Hello and welcome to this episode of the ESG fitness podcast. This episode is all about

aggressive dieting, which is somewhat a controversial topic, mainly because a lot of what I

focus on is maintainable results. And that's kind of one of the first things I want to talk

about is that just because you take an aggressive

approach initially doesn't mean that's the approach you're going to maintain. And I say that

because one of the kickbacks around aggressive dieting is like, well, you can't maintain it,

so there's no point doing it, is a little bit stupid. Like fat loss in itself is meant to be

a short term period of time where you're

in a deficit to lose the fat and then you continue with maintenance you don't have to do the exact

same behaviors in both and obviously the magnitude at least of those behaviors is going to change

so and by that i mean like things like your calorie target, your step

count, et cetera, et cetera. What you do to lose fat and create a deficit might not have to be

exactly the same as what you do to maintain it. And I'll come on to exactly what I mean by that.

But what I wanted to discuss today is that I have, in fact, I often do this, but recently I've taken on a few one-to-ones,

something I don't often do, but all of them wanted quite an aggressive approach. And I always

kind of pre-well, I always definitely pre-screen people for this. I make sure that they know

what to expect. I make sure that they know what to expect. I make sure that

they commit to working with me for at least three months after so that we don't just regain the

weight. I make sure they've got a good relationship with food. I make sure they don't have a

history of over-restriction, binge eating or eating disorders. And that they're willing to fully

commit to this process because it is harder

if you want to do it quicker right not going to bullshit anybody here it will be lower calories

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