#162 - Myths of metabolic adaptation with Brandon DaCruz
We had Brandon on the podcast discussing the benefits of NEAT previously, so if you haven’t listened to that one, go back and give it a listen! Daily movement is such a good tool for fat loss and overall better health.
So many women come to us after doing crazy restrictive diets, binging on food, and drinking alcohol. They often complain of poor sleep, menopause issues, and low metabolic function. I hear many women saying that they can’t lose weight because of their metabolism, but it’s amazing when we work with them how quickly things start improving.
Brandon, Craig, and I chat about:
➡️How your entire lifestyle facilitates your health
➡️What metabolism actually is
➡️Energy expenditure across the lifespan
➡️Why scale weight doesn’t necessarily measure fat loss
➡️Metabolic adaption and how it works
➡️What goes into total energy expenditure
➡️The importance of protein and weight training
➡️Creating healthy habits that work within your lifestyle
➡️Critical thinking when it comes to your health
➡️Getting to your fat loss goal vs sustaining it
➡️Why fitness shouldn’t be a comparative journey
➡️The importance of accountability and support
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SHOW NOTES
01:51 - Brief background of Brandon
06:06 - How your lifestyle facilitates your health
07:13 - The myths about metabolic damage
09:34 - Things that influence your metabolism
10:20 - The slow and fast metabolism
13:20 - Energy expenditure across your lifespan
15:00 - Why it's not your age that slows down your metabolism but your lifestyle and habits
15:42 - Doing the basics and why it's important if you want a healthy metabolism
16:13 - How psychology impacts physiology
17:23 - Why scale weight doesn’t necessarily measure fat loss
20:08 - Metabolic adaptation and how it works
23:04 - Adaptive thermogenesis
24:39 - The importance of protein and weight training
26:49 - What goes into total energy expenditure
32:59 - Training capability
36:22 - Ecological vs external validity
37:52 - The advantages of investing in coaching
44:00 - Tracking and why it's important
44:38 - Giving it enough time to see a transformation and avoiding shortcuts
46:20 - Losing and gaining more weight later on from yo-yo dieting
48:45 - Getting to your fat loss goal vs sustaining it
51:46 - Having an abundance mindset
52:12 - Creating a fundamental shift in the way you live
55:21 - Not being able to see immediate results and why you need to be patient
58:54 - Change and progress in relative terms
01:03:44 - The importance of accountability and support
01:10:20 - Self limiting beliefs and how to overcome them
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