Things To Focus On During A Reverse Diet/Maintenance

🔥Energy levels throughout the day
(how many coffees do you need to function during dieting?)
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🥰A more positive mindset
(Your hormone levels are increasing due to increased calorie intake)
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🍳Healthier relationship with food
(No longer having a “scarcity” mindset)
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😴SLEEP quality
(Calorie deficits negatively affect sleep which affects legit everything we do)
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💅🏼Healthier hair, skin and nails
(Your hair isn’t as thin/falling out, nails start growing longer)
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💩Better digestion
(Not as constipated/bloated from lack of fiber)
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💪🏻Strength
(not just in the gym but carrying groceries, or your kids or things at work)
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👉🏻The ISSUES with a reverse diet tend to not be adding in food slowly, it’s typically a loss of “goal setting”.
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In a deficit, we set motivating goals to get us results.
I’ll exercise 3x/week and eat X calories to achieve X weight loss.
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We watch the scale & measurements to monitor for feedback.
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In a reverse diet, we don’t get feedback like that. The scale doesn’t really go down & we’re not “as motivated” bc we’re unsure what “results” to look for.
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💜But when we realize that we just need to switch focus on our goals, we have other tangible measurements of progress (listed above).
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Don’t get it twisted: weight maintenance IS progress.
✅It takes work to stay healthy & your body WILL continue to change if you continue to give it the physical stimulus needed (from exercise).
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🗣Which one will you start focusing on during this part of your journey?