The Green Door Life

we get this question a lot, so let's get into the nitty gritty of how fat loss actually works, starting with the basics of energy balance:

• caloric surplus = eating more calories than you're burning
• caloric maintenance = eating the same amount of calories that you're burning
• caloric deficit = eating less calories than you're burning

If you're eating in a surplus, your body will store excess of any macronutrient as either body fat or muscle tissue depending on your training stimulus, glycogen storage tanks, and ratios of macronutrients (carbs, proteins, fats). If you're serious about adding muscle to your frame and/or you identify with the ectomorph body type, this phase will be particularly effective. Some fat gain along with muscle gain is inevitable, but that can easily be managed as you exit the surplus stage in time.

If you're eating at maintenance, your weight usually stays more or less the same. However, it is possible to...

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Well, let's back up first and review why we wanted to cover this topic in the first place...

Lately, Instagram and the rest of social media has felt like an astoundingly accurate, super aggressive, personalized marketing machine filled with sponsored ads every few posts that speak directly into a pain point you have. (Thanks A.I., but also a bit creepy.)

Because we're in the health and wellness industry, anytime we hop on IG to share educational information and answer questions, we're bombarded by ads for:

6-week booty band workouts that promise to give you Kim Kardashian's without any customized nutrition support or actual lifting of heavy weights

All-in-one tracking gadgets that will fill your brain with so much data, you may start to turn into a cyborg (and certainly overlook many cues that your body intuitively communicates) 

Fat burners that promise to shed...

Is it possible to return from vacation leaner than before?

With no bloat... or a need to take a vacation from a vacation... or time to recover from a wicked hangover? 

The answer is a resounding YES, you can come home leaner after vacation according to us and the rest of our Green Door Life extended community who just returned from nearly 10 days in Mexico. (But we're not just talking about losing weight on vacation... read on!)

We structured our vacation + retreat to reflect the balanced lifestyle and healthy habits that we promote "at home", which really can be done anywhere.

Each day included all of our favorite activities. There was a beautiful balance of energy exertion and energy restoration.

Yes, some of us drank a little. But our main goal wasn't to get plastered. Drinking is never the VIP at our gatherings. Our bonds are rooted in healthy habits like movement, collective support, celebrating wins, emotional and...