Can someone who has been lifting weights for awhile still experience body recomposition? Can we sit around maintenance and put on muscle and shed down a little body fat at the same time? Over the past 3 years I have been blessed to learn biomechanics and program design and mentor from some of the best in the industry. I have felt that my programming and my abilities to push myself have really grown and increased. I wanted to see if I tracked all my data really well through a dexa if it was possible for me, as a trained individual, to be able to really put my programming and training skills to the test. Could I put on muscle and drop fat at the same time sitting closer to my maintenance calories.    I started my journey with a DEXA scan from DEXABODY. After 8 weeks I did another DEXA to see how things were moving. My weight was staying the same, but I felt changes. I share the DEXA results which are very interesting. in 4-6 weeks I will do 1 more DEXA to see how things end over the 12 week period.  Use code 'LIFTINGLINDSAY' to save $20 on your DEXA with DEXABODY. Click here to schedule. NEED optimized Training? Click HERE to sign up for the LiftingLindsay App where you can access my personal programming that I do, or choose from my other groups and programs.  Research cited Body Recomposition: Can Trained Individuals Build Muscle and Lose Fat at the Same TimeMore cited research - I talked about food fear mongering that goes on now a days. I am not a fan and it appears the more rigid the more likely we are to suffer negative consequences.
Rigid control of eating behaviors in men and women is associated with more eating disorder symptoms and greater mood disturbances than was flexible control of eating behaviors (Timkho and Perone, 2005).
A monotonous diet (such as one with little variety due to elimination of "forbidden" foods) triggers food cravings (Pelchat and Schaeffer, 2000), which has found to be associated with higher BMI and binge eating behaviors (Abilés et al., 2010; Moreno, Warren, Rodríguez, Fernández, & Cepeda-Benito, 2009).
Rigid dieting control strategies have been found to be inversely correlated with dieting success, while flexible dieting control strategies has been found to be positively correlated with dieting success (Meule, Westenhöfer, and Kübler, 2011).