Weight loss is one of the most commonly searched nutrition goal and the one we receive half of our enquiries for. All too often we'll hear "I've done a juice cleanse before", "I've cut carbs", "I've gone really low calories". Quickly followed by, "It worked for a little bit but then I put more weight back on", or "I felt terrible and couldn't keep it up for more than a week/month".

In this episode Amy and Rich talk about some of the short and long term factors that come into play when you go into a significant calorie deficit and how you can re-look at your approach.

We talk about what's going on in your body during a big deficit (500 calorie plus) and why it would be more effective to go for a smaller deficit. Largely, you're going to keep up the intensity in your training so you can see the changes you want to in your body, allowing you to keep hold on muscle - i.e. fat loss, not just weight loss. As well as reducing the impact of cravings and leading to binge eating every weekend and the process taking longer.

Listen in for more information!

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We help people get Stronger, Healthier and Happier for life.

We as a group of gyms and coaches want to really help people, with their health and fitness, and help them outside of the gym too. Taking what they learn, mentally and physically and be able to apply it to the rest of their lives.

We work with up to 150 people at a time in each our gyms, and want to use this podcast as a way to help our members further by educating. Outside and beyond the content that the whole coaching team put together every week.

By doing that, the things we are going to talk about will be helpful for those that maybe aren't training with us right now, maybe training with us in the future or may never train with us directly. But, we want to help people get STRONGER, HEALTHIER and HAPPIER.