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Following is an email promo I got recently. I'm not promoting this. Just sharing it. It kind of goes along with something Alan said in another thread along the lines of "Eat foods you like; don't eat too little of them; don't eat too much of them; don't micromanage your diet too much." I'm basically pretty happy with my diet. It's the results I don't like.
Which client do you believe is MOST FIT, HEALTHIEST, and HAPPIEST?
"Perfect Pete" was a marathon runner who followed a strict, balanced diet and a 5-day-a-week rigorous exercise regimen. He NEVER ate anything fried, processed or sweetened.
The second client, "Average Joe" ate what he wanted, when he wanted. Which usually meant cheeseburgers and fries. And he NEVER exercised.
THE ANSWER: Average Joe.
Keep Reading to learn WHY — and how YOU can be HEALTHIER, HAPPIER, plus HAVE the BODY YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED while living like an Average Joe or Jane...
Dear Christopher Correia ,
In just a moment, I'm going to tell you how—without ANY struggle, sacrifice, unpleasantness, or radical change—you can:
Transform your metabolism and process nutrients at a much faster rate than you do now
Dramatically increase your calorie-burning capacity: Eat more (including more of what you want to eat) and still lose weight!
Naturally and easily control your appetite and gain power over unwanted eating habits (and never feel deprived, resentful, or as if you're "missing out" ever again)
Decrease or even eliminate symptoms like headache, sinus congestion, brain fog, joint pain, and digestive disturbances
And much more
It isn't a new kind of diet. As a matter of fact, as you'll discover in the next few minutes, being healthy and fit has far, far less to do with what you eat than you've been led to believe. It's not some new sort of exercise regimen. I actually advise my clients to drop the word exercise from their vocabulary—and their routine—altogether (and when they do, the resulting changes blow them away). And it isn't a dangerous drug or a radical surgical procedure. In fact, it's the most natural, noninvasive process in the world. The difference between 'Perfect Pete' and 'Average Joe'
Hello, my name is Marc David. As a nutritional psychologist and counselor with more than 20 years' experience, I see clients like these all the time.
They very often come to me in Pete's situation. They're following all the rules of healthy living: eating well, exercising, avoiding all the things we've been told are bad for us. Yet they're undernourished, uninspired, and overweight.
If I've done my job right, they leave me much more like Joe. They have a diet they thoroughly enjoy and that includes foods they love, even so-called bad foods. They don't "exercise" or engage in any physical activity that they find unpleasant or burdensome. They don't have to summon superhuman willpower to maintain a moderate diet. They don't experience deprivation or resentment related to food. And most importantly, they are healthy, happy, and at a stable, optimum weight. How is it possible that someone who is doing all the "right" things could be overweight, undernourished, and unhealthy — while someone who seems to break all the nutritional rules we've been fed all our lives is in an ideal state of health and fitness?
It's possible because what you eat is only half the story of good nutrition.
The other half is how you eat. That's the missing link that is keeping "Perfect Pete" and people like him from enjoying vibrant health and true physical fitness, in spite of all their efforts.
It's also why so many people find that they can't "stick to" a diet or exercise regimen for any substantial length of time.
Maybe you've been there. And if you have, you've probably put the blame on yourself: You're lazy, you're undisciplined, you lack willpower, you have a slow metabolism, you like all the wrong foods and hate all the right ones.
Sound familiar?
Well, I'm here to tell you that nothing could be further from the TRUTH. Shhhhhhh ... It's a Secret!
This information has been hidden from you by a diet and nutrition industry eager to keep people hungry for the next big thing ... the "miracle cure," the "quick fix."
They realize that the truth about what it really takes to lose weight and get healthy is so much easier, so much simpler and more natural and enjoyable than anything they could come up with, they would be shut down forever if it got out.
After all, do you REALLY think it would help their cause if you knew the following?:
The key to feeling satisfied — and never deprived — WITHOUT overeating.
