#182- WOMEN ARE NOT SMALL MEN; Get off the merry-go-round & don't diet 'til you do this/ with Brandon DaCruz

<p>1. Why women aren’t just small men?</p> <p>2. Differences in female physiology which we need to consider when coaching them</p> <p>3. What females need to do prior to starting a fat loss diet</p> <p>4. Primer phase- this is a different concept that I’ve actually never covered in depth on a podcast but I do a diet before the diet with many of my clients and almost all of my female dieters who have a history of chronic dieting</p> <p>5. What is a primer phase</p> <p>6. Why I use primer phases with my female clients and why I don’t just jump into fat loss phases with them</p> <p>7. The purpose behind a primer phase aka what females need to do prior to trying to lose fat</p> <p><strong>8. Physiological considerations before starting a fat loss phase</strong></p> <p><strong>9. Psychological considerations before starting a fat loss phase- this will touch on some of the stress side of things although if you just listened to my two part stress series you know that’s a 3 hour deep dive in and of itself lol</strong></p> <p><strong>HIGH ENERGY FLUX STATE – WHY SO IMPORTANT</strong></p> <p>womens get an issue with dieting that men don’t</p> <p>- Gain fat easier</p> <p>- Harder to lose fat</p> <p>Estrogen &amp; progesterone dominant vs testosterone dominant</p> <p>-Chronic dieting means cortisol lowering progesterone means estrogen dominant but doesn’t mean its high but then over time that can also start to have a negative loop and then estrogen falls</p> <p>We fight back harder and faster</p> <p>Chronic dieting state impacts your body BIG TIME</p> <p>Hormonal dysfunction</p> <p>Healthy body is responsive!!!</p> <p>Relationship with food is so important. The diet before the diet – psychology &amp; physiology</p> <p>Binge restrict cycle - Yoyo - Gain back the weight after the diet</p> <p><strong>Body fat over shooting</strong></p> <p><strong>Females – long history of chronic dieting, never got as lean as they wanted, or they did but couldn’t sustain it –</strong></p> <p><strong>– is what you are doing working??</strong></p