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In this concise video, Eric Roberts warns against the common fat‑loss mistake of drastic, short‑term calorie cuts aimed at looking good by summer. He describes how slashing calories dramatically leads to extreme hunger, energy crashes, and a feeling of bodily shock, likening it to jumping straight into a cold pool. Roberts uses the cold‑pool analogy to illustrate how a gradual exposure—first feet, then knees, then waist—helps the body adapt without panic. He recommends a modest initial deficit of about 300 calories below maintenance, maintaining it for one to two weeks to allow physiological adaptation, then increasing the deficit to a more sustainable 400‑500 calories below maintenance for continued fat loss.