How often do you keep on eating because you think you're still hungry, only to feel uncomfortably full, even sick, after you're through? It's not because you have a lack of willpower or an out-of-control appetite. There's a very simple thing you can add to your diet that will eliminate that problem forever. Once you do it, your brain will STOP signaling you to eat excess food. You'll always eat just the right amount naturally, and feel pleasantly satisfied, never deprived.
How to increase the nutritional value of ANY meal.
You can make whatever you eat significantly healthier and more nourishing. You can even turn a "bad" food into a "good" food ... instantly! It's easy, once you understand the secret to doing it.
The amazing impact of environment on the way your body processes food.
The same exact food can be processed in completely different ways by different people ... even by you on different days. I'll explain why, and tell you what environments can turn even a piece of broccoli into metabolic sludge, and which ones can make your body burn through any food, even a doughnut or french fries, with lightning speed.
Of course it wouldn't help the diet and nutrition industry! It would mean that you wouldn't need them, because you would already have everything you need to achieve the body you want.
You see, your body is naturally, elegantly designed to achieve a healthy, ideal weight AND, at the same time, fully engage in and enjoy the experience of eating.
Most diet and nutrition programs out there essentially "deactivate" this inborn ability by steering you into imbalanced, even dangerous, eating habits, and setting up a reward/deprivation dichotomy that is destined to end in failure.
But I've helped thousands of clients and individuals climb back from the negative physical, emotional, and psychological effects of these programs, and finally attain the weight and state of health they'd been striving for, by showing them a different, better, easier, and FAR safer and more nutritionally sound way.
Now I want to help YOU do the same thing. So I've put together a comprehensive program for metabolic transformation, based on more than 20 years of research and practice in the fields of nutrition and psychology.
It's called Mind/Body Nutrition: Increase Your Energy, Eat Without Stress, and Transform Your Health, and it is going to take your focus off the food on your plate and tune it in to the "brain in your belly" — the true control center of your metabolic processes, which holds the key to weight loss without deprivation, and health and well-being without sacrifice.
In Mind/Body Nutrition, I tell you everything I've discovered — and science has proven — about how to naturally achieve the body, state of health, and lifestyle of enjoyment you want, including:
The one simple change you can make that will immediately change your body for the better.
It has to do with the food you eat, but I can just about guarantee it's not what you think! If you do nothing else but this, you will quickly and profoundly improve the way you look and feel. It's so powerful ... and it's SO easy.
The secret to the famed "French paradox."
It ISN'T chocolate, cigarettes, or — as many people believe — red wine that keeps the French thin and heart attack free despite their rich, "unhealthy" diets. I'll tell you the other ingredient they add to almost all their meals that DOES make the difference.
The emotion that virtually shuts down the metabolic process.
It's not the food you're eating that creates fat — it's THIS feeling! And it's a huge part of many people's nutritional life. Eliminate it from your emotional makeup, and you'll give your metabolic engine an incredible, permanent rev. I'll show you how.
The two-week Pleasure Diet you have to experience to believe.
Eat whatever (that's right, whatever) you want for two weeks, and look and feel better than you do now — maybe than you ever have. That's the promise I'm making you when you follow the simple plan I share in Session 6. Skeptical? Just try it and see.
Nutritional myths we've all been raised on ... SHATTERED.
"You are what you eat"... right? Nope. "Eat right and exercise if you want to lose weight"... true? Uh-uh. I'll relieve you of some of the most misunderstood, misinterpreted, and flat-out WRONG ideas about health, weight loss, and well-being — and give you the scientific evidence that proves them wrong. To replace them, I'll share 12 unexpected and absolutely true nutritional facts!
Whether your artificial sweetener is actually making you fat.
There's a biochemical reaction caused by the ingredients in many artificial sweeteners that causes fat buildup, and it could be happening in YOUR body. If you're a fan of Equal, Sweet 'n Low, or any other sugar substitute, you need to hear about this.
The five categories of metabolically limiting beliefs.
