Why do you keep self-sabotaging fat loss?

In this episode, I’m sharing six of the most common reasons I've heard in more than half a decade of coaching over 100 people from all walks of life, and the solutions I've found to work for many of them.

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This is how I try to empower myself when feeling powerless. I hope it helps you, too.

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Dr. Scott Stevenson, PhD, LAc is an applied exercise physiologist, licensed acupuncturist, and competitive bodybuilder with over two decades of experience personal training and coaching online, and over thirty years’ experience in the gym as a whole.

We covered:

• What methods do researchers use to measure muscle growth in the lab?
• What methods can you use to assess whether your own training is effective for growth or not?
• … And more!

Links and resources:

Connect with Scott on IG @fortitude_training: https://www.instagram.com/fortitude_training/ 

Purchase Scott’s book, “Be Your Own Bodybuilding Coach”, on eBay to donate to ASPCA: https://www.ebay.com/itm/205121965946 

Or on Amazon: https://drscottstevenson.com/byobbcoach.html 

Purchase Scott’s eBook, “Fortitude Training”, about his training system with dietary and supplementation recommendations: https://drscottstevenson.com/fortitude-training-products.html 

Sign up for one on one coaching with me: ⁠https://www.fittotransformtraining.com/coaching.html⁠

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If you keep working hard Monday to Friday, but then the weekend comes, and all your fat loss efforts go up in flames…

You need to listen to this podcast.

Links and resources:

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Fellow coach Ruby Cherie is a female transformation specialist who helps her clients build a strong and sculpted physique.

Today she joins the podcast to talk about the “fat loss mindset”, a state of mental deprivation and obsession with scale weight… which you can fall victim to even if you’re not actually losing body fat!

Tune in to find out how this mindset can hold you back from achieving the physique you envision, and what you can do in order to overcome it.

Links and resources:

Check out Ruby’s podcast, 100% Real With Ruby: https://open.spotify.com/show/0AuE922V0eOY4QIdGW3mQ9?si=_BqegO7YQMelhXSB51-84g&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1&nd=1

Connect with Ruby on IG @transformxruby: https://www.instagram.com/transformxruby/

Visit Ruby’s website: https://transformxruby.wordpress.com

Sign up for one on one coaching with me: ⁠https://www.fittotransformtraining.com/coaching.html⁠

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If you’re coming to the end of your fat loss diet and you don’t quite know how to transition out of it without regaining fat, this is the solo episode for you.

I’m going to cover:

• How to estimate maintenance calories
• What to expect in terms of bodyweight changes
• What food choices to make to minimise fat regain

I’m also going to touch on the process of transitioning out of a deficit for a single one-week deficit break.

Links and resources:

Sign up for one on one coaching with me: ⁠https://www.fittotransformtraining.com/coaching.html⁠

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Fellow coach Laura Savino comes back on the podcast to talk about how to pair nutrition, lifting, and endurance training when you’re preparing for an endurance event, and common mistakes when it comes to planning cardio during a fat loss phase.

Links and resources:

Follow Laura on Instagram @laurajustinesavino: https://www.instagram.com/laurajustinesavino/ 

Follow her company @elevatedpursuitnutrition: https://www.instagram.com/elevatedpursuitnutrition/ 

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This solo episode covers four evidence-based ways in which you can eat more calories and maintain your weight, and two widespread myths about it.

Does reverse dieting increase your maintenance calories?

What about bulking and building more muscle?

Tune in to learn all about it.

Links and resources:

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In this episode, Dr. Eric Helms and I discuss:

• How much protein should you eat if you lift weights and you’re in a caloric deficit?
• How important is protein intake relative to all other variables in a deficit?
• How much protein should you eat at maintenance or when bulking?

The conversation arises from a recent systematic review with meta-regression on protein intake in a deficit, which Dr. Helms contributed to alongside Dr. Martin Refalo and Dr. Eric Trexler.

Links and resources:

Read the original research paper: “Effect of Dietary Protein on Fat-Free Mass in Energy Restricted, Resistance-Trained Individuals: An Updated Systematic Review With Meta-Regression” by Refalo and colleagues – https://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/fulltext/9900/effect_of_dietary_protein_on_fat_free_mass_in.179.aspx 

Check out Eric’s IG account @helms3dmj for more posts on this paper: https://www.instagram.com/helms3dmj/ 

Check out the MASS Research Review: ⁠https://massresearchreview.com⁠

Visit the 3DMJ website: https://3dmusclejourney.com/ 

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This is the second and final part of this podcast mini series on setting up and executing a successful bulking phase.

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