Use this mental framework if you want to lose fat and keep it off.
Note: Do not read this if you haven’t unsuccessfully tried losing fat multiple times.

*Standard disclaimer that this does not constitute medical advice*
Believe it or not, even though i don’t talk about the topic of fat loss (at least directly) often enough, i have a heart for the people who are trying to lose fat and keep it off but are struggling to quite a lot.

Losing fat is a problem that people spend years TRYING to solve and most of the time failing miserably in the long run.
Obviously since most people’s dopamine receptors are fried and they most likely skim through this, i will repeat one more time that with this thread i am talking to the people who have spent a bunch of money on fat loss, got coaches, dieticians, programs, have tried excruciating physical and dieting routines and so on for YEARS on end but they are unable to lose fat and keep it off.

So if you are one of them and have tried most of the conventional paths with various degrees of success (which i suppose that you are kind of dissatisfied with), allow me to present to you a new mental framework (but also practical tips) that you can use in order to approach fat loss.

Yes, some of these tips you will 100% be familiar with and that’s a good thing.
Let me briefly explain why.
Each problem is EXACTLY like solving a puzzle.
So, you will have to first of all get all the pieces and second of all, put them together (which requires some trial and error).

Now when it comes to the tips that you have already heard of, it simply means that you already possess some of the puzzle pieces of fat loss and this is a good thing since it means that you’re not starting from ground zero.
You’re not a white belt and so you are already familiar with a bunch of concepts which allows you to get faster results.

Okay, let's begin.
Staying lean is not that hard if you understand what promotes leanness and that is....... providing the right amount of fuel to a healthy metabolism.
This sounds like something simple to achieve but it's pretty complicated and requires a holistic approach by default.

First of all, let's get the boring stuff out of the way.
Metabolism is defined as the whole range of biochemical processes that occur within a living organism and it constitutes the two processes of anabolism (build up) and catabolism (break down).
So, things such as: our digestive system, endocrine system and thus adrenals, hypothalamus and ovaries, immune system, methylation track and in general every biological process that happens in our bodies is a part of our metabolism.
Now the difference between the term metabolism and the term metabolic rate is that the term metabolism is referring to the overall chemical reactions that occur in an organism and the term metabolic rate is referring to the frequency of the metabolic pathways.
So it refers to the amount of energy that is used by an organism to maintain life processes.
Now on a cellular level, the health of mitochondria is what determines the health of our metabolism.

So the inability to lose fat is a sign of poor mitochondrial health and this is why most fat loss approaches are destined to fail in the long run.
It's because the vast majority of them do not address the metabolic health of the individual and think that's fine to eat canola oil as long as you count it on your daily caloric intake.

It doesn't matter that things such as canola oil will lower your metabolic rate and tank every hormone.
A calorie is a calorie and as long as you're counting them you will be fine.
This is obviously a lie and a pretty painful one but since most people are given a somewhat robust metabolism, it is a lie that will realise when they turn 30-ish.

So the first step towards losing fat is resetting your metabolic health.
You will do this by avoiding the things that wreck the crap out of your metabolism and mainly include:
-Bad fats such as canola oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil and so on.
Simply use EVOO, coconut oil, grass fed tallow ghee, butter and so on.
-Alcohol
-Malnutrition
-Tons of artificial blue light
-Xenoestrogens
-Highly processed foods
-Pesticides and herbicides
-Excessive serotonin
-Crash diets and caloric extremes
-Diets low in biovailable protein
-Diets with an extremely unbalanced amino acid profile
-Chronic exposure to stress
-Plant toxins (to be more specific, the failure to inactivate them)
-nnEMFs
-Sedentary lifestyle
-Excessive fasting

Then, make sure to provide and pay attention to what’s needed in order for us to have a healthy metabolism in the first place:
-A healthy gut
-A healthy thyroid
-A healthy androgen profile
-A healthy liver and pancreas (insulin included over here)
-Vitamins and minerals through whole foods
-Quality sleep on a regular bais
-Sunlight
-Saturated fats
-Movement
-Bioavailable protein
-Short bursts of resistance training
-Some quality carbohydrates
Oh, by the way, you can not tell that carbs cause diabetes unless you are also willing to say that the sun causes cancer.
Are carbs the problem or the inability to properly dose and metabolise them?

Now let’s talk about the things that negatively affect your ability to choose the right type of fuel aka the things that will lead to you cheating on your diet.
These things also lead to excessive hunger and make it 100 times harder to stick to the diet.
These include:
-An unhealthy gut microbiome
-Lack of sleep
-Dysregulating your baseline dopamine levels through alcohol and cheap dopamine hits (the lack of sleep is also included over here)
-Stress/not having healthy copying skills
We humans can use food as a way to soothe negative emotions but this doesn’t mean that there aren’t more effective and sometimes easier ways to do this.
-Nutrient deficiencies lead to excessive hunger
-Inability to properly store and metabolise carbohydrates
-Excessive fasting
Tons of people live very stressful lives and if they enter them in an extremely calorie deprived state that results in a significant rise in stress hormones and this will then dysregulate their appetite a few hours later and make it very hard for them to stick to their diet plan.
-Dysregulated circadian rhythm
Not being hungry at all in the morning and being too hungry at night is a sign of a dyregulated CR
-Dehydration
-Not figuring out the diet type that they can stick to
Look, i am not saying that you can it pop tarts and be healthy.
I hope that i made this very clear.
But TONS of people torture themselves with very boring diets that simply can not stick to, when in reality they can make almost all of their favourite meals at home with quality ingredients.

Now as you can probably tell, this is not exactly a formula about fat loss but health in general.
Do you know why?
It’s because leanness is a byproduct of health and if you do not accept it you will always struggle with it.
That's the main point of this thread.
If you struggle with fat loss, you need to switch your mindset and pay attention to your overall health.

So what i'd suggest now is re-reading this thread, taking some notes, applying them and then reading the pinned tweet or getting a program if you want a more specific plan.
That was basically it.
So please understand that if you struggle with fat loss for years on end, you MUST pay attention to your OVERALL health.

If this thread helped put you in the right direction even one bit, make sure to like/RT.