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How many time have I heard someone say they can’t keep the weight off? Or the weight keeps<br />
coming back? Then we look at the past dieting phases <strong>and</strong> see that the starvation diets they used<br />
only led to damaged metabolisms <strong>and</strong> damaged endocrine systems <strong>and</strong> when they started to eat<br />
properly again the body stores more fat because they were overeating <strong>and</strong> not allowing the<br />
metabolism catch up.<br />
Far too many to number!<br />
Imagine you’re at the supermarket <strong>and</strong> you’re the metabolism, st<strong>and</strong>ing waiting to load up the bags<br />
with the shopping you just bought, in this case the shopping is the energy (calories). Now the till<br />
attendant is the mouth <strong>and</strong> the shopping is…the food! At some point the till attendant will send the<br />
food down to you too quickly! you can’t keep up with all the shopping <strong>and</strong> the bags get full too<br />
quickly but the till attendant is still throwing food down at you. This is like the metabolism. You<br />
cannot keep up. Imagine the food that’s not making it into the bags is now turning to fat. Imagine<br />
this happening all day, every day.<br />
Had the till attendant taken the time to wait for the bag to fill (the metabolism catching up) ….no fat<br />
would have been stored.<br />
So, the point of a reverse diet is to allow a slow progressive calorie intake whilst enabling the<br />
metabolism to catch up <strong>and</strong> the endocrine system to function correctly. This will lead to better<br />
health <strong>and</strong> …fat loss.<br />
Who should reverse diet?<br />
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You've been dieting (or crash dieting) on very low calories for a very long time, <strong>and</strong> fat loss<br />
results have stalled.<br />
Your metabolism is damaged to the point where no amount of calorie-cutting <strong>and</strong> exercising<br />
will elicit a response from your body.<br />
You train hard, but still feel low energy <strong>and</strong> fatigue during the day.<br />
You’re unhappy with your diet, your motivation is at an all-time low, <strong>and</strong> training sessions<br />
lack improvement <strong>and</strong> are physically too draining.<br />
If you tick any of these boxes, then reverse dieting may be the way forward for you. You may at first<br />
see some weight go on…however don’t be dismayed, it will start to come off as the metabolism<br />
speeds up <strong>and</strong> starts to turn into an energy burning engine!<br />
How to reverse diet<br />
If you decide to reverse diet then I expect the calorie intake you currently are on is moderatel to<br />
very low, or you have come off the back end of a fat loss program/cut.<br />
Likewise, you may find that you are starving yourself for days on end then gorging for a day or two<br />
before the guilt kicks in <strong>and</strong> you go back to the “diet”.<br />
Either way a reverse diet may be the best step for you to take.<br />
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