For Fat Loss & Sustainable Goals: Choose Weights vs Constant Dieting & More Cardio - April Dirteater

Randa sits down with Dietician April Dirteater of ADD Nutrition to discuss: Weight Lifting is More Important for Fat Loss & Sustainable Goals vs Continuous Calorie Deficit & More Cardio. You can work with April in the PowHer.fit 12 Week Advanced Nutrition 1.0 Course Here: https://members.powher.fit/user_catalog_class/show/22657

Explain calorie deficit, maintenance and surplus.

Explain BMR and how to increase it.

But I thought a calorie deficit was the only way to lose fat?

So why can’t I just decrease my calories?

So that means adding in cardio would help me be in a calorie deficit, right?

Why exercise calories burned really shouldn’t matter.

How does lifting weights aid in fat loss and become even more beneficial than just a continuous calorie deficit in the long term?

-Break down what weight lifting does

-Break down how weight lifting needs fuel

-Break down the benefits of having muscle, especially as we age

-Reiterate that there’s no certain age where you can or cannot lift weights

What happens to the muscle I’ve built when I go into a calorie deficit?

But if I’m lifting, shouldn’t I be adding in more cardio for better results?

How to trust yourself to not always be dieting?

But won’t I gain fat if I start eating more?

*Red flag discussion on always thinking more cardio needs to be added in to a strength training regiment*