Read the accompanying blog post:
https://www.luketulloch.com/blog/diet-breaks-refeeds
Watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc9uEDY9I6o
A diet break is a planned break from being in a calorie deficit. It's usually used to break up a longer dieting period and typically lasts a week or two, but we will get into the specifics of how to implement later.
Why would we want to use a diet break? the answer lies in metabolic adaptation. I've previously written an article about this, so I'll just paste the relevant bits below.
Losing weight is a big problem as far as your brain is concerned. As captain of the ship, its job is to make sure you survive long enough to pop out as many kids as you can and that means stocking up on as much fuel as you can hold on to. Can’t make babies if you can’t even get out of the harbour.
Your brain has three main priorities in life: 1. Survive. 2. Sex. 3. Repeat.
Anything that threatens these is met with great hostility, and we’ve had millions of years of evolution to hone this survival instinct.
