Hi guys. Surf the internet much? Always looking for ways to get in shape? Let us guess: you’ve come across multiple articles that promise “fast results”, “get slim fast”, “lose weight at light speed”, “gain 30 pounds of lean muscle in 30 days”, etcetera. The list of ‘keywords’ goes on, it’s up to each person’s imagination, all of them come up with tons of articles that promise to unveil “the secret”, “the unbeatable formula”, “what they don’t want you to know”… And then comes the part where food X or Y that transforms you into Superman/Woman or “the 8 foods you should never eat” or even “the only 5 foods you should eat”… infinite articles trying to take your money or simply make you waste your time.

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All of this just to tell you that the only factor that really matters whether it be body composition or decomposition is the amount of thermodynamic energy we store throughout a week. Yup, that’s right. Metabolism is a weekly process, it doesn’t happen in a matter of hours or even days. It takes its time, as should you, to achieve the results you want.

Now you ask: what about macro and micro and phyto nutrients? Don’t they matter?

What optimizes results is a correct ingestion of macro nutrients. These are the ones who offer us thermofynamic energy:

1g of carbohydrates = 4 unites of thermodynamic energy expressed in the kilocalorie chart;
1g of protein = 4 unites of thermodynamic energy expressed in the kilocalorie chart;
1g of fat = 9 unites of thermodynamic energy expressed in the kilocalorie chart;

If this were measured in the kilojoule chart, the values would be different. What matters is that thermodynamic energy is “heat”, and heat is always heat, wherever it comes from, as long as we can absorb it and metabolize/utilize it.

What this means is that you don’t get lean in a fast and effective way. You can get lean quickly, but losing weight involves a lot of things, not just fat:

You can lose fat, water – due to the carbohydrate reduction – (because each gram of carbs can accumulate up to 3g of water) and even muscle (because by eating less fat we have reduced hormone production which can greatly influence losses in the body).

Why can’t we just lose 100% fat by implementing an extreme caloric deficit in our diet?!?

It’s quite simple. Our body only decomposes/oxidizes X grams of adipose compounds (fat stores)  per week, meaning that a caloric deficit beyond that X amount that we can decompose/oxidize, is totally useless and will only make us decompose muscle compounds, which basically means we are killing ourselves.

For example, let’s imagine our energetic requirement for body maintenance is around 2500kcal and that we can only oxidize fat contained in our fat stores that provides us with 300kcal. Do you think it would be wise to lower our consumption to 2000kcals per day?

No!!! Our body will be “hungry” for 200kcals that we should be consuming, that will in turn be reflected on cellular decomposition (muscle mass)!! Since we don’t have sufficient energy to feed X number of cells which should be fed by those 200kcals, that X amount of cells would “die”, enter decomposition, like anything else in life when it doesn’t receive sufficient energy for maintenance.

The deficit has to be done progressively, little by little, until our metabolism gets used to the new caloric deficit (making us stagnate).. Only then should we lower our caloric consumption again, once again in a progressive manner!!

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This process can seem very confusing for some, for others not so much. Don’t worry guys, that’s why we are here at your disposal, so that we can help you achieve the goals you want to achieve!

Your results are the reflection of our passion and dedication because our team only seeks excellence! We get better every email we exchange!

Our approach regarding nutrition is something that can and should be maintained for a long period of time, it isn’t just a trendy diet!