Many of you out there are so worried about gaining weight that you are chronically under-eating. Purposely lowering your calories in an effort to lose weight is one thing- but too many people are eating far fewer calories than they actually need.

Everyone’s caloric needs are different, so I can’t tell you exactly how much you should be eating. But if you’re experiencing any of these symptoms, there’s a good chance that you’d benefit from upping your calories, ESPECIALLY if you are active.

If you’re trying to make progress in the gym, you need to EAT. Consuming 1000 calories every day is not going to cut it if you actually want to improve (and build some muscle). Not only that, but when you are under-eating, your recovery is really going to suffer, and your body is going to need much more rest time.

If you’re constantly tired, moody, fatigued, and just downright miserable, you might not be eating enough. If you are feeling awful, I advise you reassess your goals. Is the weight loss you’re aiming for worth feeling miserable all the time? Can you increase your calories, feel better overall, and still hit your weight goals? I’m willing to bet yes.

Another likely symptom of under-eating is constantly thinking about food. If you spend your entire day dreaming about your next meal and/or fighting cravings at every turn, you should take that as a hint. Sure, I think about food a lot… I love food. But there’s a big difference between looking forward to meals and obsessing about them.

And your poops can tell you quite a lot about your health. If you have non-existent poops, you might need to eat more food to give the assist.

If you don’t know how many calories you should be eating, there are two ways to go about figuring it out: the first is to research and experiment on your own. Utilize calculators, formulas, all that fun stuff, and experiment to find the calories that best work for you. If that doesn’t sound appealing, or it’s too overwhelming for you, I highly recommend hiring a coach to figure it out!

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Mel’s Body Squad is a healthy way to get the results you want.

Whether its fat loss, health, fitness or improve your lifestyle we can tailor a program to suit you and your families needs.

We work with a superfood nutrition product which impacts the body in a positive way, we also have amazing performance products. All of which can be added to your nutritional program.

Optional, each person is personally mentored, added to a support group and gets weekly check ins to see how we can improve on your journey.

We work in a way that doesn’t strip you from enjoying the things in life but more enjoy living 80% with good clean fun meals and 20% of the time more relaxed.

The whole family can get involved in our programs if you want.

“Strong” and “healthy” is going to look different on everyone and that’s something that we as women, need to remember. Ladies, everyBODY is different and everybody’s journey with health and fitness is going to be different.

They say “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” and I HONESTLY believe that to be true. Stop comparing yourself to other people, some people might look at me and see a large chest and a big bum and not want my body, but that’s not important. What’s important is that I WANT my body and I LOVE my body and at the end of the day that’s what matters most.

Let’s EMBRACE and accept our bodies for everything they are and stop worrying about everything they’re not.