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If you ever felt like no matter how much
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you work out or how healthy you eat,
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your body just won't change, keep
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watching because I've been exactly where
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you are. I struggled for 12 years trying
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to get into my dream shape by doing
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everything right. Eating clean,
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exercising, and cutting calories, but I
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wasn't seeing the results I wanted. My
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body was puffy, my belly was bloated,
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and I wasn't as toned as I wanted to be.
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I couldn't understand how can this be
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when I'm being this healthy and I'm
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doing everything right until I finally
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figured it out and got into my dream
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shape after I stopped doing these five
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healthy habits that were ruining my fat
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loss and might be ruining yours too. In
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this video, I'll be sharing with you
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these five healthy habits that were
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keeping me fat and what to do instead so
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you can too finally see the results you
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want. And make sure to watch the entire
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video to not miss anything important.
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Let's get into it. The first healthy
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habit that was keeping me from my dream
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body felt healthy and empowering too,
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but was secretly sabotaging my fat loss
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for years. I mean, isn't it logical that
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if you push harder and sweat more, you
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should be losing more fat. But I wasn't.
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I pushed myself hard in hope to lose fat
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by doing gym, doing cardio, running for
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kilometers, and doing heat, which is
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scientifically proven to be a really
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efficient form of exercise, especially
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to burn fat. But I was getting just
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puffier. So, I pushed even harder until
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my body said no. Pushing myself this
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hard, I didn't realize that I was
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overtraining. That's why I wasn't losing
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fat. And this is a mistake many people
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do. When your body is overtrained, you
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can't really lose fat. And to me, this
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just didn't make sense because isn't it
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that the more you exercise, the more you
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sport, the more you should be losing
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fat. But it's not this simple. So, to
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start seeing results again, I had to
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stop training for a while to recover.
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Especially, I had to stop with high
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intensity. But since I was so used to
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working out and moving my body, I
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couldn't just sit at home and do
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nothing. So I started taking long 1-hour
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walks. And this is when the magic
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happened. So here's the thing. My
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problem was that I was doing way too
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much highintensity workouts, too much
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cardio for way too long. And once I
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replaced my 10 km runs with 1 hour
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walks, my god, I could not believe it.
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But my body actually started leaning out
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with doing less and enjoying it, too.
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Replacing high intensity with low
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intensity has changed my body
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composition so much. But high-intensity
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workouts weren't the only thing standing
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in my way to losing fat and getting
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toned. Which brings me to my second
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healthy habit that was keeping me fat.
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And I didn't expect this one to make
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such a difference, but it changed
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everything. By now, I think all of you
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have heard this popular fitness advice
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that if you want to get fit, you need to
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lift weights because lifting weights
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helps you to build muscle, which helps
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you to burn fat, which is scientifically
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proven. And if you're afraid to lift
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weights, don't be. Because for men,
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isn't possible to get bilki. Also, by
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the way, proven by science. Lifting
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weights made my body actually look
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worse. Cuz there is one detail no one
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really talks about. And once I figured
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this out, everything changed. So, here's
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the thing. Of course, you need some
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muscle in your body, but not every woman
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wants to have like muscle. Some women
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just want to lose fat and tone up. I
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don't know how to explain it, but look,
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this woman and this woman have
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completely different bodies. Yes,
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they're both fit. I'm not going to argue
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that. But they're different. And I
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wanted to look like this. And everyone,
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the internet and my personal trainer
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kept telling me that the path to this
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type of body is by lifting weights. So,
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I started lifting weights. But I wasn't
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really liking what I was starting to see
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in the mirror. And deep down, I knew
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that this wasn't it. However, I kept
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lifting cuz I didn't know what else to
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do. I will do 100 kilo leg press
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thinking that if I lift heavier I will
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be burning more fat and that way I get
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quicker to my dream body. But no, my
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tight started getting bigger, more
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muscular, bulkier and in general my
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entire body was getting more puffy and
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more swollen. Basically completely the
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opposite of what I wanted. So I started
