Another area I initially struggled to understand was the importance of nutrition when it comes to fat loss. This is literally THE Key to losing fat.
​I’ll explain more in depth about Nutrition for fat loss and building muscle inside of Precision Macros​ and Built By Plants​, but let’s touch on the basics.
You can work out every single day, multiple times per day, but if you don’t have a strategic nutrition plan, you will not lose fat. Trust me, many tried it and failed.
I’m speaking from personal experience, I thought that as long as I trained hard, I’ll lose fat. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work like that. I did build a lot of muscle, but since I was still eating over my calorie limit, layers of fat covered it.
Fat Loss requires being in a caloric deficit.
Caloric Deficit: Any shortage in the number of calories consumed, relative to the number of calories required for maintenance of current body weight. A deficit can be created by reducing the daily amount of calories you consume (lowering food intake, aka dieting).
Basically, this means when you’re in a caloric deficit, you’re eating fewer calories than your body needs for energy to maintain your current weight. Subsequent​ly, by not having enough calories needed for energy, your body will use its stored fat as fuel, resulting in fat loss.
The most effective way to create a caloric deficit is to control how many calories you’re consuming on a daily basis by tracking what you’re eating. Which again, we cover this in depth inside of Precision Macros​.
The best fat loss diet is one that makes a caloric deficit as uncomplicated and sustainable as possible, while also maintaining muscle retention; regardless of your dietary choices, i.e. vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, etc.
If you’d like to simplify your nutrition for losing fat, order one of my Customized Meal plans​. I design each plan with delicious meals and the exact amount of calories you need to lose fat, based on the information I receive in your questionnaire.