173 | How to Lose Weight by Eating More with Jason Phillips

The Optimal Body

Lose weight by eating more or less? Jason Philips takes us back to his teens as he shares his perspective on dealing with Anorexia Nervosa. With his story inspiring his passion for nutrition education, he simplifies the rabbit hole of fat loss and nutrition, explaining caloric maintenance, restoring biofeedback, and true stress management. Through his triangle of awareness approach, he speaks about how you can set yourself up for your most optimal fitness journey and how to approach dieting according to your goals. Furthermore, he explains body signals that may arise when disordered habits have a physiological effect, clarifies the theory behind eating more to lose weight, the quality of nutrition and explains the nuances in physiological adaptations to caloric deficits for weight loss. Immerse in the simplified truths around our physiological adaptations!

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What You Will Learn in this Interview with Jason Philips

4:13 - Why Jason is passionate about nutrition education

6:45 - Was Jason diagnosed with an eating disorder?

6:11 - How did Jason heal his relationship with food?

14:58 - Triangle of awareness and aligning your fitness journey

18:22 - Starting blocks to creating YOUR triangle of awareness

22:20 - Dieting for fat loss?

26:15 - How to set up yourself up

29:03 - Eat more to lose weight?

33:23 - Body signals that something may not be right

35:55 - Exercise & managing nutrition for fat loss

39:57 - Is there an easy method to calculating caloric needs

42:55 - Is the fast food calorie = whole food calorie

48:21 - Where can you learn more with Jason

Items mentioned:

• Jason's Nutrition Program
• Jason's Instagram

To learn more about Jason and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode173/

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