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losing hope and I started thinking that
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perhaps my body is just not built this
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way and I don't have the genetics to
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look the way I want to look. As a
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result, I quit the gym because I wasn't
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getting the results I wanted. And then
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Corona came and everything. So, I
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started working out at home. I started
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doing Pilates workouts, different body
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weight workouts, and just with smaller
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weights, just at home. I wasn't
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expecting anything cuz I was so sick and
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tired of everything. And I kind of
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accepted that I will just never be able
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to get the body that I want to get. But
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after about 1 year, my friends started
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commenting on me that, "Wo, haven't you
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lost a lot of weight?" And I didn't even
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realize this myself because I just
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didn't care anymore at this point. But
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then I saw some before and after
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pictures of myself and then I was like,
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"What the?" My face went from around to
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snatched and my body composition had
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totally changed. But what's even more
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interesting is that my body weight on
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the scale had barely changed. So here's
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my epiphany. Some girls and women don't
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get this type of body by lifting
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weights. And I think I even figured out
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which type of woman. I believe it has to
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do with your body type. There are three
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different body types. And the two latter
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ones, I'm the middle one, can get a bit
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bulkier with lifting weights. And the
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first one will benefit from lifting
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weights because for them it's in general
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harder to put on weight. So if you've
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been lifting weights and you feel like
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your body is just getting bulkier, but
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your goal is this, then pilates, body
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weight, and small weights might be your
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answer. At least it worked for me. But
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replacing weightlifting with Pilates and
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body weights wasn't the only thing I did
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during that year when my body
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composition just totally changed. Which
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brings me to the third healthy habit
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that was keeping me from my dream body.
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Every fitness pro tells us that if you
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want to be fit, you want to be toned and
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lose fat, tracking macros is super
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important. So, I had a period where I
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was so focused on tracking macros. I was
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thinking about them all the time, making
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sure I meet my daily requirements, but I
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wasn't seeing results. So during this
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year when I was doing home workouts, and
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I didn't care anymore because I was so
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frustrated, I also quit tracking macros
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because I hated it, and it occupied too
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much of my brain space, and it wasn't
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even working for me. So, I just quit it.
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And I ate whatever I wanted whenever I
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wanted. Basically, I was eating
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intuitively. And boom, this worked for
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me. So, if this is your goal, replacing
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tracking macros with intuitive eating
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could work for you, too. And if you're
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afraid that when you start eating
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intuitive, you will just eat everything
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you're craving for, you won't. When I
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used to track my macros, I used to
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always have so many different cravings.
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I used to crave for chocolate, ice
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cream, cake, and all that kind of stuff.
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But when I started eating intuitive, I
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stopped having cravings. This works
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because when you start eating intuitive,
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you're allowing yourself to eat whatever
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you want. Whereas when you track your
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macros, you tend to limit yourself more
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because you have certain daily macro
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requirements that you need to meet. But
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when you're limiting yourself, you crave
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it more. And when you start eating
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intuitive, you stop limiting yourself.
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And now all you're craving for is just
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available to you. Just go and get it
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whenever you want, whatever you want. So
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this does a psychological trick that you
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don't even want it anymore. It's like
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reverse psychology. At least for me, it
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works this way. And I noticed that I
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crave so much less of these bad foods.
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And when I do, I just eat them because
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eating chocolate, ice cream, or a cake
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once in a while won't do you harm. Which
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brings me to the fourth healthy habit
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that I got wrong. And this has made my
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life so much more enjoyable on all
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levels. So, here's the thing. You've
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probably heard that certain foods make
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you fat. Eating bread will make you fat.
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Eating butter will make you fat. Eating
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eggs will make you fat or bananas or
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something else. They come up with new
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foods that make you fat every week. And
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I was so on this. I used to limit
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certain foods or certain food groups. It
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varied from dairy to wheat to fruits or
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from carbs to fats. I thought I was
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being healthy, but yet I was constantly
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bloated. I had different stomach issues.
