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EP112: How long should your cut last? Carrots 'N' Cake Podcast
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- Nutrition
One of the biggest mistakes I see when women are trying to lose weight is hopping from diet to diet to diet. They cut their calories super low and stop seeing progress... because depriving your body of calories is veryyyy stressful on the body.
You need to earn the right to diet.
In fact, most of your life should be spent in maintenance and a cut should only happen about once or twice per year.
But when it's time to cut and your body (and overall health) is ready to cut, here are some factors to consider for your cut length:
8-WEEK CUT:
You have trouble with consistency
You hate restriction
You have a deadline/event/vacation coming up
You don’t like tracking your food
You don’t like cardio
You tend to be ‘all or nothing’ with your approach and mindset
You don’t mind changing your life temporarily to get results
Your life isn’t crazy-busy
You don’t have much weight to lose
You just finished a bulk phase
You spent a decent amount of time in maintenance
You tend to be someone who quits and loses motivation
16-WEEK CUT:
You don’t want a diet to interfere with your life too much
You don’t want a cut to affect your social life (i.e. upcoming girls’ weekend, your birthday)
You enjoy tracking your food, meal prep, etc.
You like the accountability and structure of tracking your food, having a plan, etc.
You want to be able to make tweaks to your cut
Your calories are high and you have plenty of room to cut
You don’t like to be hungry/you don’t like restriction
Your life is fairly busy and you know you can’t give 100% effort all the time
You want the cut to be easy
You have a significant amount of weight to lose
You understand that the slower you lose, the easier it is to maintain
Want to learn more about how to properly change your body composition and maintain your results? Find out more here: https://carrotsncake.lpages.co/coaching/
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Comments and questions can be sent to info@carrotsncake.com.
Follow me on Instagram @carrotsncake
Subscribe for the latest updates and free resources: https://carrotsncake.ck.page/free
If you're looking for a health-minded group of women who want to support and lift you up as you work toward your goals, please consider joining the CNC Lifestyle: https://programs.carrotsncake.com/lifestyle
Grab my macro cookbook on Amazon! https://rstyle.me/+UGeGlgcWbVZdkcObYJIfBQ
One of the biggest mistakes I see when women are trying to lose weight is hopping from diet to diet to diet. They cut their calories super low and stop seeing progress... because depriving your body of calories is veryyyy stressful on the body.
You need to earn the right to diet.
In fact, most of your life should be spent in maintenance and a cut should only happen about once or twice per year.
But when it's time to cut and your body (and overall health) is ready to cut, here are some factors to consider for your cut length:
8-WEEK CUT:
You have trouble with consistency
You hate restriction
You have a deadline/event/vacation coming up
You don’t like tracking your food
You don’t like cardio
You tend to be ‘all or nothing’ with your approach and mindset
You don’t mind changing your life temporarily to get results
Your life isn’t crazy-busy
You don’t have much weight to lose
You just finished a bulk phase
You spent a decent amount of time in maintenance
You tend to be someone who quits and loses motivation
16-WEEK CUT:
You don’t want a diet to interfere with your life too much
You don’t want a cut to affect your social life (i.e. upcoming girls’ weekend, your birthday)
You enjoy tracking your food, meal prep, etc.
You like the accountability and structure of tracking your food, having a plan, etc.
You want to be able to make tweaks to your cut
Your calories are high and you have plenty of room to cut
You don’t like to be hungry/you don’t like restriction
Your life is fairly busy and you know you can’t give 100% effort all the time
You want the cut to be easy
You have a significant amount of weight to lose
You understand that the slower you lose, the easier it is to maintain
Want to learn more about how to properly change your body composition and maintain your results? Find out more here: https://carrotsncake.lpages.co/coaching/
*****
If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and subscribe so you never have to miss an episode!
Comments and questions can be sent to info@carrotsncake.com.
Follow me on Instagram @carrotsncake
Subscribe for the latest updates and free resources: https://carrotsncake.ck.page/free
If you're looking for a health-minded group of women who want to support and lift you up as you work toward your goals, please consider joining the CNC Lifestyle: https://programs.carrotsncake.com/lifestyle
Grab my macro cookbook on Amazon! https://rstyle.me/+UGeGlgcWbVZdkcObYJIfBQ
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