Stop Making These 3 Weight Loss Mistakes if You Want FAT Loss | Ep 407
Wits & Weights | Evidence-Based Fitness & Nutrition for Lifters Over 40
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Show Notes
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If you're tracking food, stepping on the scale, pushing hard in the gym, but hitting a wall with fat loss, this episode is for you.
Maybe scale isn't moving, or you're making panicked decisions like slashing calories or adding more cardio, and nothing's working.
Discover the 3 weight loss traps that derail motivated people trying to finish 2025 strong, and learn exactly what to do instead to build a leaner, stronger physique heading into 2026.
Learn to use evidence-based strategies that work with your body's adaptive system, not against it, so you can lose fat while building muscle and maintaining your metabolism.
Episode Resources:
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Hitting a wall with fat loss despite tracking and training
2:09 - Trap 1: Reacting emotionally to daily scale fluctuations
9:29 - Trap 2: Overcorrecting with extreme calorie cuts and restriction
20:13 - Trap 3: Thinking strength training is not required
24:52 - How muscle building transforms metabolism and body recomp
28:52 - Debunking "bulky" fears and "waiting to lift" myths
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