Taking 1200 calories a day is a key to losing weight for many people, but you should stop that now! Nikki tells you why you need to stop decreasing your calories intake to lose weight.

In this podcast episode, Nikki shares:

• Calories that are sufficient if you are weight training
• Physical and mental impacts of having 1200 calories a day
• Nikki's fitness journey
• Misconceptions about losing weight
• Difference between fat loss and weight loss
• Impact of having low calories on your metabolism
• Can one eat a healthy diet and still be able to lose weight?
• Key areas that extreme calorie restriction will affect
• How one gets stuck in the binge restrict cycle

Memorable Quotes:

• "If we sacrifice our happiness, energy, focus, productivity, strength, and our health. It's not worth the weight loss."
• "When we can actually learn how to get the results we're looking for and to improve our body composition in a way that we don't have to cut our calories drastically, we can have better energy, better performance, more strength, be in a better mood, and we're gonna be able to be more consistent with things."
• "You could still lose weight by including carbs in your diet."
• "Food isn't just calories. It's also fuel. It's nourishment for your body."
• "The ultimate goal when it comes to weight loss or fat loss is to be able to get the results we're looking for, with a higher calorie range."
• "Our metabolism is highly adaptable. It's not going to speed up and start burning more calories the less you eat. It's going to be the opposite."
• "The ultimate goal is to lose weight or decrease body fat and get a healthier body composition, without stressing out our body."
• "If your approach is unsustainable, often the results are also going to be unsustainable."
• "Know how to fuel your body properly, nourish your body better, and optimize the workouts so that you can get leaner and burn more calories."

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