Maintenance Calories vs Maintaining Your Weight: Why 1,400 Calories Is Keeping You Stuck

I don't think most women understand the concept of eating at maintenance calories vs maintaining their weight on deficit calories.If you’re eating 1,400 to 1,600 calories and not losing weight, this episode is for you.One of the biggest misconceptions I hear from women in menopause is this:“I must be eating at maintenance because my weight isn’t changing.”But maintaining your weight and eating at your true maintenance calories are two very different things.After years of chronic dieting, your metabolism adapts. Your body learns how to survive on fewer calories, fat loss stalls, energy drops, digestion slows, sleep suffers, and belly fat becomes harder to lose. Most women blame menopause, but what’s really happening is an underfed metabolism.In this episode of Mastering Menopause, I break down:• The difference between maintenance calories and metabolic adaptation• Why eating more is often the first step to fat loss after 50• How chronic dieting downregulates your metabolism• Why the scale jumps when you increase calories (and why it’s not fat gain)• How restoring calories helps reduce belly fat and improve energy• Why maintenance calories are the foundation for sustainable fat lossI also explain how I calculate true maintenance calories for my clients, why most women are not actually at maintenance, and why trying to diet harder on already low calories is exactly why fat loss has stopped working.This episode is especially for women who feel stuck, tired, frustrated, and afraid to eat more, even though what they’re doing clearly isn’t working.Your metabolism isn't broken, it's underfed.I also share details about my new 4-week Metabolic Fat Loss Accelerator, where we spend two weeks restoring metabolism at maintenance calories before moving into a strategic fat loss phase. This is the same process I use with my one-on-one clients, just in a faster, structured format.If you’re ready to stop chronic dieting and start working with your metabolism instead of against it, this episode will give you clarity and direction.https://go.katalystfitness.net/fatloss-acceleratorSend us Fan MailThank you so much for listening, please share with a friend and subscribe so you don't miss an episode!If you want to see how I can help you on your journey, book a quick 10-15 minute call so we can chat about your goals!https://www.menopotmeltdown.com/quickchatnowNow accepting clients! Fit AF 90 Day Program https://go.katalystfitness.net/fit-after-fiftyFree Menopause Fat Loss Made Simple with Macros Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/kathykatalyst/?ref=shareFor all my social links: https://go.katalystfitness.net/kathykatalystDo you have a question that you would like answered on the show? Please ask your question here:https://go.katalystfitness.net/podcast-question-entryHave a personal question? Email me at [email protected] out the Mastering Menopause Macros Course on making weight loss in menopause easy by tracking macros.  All the tips and tricks that my clients and I have used! https://www.menopotmeltdown.com/maste...