So up guys, Derek, more plates, more dates.com. Today we're going to be talking about why you still

aren't shredded eating like a bird. One of the biggest problems I see when people are cutting

is they, you know, I'll get an email or I'll get a message. Derek, I'm cutting on 1,600 calories

and I am 11% body fat and I want to get down to like 7. What do I do? The problem with this is, first of all,

pretty much every single time, the problem is cutting calories way too soon and down regulating

your metabolism to a point where you're basically dug yourself into a hole and have to

climb back out and fix your metabolism. because if you cut your calories way too soon

the problem is you're forcing your body to adapt and slow down essentially your body reacts

and adapts accordingly based on what you provide it energy wise if you The same reason why if you're bulking up,

you increase your calories to 3,300 or whatever.

You gain weight for a week or two,

and then everything plateaus.

And then now when you're eating 3,300 calories a day,

your body is just staying the same weight,

regardless of the fact that you're in a surplus. The reason is, your body is just staying the same weight, regardless of the fact that

you're in a surplus. The reason is because your body adapts and fixes its metabolism, or I guess

auto-regulates your metabolism to accommodate its new intake of energy or calories. So when you're

cutting, the exact same thing applies.

If you're at, let's just say, 3,000 calories and you cut your calories to 2,700 to start

your cut.

And you're losing weight, fine.

All of a sudden, you plateau one day.

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