“I eat clean but I can’t lose weight”

How many times have you heard this?

Have you caught yourself saying this to yourself or a coach in the past?

In short, you’re eating too much or moving too little, regardless of your healthy food choices.

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Let’s say you’re eating kale, avocado and salmon for breakfast. Fantastic! Or you’re vegan and have lunch with lentils , quinoa and rice. Wonderful.

Are you consuming more calories than you are expending though?

If you’re not losing weight, you’re not in a calorie deficit.

You are simply eating too much calories, more than than your individual activity level / gender / age / height / body weight / metabolism warrants.

In short, you are consuming more calories than you are burning.

You might be thinking, what’s wrong with eating all of this nutritious food he was talking about? There’s absolutely nothing wrong with it, it’s great that you are making an effort to eat a more nutrient rich diet and making better choices will bring so many health benefits to the table for you!

The point I am trying to get across is that there are no ‘magic foods’ for fat loss and that we NEED to be aware of our calorie intake, to make sure we are in an appropriate deficit and can lose fat effectively.

‘Eating clean’ isn’t going to be enough to optimise fat loss and get you long lasting sustainable results, you will hit a plateau after a few weeks and then where do you go from there when you aren’t aware of calorie intake?

You will just end up getting massively frustrated, de-motivated and disheartened when the ‘magic formula’ is no longer working for you. It only worked for the first number of weeks because cleaning up your diet a little and making an effort to exercise more was such an improvement on what you were doing previously.

We can’t manage what we don’t measure.

We are all individuals and things need to be A LOT more specific than ‘eat clean and train hard’ to get us to our goals. Anyone who tells you otherwise is a cowboy, simple as and our industry is absolutely full of them unfortunately…

When looking to maximise fat loss, a whole host of variables need to be closely considered such as your diet, training, cardio protocols, steps / expenditure, hydration requirements, sleep quality, stress management and recovery capabilities to name but a few.

Here at Influence, our goal is to provide you with a plan that takes out all of the guess work, is fully tailored around YOUR lifestyle and schedule, takes into consideration YOUR food likes and dislikes, doesn’t eliminate any food groups or macronutrients and most importantly, EDUCATES you along the way whilst allowing you to live with energy and maximise performance.
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