Our body has a “metabolic set point” and it will “defend” this set point in the face of significant changes.

For example, when you start eating less, your body will store more energy as fat because the signal you’re sending is that food is scarce.

This is why metabolic health is so important when it comes to weight loss. Metabolic health keeps your body in balance so that big changes don’t throw things off and ‘scare the body into storing fat’.

The key to sustainable long-term weight loss is to achieve “metabolic flexibility”.

“Metabolic flexibility” is when the body knows when and how to switch between using carbs or fat for energy. Most people who struggle to lose weight are not metabolically flexible. Their body doesn’t remember how to make the switch.