Welcome to the Get Fit Guys' Quick and Dirty Tips to Slim Down and Shape Up.

My name is Ben Greenfield, and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

In previous episodes, I've explained the top 10 reasons you're not losing weight,

and the Nutrition Diva and I have both covered the topic of weight loss at length.

You can check out

episodes that I'll link to in the show notes over at quick and dirty tips.com, like how to break

a weight loss plateau, which addresses the nutritional aspect of weight loss plateaus, and how to get

off a weight loss plateau, which addresses the physical. A weight loss plateau defined is a gradual tapering off or a pause in your weight

loss even when you're still exercising and eating healthy. And plateaus happen to just about everybody.

But what about a weight loss crash and burn in which you totally fall off the fitness and

healthy eating bandwagon, throw up your hands in despair, and forsake your

diet or exercise plan altogether. How do you avoid that dreaded scenario? Well, in this special

episode, which features my fellow Quick and Dirty Tips podcast host Monica Reinagle, aka the Nutrition

diva, you're going to learn why a weight loss crash and burn can happen and

how to avoid it. Before hearing what Monica has to say, let's kick things off with my three

reasons for a weight loss, crash, and burn. Reason number one, relying completely on diet with no

exercise. It's been proven that exercise can suppress appetite by

decreasing the hormones that make you more likely to cheat on your diet. Studies have also disproved

that moderate healthy amounts of exercise, not two-hour marathons at the gym, will actually spark

your appetite and cause you to compensate by eating more later on. It's just not the case.

So why not use exercise as a powerful appetite control strategy to stick to your healthy eating

habits and to keep you from mindless snacking? I personally get hungry every afternoon at about

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