efficient when you are active.
3. You use less energy to process the food you eat.
* The Thermogenic Effect of Food is relative to the energy you eat.
* When you eat less, you burn less.
4. You want more food.
* Hunger increases 2 fold after ~8 weeks of dieting.
* Appetite increases by 100 calories a day for every 2 lb/1 kg of lost weight.
* Appetite is higher than before when you return to your original weight.
5. Food is even more appealing.
* The pleasantness of food is increased.
* Your senses are heightened to food aroma and taste in the context of being more hungry.
This list doesn’t even touch on the impact restrictive diets have on mental health, or the nutritional sacrifice. You can read more in my post, Intermittent Fasting.
Your body becomes more energy efficient and you are hungrier with each calorie-restricted diet.
4 Strategies to Avoid Diet-Harm and Choose Body Benefits Instead.
Find the full post on https://janecurryweber.substack.com/
Why listen to me?
There are countless nutrition voices.
One. Critical. Difference.
I listen to you.
You determine what I recommend at the Contented Table.
And I have been listening to people’s stories like yours for over 20 years.
When you steer away from popular quick-fix diets and work with how God made you, you will have more Peace and rest at your table.
Has this helped you? Perhaps encourage another? Share this episode with someone you know who is considering a calorie-restricted diet. So they can make a more informed choice and consider an alternative that leads to more Peace and rest.
The Contented Table is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit janecurryweber.substack.com/subscribe