The WORST Weight Loss Diet to Lose 20 Pounds or More | Ep 272

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Are crash diets secretly sabotaging your fat loss efforts? Can eating less ever be too much? What if the key to lasting results is a completely different approach?
Philip (@witsandweights) dives deep into the science of fat loss to reveal why the most common methods of rapid weight loss often fail and how they can even harm your long-term goals.
Discover the red flags of unsustainable diets, why most of them fail, and how to design a personalized, sustainable fat loss strategy that works for your unique needs and lifestyle. Philip breaks it all down into actionable insights to help you lose fat, build muscle, and feel amazing without falling into the crash diet trap.

Today, you’ll learn all about:
3:37 Red flags to spot an unsustainable diet
7:50 Why crash diets seem to make perfect sense
9:31 Science of how your body adapts to aggresive calorie cutting
12:38 Five specific ways that crash dieting makes sustainable fat loss harder
19:18 Three key principles for sustainable fat loss
22:48 Building a good system that works for you
24:22 Why a moderate approach beats crash dieting every time
26:23 Outro
Episode resources:

• 10 Intermittent Fasting Myths That Need to Die
• 6 Ways to Lose Fat in 2025 (Using Science-Based Methods)
  

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1. The WORST Weight Loss Diet to Lose 20 Pounds or More | Ep 272 (00:00:00)

2. The Problem With Crash Dieting (00:00:01)

3. Red Flags of Crash Dieting (00:03:29)

4. The Pitfalls of Crash Dieting (00:08:39)

5. Keys to Sustainable Fat Loss (00:19:37)