Why Increasing Calories Didnt Work For You | Ep 747

About this episode

This episode discusses why increasing calorie intake can backfire for some individuals, leading to unexpected weight gain and bloating.

Welcome to the Mind Muscle Connection Podcast! A lot of people increase their calories expecting things to improve and instead end up feeling like it backfired. The scale jumps, bloating shows up, and suddenly you're questioning whether it was even the right call. This episode gets into why that happens and the most common reasons increasing calories doesn't go the way people expect. It covers situations where calories didn't actually need to go up, what happens when the jump is too aggressiv...

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Hoehn

Topics covered

• caloric intake
• weight management
• nutrition
• bloating
• dietary changes

Keywords

• calories
• weight gain
• nutrition
• diet
• bloating
• metabolism

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