Maintenance Calories Explained: What They Are, Why They Matter & Why You Cannot Diet Forever 👏🏼
In this episode I’m doing a FULL deep dive into maintenance calories and breaking down one of the most misunderstood topics in fat loss + nutrition 🫶🏼
We chat about:
✨ What maintenance calories actually are
✨ Why your body cannot stay in a calorie deficit forever
✨ Calorie ranges vs exact numbers
✨ Why one higher calorie day doesn’t ruin progress
✨ Signs your body may need a maintenance phase
✨ How maintenance supports hormones, recovery + gym performance
✨ Why maintenance phases can actually HELP future fat loss
✨ Scale fluctuations after increasing calories
✨ Improving your relationship with food + avoiding all-or-nothing thinking
✨ Why sustainable results always beat extreme dieting