Hey guys, happy Friday. Welcome back. Today's episode is going to be short and sweet and to the point,

but I do think that this is going to be a light, bold moment for some people, especially if you're new here.

But today we are, I'm just going to cover three things that the internet or social media or Google or whatever will tell you

that you need to do to lose weight but that you don't actually have to do to lose weight.

So we're just going to rip the band-aid off and jump right in. The first thing that you do not

have to do to lose weight is cut carbs. This one I started with first

just because this is the biggest myth I would say that is out there is that you can't eat carbs

and be thin or you have to cut carbs to lose weight. At the end of the day, it does not matter how many carbs that you eat.

It literally will come down to your calorie intake at the end of the day. So if you are eating

200 grams of carbs a day, but you are in a calorie deficit, you're still going to see weight loss

because calories are king when it comes to weight

loss. Calories are what drives weight loss. I just talked about this on my stories the other day

during my Wednesday Q&A and I was telling somebody to picture it like an umbrella. So calories

are going to be at the very like peak tip top of the umbrella.

And then if you think below that the little like, you know, spokes or, you know, whatever that come down from the umbrella, you have protein, fats, and carbs.

Those are what make up your total calories.

So as long as you are not going over your calorie intake for the day, it doesn't matter if you're

eating what you would consider higher carb. It doesn't have to be low carb. When you see people

cut carbs and lose a bunch of weight in the beginning, it's because they are flushing out water.

So yes, scale-wise, they're going to see weight loss initially

because their glycogen stores are being depleted. They're flushing out all of that water. So,

yes, initially you're going to see weight loss. Even long-term people will see weight loss just

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