Ladies, if you only take in one thing I say in all my posts, let it be this – DO NOT go on a 1200 Calorie Diet…EVER!!

Let me put it into context for you. The reason I’m saying this is because it really upsets me how many “famous” diet programs there are that advertise for women to eat 1200 calories with no knowledge of their height, weight or activity levels. To say that for every woman under the BMI of 30 is required to eat 1200 calories in order to lose weight should be a crime. I am DEAD serious, lock these people up because they are causing binge eating disorders, yo-yo dieters and not to mention probably ADDING to the obesity epidemic.

Of course you are going to lose weight initially! That’s how these people MAKE MONEY! By marketing your INITIAL results on the diet.

 

 

See the thing is that if you go into a Calorie Deficit you will lose weight.

 

The problem is that if your maintenance calories is 2,400 calories. Meaning that currently you are consuming around 2,400 calories per day and maintaining your weight and then you shock your system by lowering to 1,200 calories, you will have a hard time sticking to this diet. This is because you have lowered your intake by half!

In order to lose weight, the MAX amount of calories you want to be lowering by is 500 calories. So therefore if you’re currently consuming 2,400 calories you could lower by 250 calories or less to ease into it. It’s going to be much easier to maintain in the long run.

Weight Loss Comes With Long Term Consistency

 

It is going to be difficult to maintain such a high calorie deficit long term. That is the NO. 1 reason why women struggle to stick to a diet. They simply lower their calories too quickly by too much. They come on too strong, wanting to lose the weight as quick as possible, but the problem is that they find their “willpower” quickly runs out. The key is to make it easier on yourself. Don’t put yourself in such a huge calorie drop!

 

And What About My Metabolism?

If you are cutting your calorie intake by half, your body will adjust energy expenditure, meaning the metabolism slows down to try and maintain homeostasis (balance). Your body doesn’t like the sudden drop in calories! You will also find that such low calorie diets increase Ghrelin and decrease Leptin. Ghrelin is the hormone that makes you hungry. This has been shown to increase when you start to lose weight. It’s not your fault you get so hungry and start bingeing and yo-yo in weight!

Women will also hit a plateau in weight very quickly again because of the sudden drop in energy intake.

Let’s not forget that a lot of diets that promote “clean eating” may also result in you eating low calories. Without actually calculating what you are eating, how do you know you are not just mimicking a 1200 calorie diet or less when you follow a popular “clean eating” diet?

Be Weary of ANY program that does not ask you for your stats prior to giving you a meal plan

Popular programs run by celebrity’s tend to give you a “one size fits all” meal plan. My question is, how do they know what your calorie intake should be?

Another famous diet advocates approximately 1600 calories per-day for weight loss. This is given to participants as a “healthy” meal plan giving various options for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Participants are advised to also do power walking several times per week and high intensity circuit training several times per week.

While this is not as bad as the 1200 calorie diet and it may be appropriate for some, it is most certainly not appropriate for all.

I know for a fact that if I followed this popular meal and exercise plan that I would never had lost weight. Why? because I have tried similar plans time and time again and I didn’t succeed until I ate closer to my energy requirements so it was easier to stick to and addressed my uncontrollable appetite through mindset work.

So what can you do instead of a 1200 calorie diet?

Like my previous post about emotional eating, you need to address the causes of the overeating or uncontrollable appetite. You may suffer from emotional eating, be a restrictive eater or simply be triggered to eat when food is in front of you.

My Courses cover how to go about your weight loss in a healthy way, without sabotaging yourself OR your metabolism. It’s my mission to teach you how to avoid overeating and educating women on how to know how much they should be eating. I will not ever give a “one size fits all” meal plan. I think anyone who does deserves a mighty slap in the face!

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Love Barbara XoXo

 

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