Monday is the that day of the week we typically start actioning our Sunday night promise to ourself: "Tomorrow I am going to eat better!!!" "Tomorrow I am going to barely eat anything to compensate for the weekends festivities" "This week I'm going to eat the bare minimum so I look skinny for the dinner/beach/bar/family event next weekend" Sound like you? Newsflash! We all do this at some point or another, or even often! Here's the deal: if you calorie restrict or go long hours without food: you van store fat more readily. Isn't that kind of the opposite of what you are trying to achieve? You may not store fat in the time period you are restricting, but when you jump back on the weekend overeats bandwagon, guess what loves to store itself? Fat! Ever notice people that drop weight super fast for a couple months than put more on after than they even started with. This happens! Weight-loss is a journey, a long journey of lifestyle changes that are small and consistent. It may not be in a quick time period you want it to be, but it also won't allow the same "bounce back" if you indulge here and there because your body does not sense it needs to be in survival mode aka STORE mode. Not to mention if your personality or behaviour towards other people is changing to irritable, short with, and flat out getting angry...THIS IS and indicator from your own body saying " listen, I don't like this, this is too fast of a change, let's start slow." Listen less to the 15 second instagram videos about how to be "perfect" in 3 months by "quick and easy meal plans" and start listening to what is your body telling you! You'll get alot further and if you need help, SHOCK is here for you too. www.shockperformance.com #shock #performance #nutrition #shockperformance #performancenutrition #shockperformancenutrition #nutritioncoach #nutritioncoaching #nutritioncounsellor #food #foodprep #foodprepping #foodfacts #bodyfacts #foodcoach #foodcoaching #hungry #hangry #health #healthcoach #healthcoaching #realbalance #dontrestrict #slowandsteady