This is Why Your Body Won’t Let Go of Weight
I had a client the other day who is really struggling mentally with increasing her caloric intake because she doesn’t want to gain weight.
She’s not overweight, but she weighs more than she ever has and just doesn’t feel comfortable in her own body. Which personally I believe is a fine reason to want to release some weight.
HOWEVER, weight loss should never come at the detriment on your thyroid and metabolic markers. And as I explained to her: your body REQUIRES minimum 1400cal a day just to keep your vital organs functioning. She is eating roughly 1500 a day — which is less than what my toddler eats. When the body is undernourished, it will constantly be getting the signal “sudden danger. Death is imminent”. Because to our body — fasting/famine is an immediate threat. So what does your body do?
It stores more fat for the next famine.
Your body is not concerned with releasing weight when it’s afraid of resources continually running low. If your body cannot anticipate when your next meal is going to be or if you are going to be getting enough, it will store for a rainy day.
The good news is, you can train your body to know you are not a 15th century peasant in the middle of a famine.
How do we do this?
By restoring your body’s safety signaling.
Eating consistently. Eating enough. Getting sunshine. Properly hydrating. Moving your body in a metabolically appropriate way. When you can train your body to be able to RELY on you, you are teaching it that it doesn’t need store fat for the winter.
And as you reestablish those safety signals (which you will be able to measure based on your metabolic markers), your body will come to a point where it says “this weight no longer serves a purpose” and it will release it.
This work is slow. It is unsexy.
But healing your metabolism, taking the time to lay a proper foundation of metabolic health, is the singular most important thing you can do if you want to be able to not only LOSE weight, but be able to maintain weight loss without having to cut out every food that you love or kill yourself in the gym.
Sincerely,
Someone who has lost 50lbs TWICE without restrictive dieting
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