Hello guys and welcome to the Lean of Plants podcast. I'm Chelsea, former overweight, healthy vegan,

confused about why I couldn't look like my favorite plant-based influences even though I was

chugging back green smoothies every day. After a decade of unsustainable vegan diets,

I learned the truth about weight loss, lost 40 pounds,

and now I'm in the best shape of my life even after two kids.

Girl, if you've been struggling to drop the pounds as a vegan,

stuck in a cycle of self-sabotage, sick of yo-yo

dieting and going hungry, never being able to get and stay lean, then this is the podcast

for you.

Each week I share the no BS truth about why vegan women are overweight, the action steps

to get you shedding fat and the

mindset you'll need to get slim for life. I'm stoked to have you here. Let's get started. Hey, welcome back to the Lena Plants podcast.

We're going to be talking today about how to go from losing weight, actively, I was going to say dieting, but everyone hates the word dieting.

I'm not personally offended by it,

but you know what I mean? Actively in a calorie deficit, losing weight to being in maintenance

mode. How do you navigate that transition? So losing weight means that you are in a calorie deficit.

These two go hand in hand. If you are in a calorie deficit, then you will be

burning stored fat. That's how it works. What happens is that your body, when you are not getting

enough fuel from the food that you're eating, is going to pull from the reserves. And that's the

stored fat cells that you have on your muscle and your visceral fat.

It pulls that when you're not getting enough from your fuel.

That's what creates a calorie deficit.

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