When I see “coach’s” promoting a 21 dah dexox/reset/cleans/fast/fill in the blank with a BS word leading into Christmas.
Listen, I get it. This time of year is stressful because people gain weight. This is fact.
And while I am not anti weight loss if that’s your goal, your body, and your choice — I’ll support you. I am anti “doing the stupidest thing you saw on the internet to try to lose a quick pound”.
I refuse to let you diet like an ass hat because of a Christmas cookie.
And uh, hey — know what these “coaches” who are just covering up their own restrictive and fear based behaviors with a pretty product aren’t telling you?
Your body likes to lose fat when it isn’t chronically stressed. Your body likes to lose weight when it feels “safe”. And a damn good way to ~regulate your hormones and boost your metabolism~ is not do shit like binge eat for thanksgiving, join a 3 week under eating idiot fest, then dive into the Christmas cookie platter because you avoided sugar for a month.
Sounds... healthy.... right? Absolutely more healthy than if you ate a normal amount on the holidays and pretty routine between but maybe had a few cookies along side your veggies. 🙄
I digress — you know what’s also a really fantastic way to set up your body for maximal fat storage? Under eating for weeks on end then going hog wild at grandmas on the 24th - 31st.
But they don’t tell you this. They don’t market this. Because they don’t understand a lick about human physiology or how metabolism works or anything but that they can sell you a product. Or use this product to make their own fear around food.
The truth is, as much as this shit drives me crazy, my heart breaks for these “coaches” too. Who deep to their soul believe these things are the way and the truth. So much they don’t even think they’re harming women by selling them this.
And honestly my friends— this time of year isn’t even ideal for a healthy sustained cut unless it’s for your sport and your choice. It’s a fantastic time however to use some extra food to crush some gym PR’s, increase volume, and recover like a champ.