The ‘trend’ right now within the fitness industry, when it comes to fat loss advice seems to be, to just scream out ‘CALORIE DEFICIT’ without any additional context.
Whilst it is of course true that you will need to be in a calorie deficit to drop body fat, and it’s nice that coaches are trying to simplify the process, but sometimes oversimplifying things to people with a limited understanding of the ins and outs of the subject matter can be detrimental, for some people oversimplification works, for some it doesn’t.
There are other important factors that should be considered alongside a calorie deficit, to ensure healthy, sustainable results. It shouldn’t be a case of just upping your exercise and slashing your calories (moving more and eating less) to get results, whilst this may work initially, the question is, is it healthy and/or sustainable?
So, what other things should you consider alongside a calorie deficit?
Nutrient quality/Digestion
Sleep quality
Protein intake
Mental health
Hormone balance
Quality of life
Training performance
Training type
Adaptations & rate of results
Muscle loss
I will go into further detail about each of the above points over the coming days, lets call it a mini-series, but the bottom line is, calories matter, but so does everything else.
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