The Mind Muscle Connection

Artificially Low Maintenance Cals + How To Increase Your Maintenance Cals | Ep 711

Jeff Hoehn

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Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast!

In this solo episode, I talk about Artificially Low Maintenance Cals + How To Increase Your Maintenance Cals

I cover what actually can happen when you’re at maintenance (spoiler: it’s more than just maintaining your weight), and what likely won’t happen no matter how dialed in you think your calories are. I also walk through the top factors that impact your total daily energy expenditure (TDEE), why some people unintentionally under-eat, and what to do if your maintenance calories feel way lower than expected.

If you’ve been feeling stuck in your fat loss or muscle-building progress and aren’t sure if you’re really eating enough or too much this episode is a must-listen.

Let’s talk about:

  • Introduction
  • Maintenance calories
  • Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE)
  • Artificially Low Maintenance Calories
  • Symptoms of Low Maintenance Calories
  • Risks of Staying at Low Maintenance
  • How to Raise Maintenance Calories
  • The Paradox of Eating More
  • Limits of Increasing Maintenance
  • How to Actually Find Your Maintenance


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