WEIGHT LOSS
“Help! My client’s not losing weight despite claiming to follow a low calorie diet!”
Reviewed by Brian St. Pierre, MSc, RD, CSCS “My client says they’re eating a super low calorie diet, but they’re not getting results… What should I do?!” We see variations of the above “low-calorie-no-results” question in our Facebook coaching communities all the time. (“My client says they’re following 1200 Calorie diet, but…” or “My client’s weight hasn’t budged despite claiming to eat only 800 Calories per day…”) Usually, about half of the respondents suggest the client is simply mistaken. “Nobody who says they’re eating that little actually is,” they say. The other half center on biological problems that can slow someone’s metabolism: “You might suggest they visit their doc for…
Is a 1200-Calorie diet (or any super low-calorie diet) actually realistic?
Reviewed by Brian St. Pierre, MSc, RD, CSCS If Jerry Seinfeld were into health and fitness he’d ask, “What’s the deal with the 1200-Calorie diet?” (Thanks for the joke, Dad.) But seriously: If you look at the caloric recommendations of many popular weight loss diets, you’ll notice that 1200 Calories is often the “ideal target” for women. (For men, it’s often 1500.) The 1200-Calorie diet is also an extremely popular topic on Reddit, TikTok, and Instagram. Allegedly, even Kim Kardashian followed this prescriptive diet. There’s nothing special about 1200 Calories specifically. However, all this hype makes a person—or a concerned coach—wonder about low-calorie diets in general. Most importantly: Is such…
Level 1: The “Deep Health” coaching secret that transforms short-term fitness goals into life-changing results
Losing 10 pounds. Running a half marathon. Getting six-pack abs. How do you turn short-term client goals into something meaningful, sustainable, and inspiring? Enter: Deep Health coaching, the revolutionary method that gets your clients the results they want, plus the results they need. ++++ Are you truly transforming your clients’ health? Are you helping them thrive, in all aspects of life? Sure, you may be helping them boost their bench press, feel confident on their beach vacation, or get sidewalk-cracking swole. But what if we told you food and fitness—the domains of physical health—are only 16 percent of what determines your clients’ success? What if you could move beyond “12…
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The Ultimate Calorie, Portion, and Macro Calculator
Do you want to lose weight? Gain muscle? Improve health? Boost performance? This free calorie, portion, and macro calculator from Precision Nutrition can help you achieve the results you want… more easily than ever before. Ready to try it? Click “Get Started” below and enter your information to instantly calculate calories, portions, and macros. (Once we calculate your macros, we’ll send you a free, personalized guide to using our hand portion system for hitting your calorie and macro targets.) Nutrition Calculator How much should you eat? Let’s find out. Get started © Precision Nutrition What makes this macro calculator so great? Designed, developed, and tested in the Precision Nutrition research…
How to count (and track) macros for fat loss, muscle gain, and better health
What are macros? | How to calculate your macros | How to track your macros | Macros troubleshooting and FAQs | What to eat on a macro diet | How to measure portions | Macros and consistency | Macros for weight loss | Macros and alcohol Lose weight, gain muscle, and perform better. But in exchange, you have to do math. Still with us? Then maybe you’d like to learn how to count macros. Counting macros is a way to track food intake using grams of protein, carbs, and fats (macronutrients) instead of calories. The advantage of focusing on macronutrients over calories is that it tells you a bit more…
Keep showing up: 5 people who met their body transformation goals during the COVID-19 crisis.
When these clients joined Precision Nutrition Coaching in January of 2020 to improve their health and lives, the plan was straightforward: Follow the program and trust the process. Two months in, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Nothing in life was straightforward. Overnight, many were facing food shortages, financial instability, and overwhelming uncertainty. It would have been understandable for these five people to press pause on their health and fitness efforts. But they didn’t. Instead, they listened to the little voice in their heads that said: ‘keep going.’ Every person highlighted in this article faced challenges in the past year: medical issues, forced business closure, heightened anxiety, the loss of a loved…
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Precision Nutrition’s Weight Loss Calculator: Eat less? Move more? Here’s what it really takes to reach your goals.
Want to know the number of calories you should eat to lose weight? We’ve made it easy. Just click the “Get Started” button below and enter your information. (Plus, once we calculate your calorie and macronutrient needs, we’ll send you a free, personalized nutrition plan for achieving the results you want.) Weight Loss Calculator How much should you eat? Let’s find out. Get started © Precision Nutrition Why This Weight Loss Calculator Is Special One of the most common questions Precision Nutrition certified nutrition coaches get from their new clients: “I’ve been tracking my calories in and calories out religiously… but I’m not losing as much body fat as I…
Coaching: The 30-day eating challenge that can blow your mind—and transform your body.
Diet challenges are usually all about what you can’t eat. But what if you could see huge results from a self-experiment that doesn’t make any foods off-limits? Instead of focusing on what you eat, our 30-day eating challenge emphasizes how you eat. And the results? They could be transformational. Want to listen instead of read? Download the audio recording here… ++++ “You want the next level stuff?” I asked. “Do this first, and let’s see if you can handle it.” The nutrition advice I’d just given Cameron Lichtwer wasn’t what he expected, so I made it a challenge. As an instructor at the British Columbia Personal Training Institute, a strength…
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Level 1: Fat loss hacks!?!? 10 charts show why you don’t need them.
Just over 20 years ago, Google was a garage startup, and no one had heard of “fat loss hacks.” But a lot can change in two decades. (We’ll spare you the screenshot of our search results.) One thing that hasn’t changed: Obesity is still on the rise.1 Prevalence of obesity and severe obesity in the United States from 1999 to 2018. Which is to say: There are no legitimate fat loss hacks—despite server farms filled with fat loss hacks. That’s because obesity isn’t a simple, hackable problem. There are many interconnected factors—physical, psychological, social, environmental, emotional—that influence our ability to eat less and move more. And the magnitude of each…
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Forget bikini bodies and bigger arms: Here’s the real secret for getting motivated to transform your body.
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