Today I break down my framework that I use with every client and the listeners an overview of how I would set up their nutrition for the year in a way that allows them to be shredded during summer, only diet for 3 months of the year, and sustain this cycle for the rest of their lives.
It's called nutritional periodization, the premise is this:
Your diet should be treated much like a sports seasons-
Pre-season (preparing for the diet, habits being built, limiting beliefs being reframed, exc)
In-season (actively dieting; strict macro followings, reducing nights out, discipline)
Post-season (Recovering from the diet, increase food slowly back to maintenance)
Off-season (Maintenance or surplus to sustain or increase muscle mass)
REPEAT!
This cycle will allow you to have different seasons throughout the year so you're not "dieting" 24/7. This is where people experience burnout.
This also allows clients to have periods of the year where they are focusing less on their diet and more on things like:
Strength gains in the gym
More time with family and loved ones
Having fun outside of the gym
Focusing on their business
Rest and Recover
I've found tremendous results with myself and my clients using this framework so I encourage you to get a calendar and ask yourself when do you want your seasons to be? Then start back tracking from there.
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