TAKING ACTION: ✅After reviewing the muscle-building list below, which one is easiest for you to accomplish? What about the most difficult? Let’s talk about it today! “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” —Elbert Hubbard Do a LEG WORKOUT TODAY! Video in comments… We’ve been talking about why maintenance phases are important, but one thing we haven’t covered is how they affect your ability to preserve and/or build muscle. 💪 Building muscle requires at least three things: 💪 lifting heavy weights 💪 proper rest (and sleep) 💪 plenty of FOOD (to fuel muscle growth) (and especially protein) Without the third piece of the puzzle (plenty of food), your muscle-building dreams won’t come to fruition. So if your goal is to build more muscle, whether for the aesthetic or health benefits, taking breaks from being in a deficit is your only choice! 💯

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Came across this and thought I’d share :)

TAKING ACTION: ✅Share your thoughts on this below. I want to hear from you! ✅Be honest—Brussels sprouts or not a chance? 😆 “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” —Hippocrates This month is all about maintenance and gratitude, and reading the quote above reminds me of this— Many of us have lost our way. We’ve gotten so used to thinking of food as only something that has to do with our weight, or how we look. Can you see how wild this is? Can you see how we’ve gotten it all wrong? Food is medicine. It’s not the enemy we’ve made it out to be. We’re going to talk more about how we got here in the coming days. Be sure to show up. As promised, I’m giving you a healthier alternative to our traditional Thanksgiving recipes. Check out this Brussels sprout salad recipe below because even though it’s Thanksgiving, we still need our greens! 🥬 Shaved Brussel Sprout Salad Recipe | The Clean Eating Couple

TAKING ACTION: ✅Be honest—has food been the enemy for you before? Can you see how this really isn’t true, but rather a belief you’ve integrated for whatever reason? “When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.” —Vietnamese Proverb This month is all about maintenance and gratitude; however, yesterday’s topic was so powerful that I want to continue that conversation. Besides, if it’s true that food is medicine, then that is something we should truly be grateful for. Another thing to be grateful for? ⬇ The realization and belief that food is a gift. It’s easy to say we believe that, but if we truly believed it, we’d act it out, wouldn’t you think? I actually think we all believe this—I just think we’ve been manipulated. Our brains (and bodies) have been hijacked by the food industry (and the diet industry). You see, before there was such a thing as processed food, food really was medicine. It was vitamins. Minerals. Energy. Once ultra-processed food came along, and the diet industry got rich, as a society, we lost our way. We started getting unhealthier than ever, gaining weight, and ultimately, demonizing food. 💯 Tell me this makes sense. Are you beginning to see the bigger picture here?