The Self-Reliant Diet: Chapter 7. Living at Maintenance. The Place to Improve Body Composition

This week, we are covering Chapter 7, which gives the rationale behind spending the majority of your time at maintenance level Calories, regardless of your athletic or aesthetic goals. Being in a deliberate Calorie deficit (for fat-loss and weight-loss) or a Calorie surplus (for muscle growth or weight gain) can both be healthy and necessary, but neither can be sustained forever. You have to come back to maintenance to cement physiological changes. Here are some of my favorite clips from this chapter.