{"id":71194,"date":"2020-08-11T08:03:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T13:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/?p=71194"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:59:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T17:59:12","slug":"two-truths-about-drastic-calorie-deficits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/blog\/two-truths-about-drastic-calorie-deficits\/","title":{"rendered":"two truths about drastic calorie deficits"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Be ok with two truths: drastic calorie deficits can lead to weight loss and drastic calorie deficits are not sustainable.\u2063
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It started with colored containers from that big name program. You learned some basics about meal planning and portion controlling. It worked for a while and you lost weight! \u2063
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Eventually, weight loss slowed to a stop and you started looking for something new to \u201cget things moving in the right direction again\u201d. \u2063
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You jump on your fit friend\u2019s super specific meal plan and even though there are a lot of rules, you\u2019re committed to pushing yourself for weight loss. And it works! You\u2019re down more pounds in a few weeks.\u2063
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Somewhere along the line, things are starting to feel a little uncomfortable. It\u2019s unlike you to need a nap in the middle of the day. You\u2019re feeling guilty about how short and snappy you\u2019ve been with the kids. Night sweats, tossing, turning are just nightly things now?\u2063
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You find yourself unable to control snacking in the evening, even after a full day of clean eating – so annoying! Sometimes you\u2019ll be head first in bag of tortilla chips and you don\u2019t know how it happened!\u2063
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Maybe you\u2019ll just make up for the extra calories by fasting all day tomorrow? \u2063
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You just need more discipline. \u2063
You just need to be more dedicated to your goals. \u2063
You just need to buckle down.\u2063
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Mmmmmm…nah. \u2063
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You can not live in the land of low calories forever.\u2063
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If you\u2019re fortunate enough to have avoided plans, programs and systems that promise fast and drastic weight loss results – congratulations! Hang out here for awhile and you\u2019ll see there are safe, sustainable and comfortable ways to release weight, should you want to.\u2063
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If you\u2019re in the throes of diet jumping – feeling alone at sea, grasping at any weight loss promise that comes your way, hear this: more drastic is not the answer. You\u2019re not getting where you wanna go with more rules or more restriction. \u2063
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Be ok with two truths: drastic calorie deficits can lead to weight loss and drastic calorie deficits are not sustainable.\u2063 You cannot live on low calories forever.\u2063<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":71197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-habit-change","category-myth-busting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71194"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74909,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71194\/revisions\/74909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilyfieldrd.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}