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I had pain almost every day. And I
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couldn't really understand what was even
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triggering it. Plus, excluding certain
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foods or food groups, they didn't seem
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to do a difference fat loss wise. But
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during this time when I started to eat
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intuitive because I wasn't really caring
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about anything because I was so tired of
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everything, I noticed that it actually
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had a beneficial effect. First of all,
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it reduced my cravings like I already
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mentioned earlier. But second, I feel
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like when I stopped dieting and limiting
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certain foods or food groups, unless
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there is an actual reason for it because
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of an allergy intolerance or other
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health reasons, my stomach issues went
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away. I stopped being bloated and it
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improved my overall relationship with
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food. Which brings me to the fifth
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healthy habit that was keeping me from
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getting my dream body. To lose fat and
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tone up, we often get told to go into a
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calorie deficit. But this advice made me
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fat. I trained hard and kept cutting
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calories because I was thinking
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logically. If I push harder and eat
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less, I'll lose fat and tone up quicker.
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But the results weren't adding up to my
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logical thinking. Instead of getting
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fitter, I got fatter because I didn't
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eat enough, which got my body into fight
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or flight mode. Turns out that if you
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move more, you need to eat more to get
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fit, not cut more. This is because your
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body has a basal metabolic rate, which
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means that those are calories you simply
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need daily from just existing. And then
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we add the daily activity you have and
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then other body's functions that come to
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play, especially for females. And with
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dieting, you can quickly end up
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undereating. But when you undereat for
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too long, your body starts to see it as
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an emergency. So everything you put down
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your throat, be it even a cucumber, it
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starts to store as fat for survival
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reasons. This lovely feature comes from
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Hunter Collector Times. Cutting more
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calories works only to certain extent.
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Then your body will just shut down or
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you'll hit a weight loss plateau.
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Plateau. Plateau. Plateau. I don't know.
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So here's the thing. You got to fuel
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yourself properly to burn more fat.
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Losing fat, getting toned, and staying
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that way is a lifestyle, not a
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short-term diet. And here's why I love
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intuitive eating. Because once you
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develop that connection with your body,
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it literally tells you when to eat, what
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to eat, and how much. Your body is
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designed to give you signals on when
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you're hungry, and when you're full.
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Which means that when you're hungry,
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eat. And when you start to feel full,
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stop eating. Don't stuff yourself
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because you don't need to feel
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physically full every time when you're
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eating. That way you can never really
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overeat, but also you avoid undereating
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if you're also listening to your body's
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signals that hey now I'm hungry and I
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want food and you give your body that
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food. So if you're afraid of intuitive
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eating because you're afraid that this
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will get you fat. As long as you're
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listening to your body's signals and 80%
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of the time you're eating healthy, which
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is like just home-cooked normal healthy
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food. It doesn't need to be something
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complicated like chia seeds or some
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ginger fat loss shot in the morning.
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Unless you of course like these things,
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then it's totally fine. Then it's really
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not possible to get fat. Of course, if
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you are proathlete or bodybuilder, then
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maybe intuitive eating might not be the
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most convenient one. But if you're just
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a normal person trying to tone up, then
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I really speak for intuitive eating. But
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of course, everyone finds what works for
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them. I did this, too. In fact, I wasted
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12 years trying to get my dream body. I
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followed many different fitness advices,
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but nothing really worked for me.
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Although I was doing everything right
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until I then finally cracked the code
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and lost fat and got my dream body after
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trying for so many years. Now looking
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back, I realized that I made certain
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mistakes that kept me fat because I used
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to follow that popular fitness advice,
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but actually it just ended up ruining my
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health and my body and therefore I
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couldn't lose fat. And that could be
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your case, too. I gathered my 12 years
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of fat loss experience into this one
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video. So, if you want to know how
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fitness might be making you fat and how
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to actually get fit, watch this video.
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