In this Fun Fact Friday' episode, Lindsay emphasizes the importance of applying fitness knowledge to personal situations, reflecting on her own journey and misconceptions in fitness. Lindsay discusses the value of mindful eating, addressing emotional eating, and the importance of understanding hunger and fullness cues. She shares insights on how overeating on occasion doesn't drastically impact body composition and stresses the importance of consistency and understanding over time.

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Topics:

00:06 Figuring Out if Something Applies to You
06:21 My Mindful Eating Course
08:04 Learning how to Pause
17:06 It's important to see the full picture
24:35 Don't let yourself get too hungry

We're addressing common misconceptions in the fitness world regarding muscle gain, metabolism, and food intake. Stop comparing your diet and fitness routines to others. I'll talk about the impact of reversing diet restrictions to increase maintenance calorie levels, and the belief that muscle gain allows for significantly higher food intake.

Topics:
0:00 Muscle Massively Increases Your Metabolism?
00:11 Can fitness influencers eat more food?
01:37 We have to stop comparing
05:43 If you put on more muscle, can you eat more?
08:06 What science says is going on
20:13 What is the point of maintenance?
20:41 Daily Energy Expenditure
21:44 What's included in your BMR?
29:19 How sedentary are you?

In this episode of the Lifting Lindsay podcast, Lindsay discusses the essential concepts of fat burning versus fat loss, explaining that despite common misconceptions, they are not the same. She highlights how fat burning refers to the process of using dietary or stored body fat as an energy source, whereas fat loss involves the actual reduction in body fat percentage. Lindsay offers insights into fat metabolism, including the processes of lipolysis and beta-oxidation, and how fat leaves the body.

Topics:
00:00 Welcome back to Fun Fact Friday
00:34 We're here for tangents, right?
02:56 I can be naive about the amount of horrific information being shared
06:53 Define a few terms first
10:52 How much fat loss depends on who wins
17:19 Your body doesn't care about losing body fat
20:16 I kill myself working out and others look better with less work