Extreme Fat Loss Diet Bodybuilding

Stuck in weight loss rut after trying out fad diets?

One WH reader Deborah Biggs, 35, was the same. Keep reading to find out how she stopped fad diets and made small, healthy changes to her lifestyle to drop five dress sizes.

HOW TO STOP FAD DIETS TO GET HEALTHY

THE LIFESTYLE

I could eat whatever I wanted when I was growing up, thanks to an intense schedule of ballet and swimming.

But when I qualified as a nurse in my early twenties, the drastic lifestyle change – 12-hour shifts, often at night and at weekends – and my consequent lack of routine caused me to gain 3 stone in two years.

I'd grab snacks from the vending machine and gorge on cheese toasties when I got home, trying out different fad diets along the way. Constant attempts to restrict my calorie intake failed and my waistline kept expanding.

When I got a regular nine-to-five job in 2014, I was a size 18, and out of excuses.

THE CHANGE

I decided to avoid yet more fad diets and instead used the app MyFitnessPal to get honest with myself and see how much I was actually eating and how little I was moving.

Weighing my food got my portions under control, rather than sticking to fad diets. I switched my meals to cereal with yoghurt for breakfast, salad with spiralised veggies and avocado for lunch, and chicken with vegetables for dinner.

After a month, I had the confidence to add in circuit and spin classes three or four times a week, as well as weights sessions.

Making small, healthy changes and stopping the fad diets worked – I lost 2 stone in three months and reached my goal weight nine months later.

THE REWARD

Ditching a life of stop/start fad diets for a long-term healthy lifestyle means I'm now able to wear size 8 leggings.

I listen to what my body needs – I cut down on bread and rice as I wasn't digesting them properly, but I'll have a curry if I'm craving one. After a strict start, I'm learning to relax.

The same goes for exercise. I work out most days, but I'll skip a session for a night out. My husband jokes that my fitness obsession is my midlife crisis – but it makes me look and feel great, so it's a nice one to have. My killer moves are squats for targeting the whole lower body and press-ups for back definition.

I love wearing Sweaty Betty kit because of its bright, patterned leggings and also Nike for its plainer staples. Instagram star Zoey Wright really inspires me to keep fit, as she overcame a bowel condition to become a bodybuilding pro.

Want to read more inspiring weight loss stories? Find out how to quit bad habits and lose unhealthy fat along the way and how strength training to lose weight really works.

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Extreme Fat Loss Diet Bodybuilding

Source: https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/fitness/fat-loss/a708109/fad-diets/

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