Lindsay's Heath & Fitness Blog

2 things to stop doing when using MFP!

First off I love that you want to track your food so let me give you some tips to help your success!

#1 stop tracking your exercise in MFP this will add back in calories for you to eat from the calories it shows you have burned!

#2 shhhh keep it a secret that you want to “diet” from MFP the calories it will set you at ate wayyyy too low and will cause you to have to eat even less when you plateau. Plus your hormones, energy, and hunger will be out of wack and we don’t want that! We want to lose on the most amount of calories we can! What I suggest as you track your current calories right now see where you are! I also have a post on tracking macros to help you figure your own macros!

Just a little secret also—> my FREE 5 day Prime your metabolism workshop is starting Aug 23rd --> click here to learn more and sign up https://www.lindsaysaenz.com/metabolismworkshop

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You have been putting in the work, going to the gym, eating “Not too bad” whatever that means, right?! 

Its been a month and you’re not really seeing the progress you thought you would see... 

SISTER let me help you out listen up, it could be one of these 5 things keeping you from your fat-loss. 

1 CHEAT MEALS/CHEAT DAYS-when you are on a diet where calories are not controlled and you’re just trying to eat clean and then have a cheat meal, for one you never know if you’re still in a calorie deficit or if you are pushing your weekly total calories over and putting you at maintenance, for 2 this can cause a bad food relationship with “good” food “bad” foods, you restrict all week and when it comes to your cheat day or cheat meal you can’t control yourself and you start binge eating or way over consuming on your cheat meal/day. It’s better to have fun foods that you enjoy built within...