Many women think that to drop body fat they need to drastically change their diet and nutrition habits. They often think they need a ‘meal plan’ or to follow a restrictive plan with set ‘rules’. In this article I hope to share a HUGE secret that will hopefully redirect your attention to a factor that will ultimately lead to change.

Our behavioural choices around food is what will really dictate our long-term success. When you think of these behaviours we are considering habits or things we do on a ‘repetitive’ basis that will ultimately lead to lack of progress in the fat loss department.

The science of fat loss

To drop half a kilogram of body fat per week we need to reduce caloric intake by 3500 calories per week. This means you need to reduce your intake by 300-500 calories per day. The good news is that you do not need to be a calorie counting mastermind to do this, but you do need to have awareness of your daily repetitive behaviours. If your body weight is currently stable (neither tracking up or down), then the good news is that you just need to reduce what you are eating in a day by a margin that will be significant enough to cause change and not too much that you can not consistently follow.

Bites, sips and licks all add up

Everytime you put food into your mouth, the calories add up. If we are trying to reduce the Unfortunately many of us mindlessly graze, snack or taste our or other people’s food throughout the day without even noticing. Lets run through some common 100-150 calorie oversights

• Finishing your son’s piece of toast
• Grabbing a cookie from the tea room
• An sneaky, extra top up of wine
• Picking at some left over cake, croissant or other delicious bakery treat
• Grazing on crackers and hummus while preparing dinner
• A few leftover easter eggs