{"podcast":{"title":"LiftingLindsay's More Than Fitness","slug":"liftinglindsay-s-more-than-fitness-4981711","podcast_index_feed_id":4981711,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/more-than-fit","website_url":"https://www.liftinglindsay.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/n1812RsPcK5yovuggBmyeGb183NLQEldMqIKci5YQtQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI3NTA4LzE2NDQ5/NjU0NjAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"LiftingLindsay","episode_count":221,"summary":"Dive into the joy of fitness with Lindsay and other guests exploring how it goes well and beyond the gym floor, the number on the scale, the size of your waist or the calories you're counting.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T18:20:36.608761+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/liftinglindsay-s-more-than-fitness-4981711"},"episode":{"title":"Post-Diet Recovery and Maintenance","slug":"post-diet-recovery-and-maintenance","published_at":"2026-04-30T09:47:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/liftinglindsay-s-more-than-fitness-4981711/post-diet-recovery-and-maintenance","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/liftinglindsay-s-more-than-fitness-4981711","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/265126b0","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/265126b0/918a9857.mp3","summary":"Lindsay shares how she completed an eight-week fat loss phase. Follow a long with me in my training! Did you know my training app has my personal program in it? Train With Me is a 5x a week program, but it has 4x a week option as well as home alternatives. Come join my app and start using these tools the right way 👇 ✨ Free 7-day trial ✨ Simple, high-protein recipes ✨ Optimized training programs (3, 4, or 5 days/week) ✨ Home workout alternatives ✨ Community support + guidance ✨ Built for real women who want real results This is where you stop guessing and start progressing. Join us here → HERE Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:36 Why We Yo-Yo Diet 03:03 Simple Macro Strategy 06:39 Scale Fluctuations Explained 10:52 Post Diet Recovery 11:33 Metabolic Adaptations 16:07 Maintenance Overshoot Trap 20:44 Hormones and Hunger Rebound 23:33 Defining Post Diet Recovery 26:39 Lower Steps Increase Fuel 30:12 Perimenopause Sleep Chaos 35:37 Practical Sleep Fixes 41:10 Scale Gain After Diet 45:21 Strength Recovery Solidify Results Lindsay shares how she completed an eight-week fat loss phase—six weeks before Mexico, one untracked week on vacation, and two weeks after—by focusing only on calories and protein (about 1640–1725 calories with a 120g protein minimum) plus a 14,000-step minimum, creating roughly a 25% deficit and losing about 4.5 pounds. She explains why scale weight fluctuates, why she kept the same plan except for a brief refeed to improve sleep, and why most people regain weight by ending the diet too soon and overshooting maintenance. She breaks down metabolic and hormonal adaptations (NEAT, efficiency, leptin/ghrelin, thyroid) and outlines “post-diet recovery” as a controlled transition to maintenance (her plan: 1950 calories, reduced steps to 8–10k, prioritize sleep) w…","meta_description":"Lindsay shares how she completed an eight-week fat loss phase. Follow a long with me in my training! Did you know my training app has my personal program…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2869,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/liftinglindsay-s-more-than-fitness-4981711/episodes/post-diet-recovery-and-maintenance/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/liftinglindsay-s-more-than-fitness-4981711/post-diet-recovery-and-maintenance.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}