Eat More To Lose Weight? (The Iron Triangle of Fat Loss) | Ep 204

Just eat more food and you&aposll lose the weight!

This advice has been floating around the fitness industry for years and it still persists. Today, we are going to use an engineering concept called the Iron Triangle to show why this idea doesn&apost hold up.

What looks like "eating more" might actually be your first step toward effective fat loss, but not for the reasons you might expect.

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Main Takeaways:

The Fat Loss Iron Triangle (Energy, Sustainability, Speed) reveals why "eat more to lose weight" advice often fails. You can&apost optimize all three factors at once.Accurate calorie tracking is crucial. Many who think they&aposre undereating are actually consuming more than they realize, leading to stalled progress.Sustainable fat loss requires finding your personal balance within the Iron Triangle, prioritizing consistent, moderate progress over extreme measures.

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