I had this amazing idea for a post idea last week when I was in the shower. And we all know shower thoughts are the best thoughts, so it was immediately added to the post docket and written up this week. It’s just that good, and something I’m passionate about!
If you’ve been following me for anytime longer than a few days, then you know I’m super into fitness. And if you’ve been following me for at least a few months, you know I’ve had a negative past with health and fitness, but have turned it into a healthy relationship. One of the reasons my unhealthy relationship with diets and exercises started was because of all the misinformation I found on the web, so today I’m debunking all the myths younger Caitlyn used to follow religiously in hopes that I save another person out there from going through what I went through, and still deal with today.
1200 calorie diets
I have no idea what crazy insane person started this, but you should not follow a 1200 calorie diet! Only is rare circumstances should you be eating that little amount of food in one day.
Yes, you need to have a deficit of calories to lose weight, but even if you don’t work out, your body is already burning calories all day long. Even if all you did was lay in bed all day long, your body would probably still burn about 1500. Yeah. This is because of something called your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR), also commonly known as your metabolism.