Every now and again I get asked:
“What do you think about X food/ Y diet”
To which my response can always be boiled down to:
“Don’t know, don’t care”
Why?
Principally because I’m not qualified to have an opinion.
Nutrition was covered on my personal training course, but the material was superficial (and that is being generous). Moreover, it was made quite clear to me that under no circumstances was I to provide prescriptive advice (e.g. meal plans) or advocate for anything other than a conventionally “balanced” diet.
So that is what I do.
More:
I’ve little personal interest in nutrition.
Perhaps surprising, given I was once Very Fat Indeed and am now proudly sporting human form. But I actually credit my near-total indifference to the food I put in my mouth for why I am one of the tiny handful of souls who have lost weight and kept it off (a cursory Google says we account for just 1-3% of all those who try).
Jess takes the same attitude and approach as Yours Baldly, and she too has gone from resembling a refrigerator (her words) to a svelte, strong lady (according to my shaky maths, the probability of both of these things happening is 0.09%, so I think it’s safe to say this did not occur by chance).
What, then, do I suggest?
Take a “Training First” approach.
By that I mean get your house in order on the lifting and cardio front to the point that you cannot imagine living without it.
Then not eating like a degenerate becomes less of a big deal, as you’ll likely want to eat well to fuel continued progress in the training that is now a very important part of your life.
That combined with training properly will do wonders for shifting a weighty chunk of whatever extra timber you are carrying.
And then?
I would follow the approach laid out in my book “Lift” which is the bonus I give to new Phil Tyreman Letter subscribers. (And ask me plenty of questions, as will be your right once you come under my care and protection.)
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