Are you creating a self-fulfilling prophecy of poor health, weight gain, and inertia? If you've got any of these five beliefs operating in your consciousness (and many people have ALL of them!), then you probably are. The sooner you find out what they are and shed them, the sooner you'll rewrite your nutritional destiny and achieve the ideal weight and state of health you dream of.
The "Gut Wisdom Inventory."
When it comes to healthy eating, one size does NOT fit all. Which foods, in what combination, work best for your unique physiology? This simple exercise will help you find out.
And much, much more!
I'll also share with you ...
The 12 most important nutritional facts (that aren't what you think) (Session 2)
The 3 levels of diet, and how to tell what your body needs at different times (Session 2)
7 keys to relaxed eating (Session 3)
6 ways to increase your ENS (enteric nervous system) intelligence (Session 4)
The 7 eating archetypes that limit metabolic power (Session 5)
The 4 eating archetypes that empower nutritional metabolism (Session 8)
9 nutrient-dense foods that fuel metabolism (Session 9)
The 3 phases of the body (Session 10)
5 nutritional lifestyles and how to identify your type (Session 10)
Key lessons from 9 popular nutritional systems (Session 10)
4 potent immune-boosting supplements (Session 12)
8 life lessons that influence food choices, eating habits, and metabolism (Session 13)
The 4 nutritional obstacles and how to conquer them (Session 14)
The 8 "sacred metabolizers" (Session 14)
10 secrets to nutritional empowerment (FREE BONUS CD)
And all of that is really just the start. My aim, in our time together, is to rock your nutritional world. To do that, I have to upend just about every myth and misconception you (and all of us) have been fed about health, weight loss, diet, and nutrition.
You may be shocked by some of the things you'll discover in Mind/Body Nutrition. There are things you may not even believe at first. But everything I share has been scientifically researched and proven over and over again. Most of all — as you'll discover from the moment you start listening — it just makes sense. Graduate to a new level of nutritional freedom ... and effortlessly arrive at the "you" you've imagined
I suppose some people are genuinely happy counting fat grams, net carbs, calories, protein grams, servings, portions, and all the rest of it.
But in more than 20 years as a nutritional researcher, counselor, and author, I've never met such a person.
The people I've met simply want this: to be fit, healthy, and happy about their bodies ... and to be able to truly enjoy food, without guilt, shame, or negative physical consequences.
If that is what you want too, then I want to invite you to achieve that ideal state, through a process that is simple, natural, logical, and completely in tune with your body's innate instinct toward health and equilibrium.
Just click on the link below to accept Vic Conant's exclusive offer of Mind/Body Nutrition: Increase Your Energy, Eat Without Stress, and Transform Your Health.
As soon as you begin listening, you'll discover dozens of simple actions that will immediately impact and transform your metabolism. You will see the results of these changes on the outside, and you'll feel them on the inside.
Keep Mind/Body Nutrition only if you feel that this information is going to positively change your relationship to food in a way nothing else has. Otherwise, simply return it for a full, courteous refund of the program price.
It really is possible to transform your biology, your body, and your nutritional destiny. A new metabolic you is waiting to be born. Welcome it now, by ordering Mind/Body Nutrition.
I look forward to joining you on the journey!
Warmly, Marc David
Author, Mind/Body Nutrition
YES! I want to discover the MISSING NUTRITIONAL LINK that will enable me to enjoy the foods I love without the exercise I hate — while losing weight and getting healthy — easily and naturally.
If within 12 months, I have not transformed my body, health, and happiness, I may exchange the program or return it for a complete refund. I have nothing to lose but my weight!
P.S. If you've followed the fad diets without lasting success ... if you feel frustrated and confused by the conflicting nutritional information that you're bombarded with each day ... this program is going to give you the clarity, insight, and practical tools you've waited for and deserve. It's easy to follow, and it is guaranteed to yield changes in your body and being that are meaningful, deep, and lasting. Order Mind/Body Nutrition NOW, and find out how enjoyable and rewarding your relationship with food can be!
FREE BONUS CD #1: "10 Secrets to Nutritional Empowerment"
In this amazing FREE CD — yours when you order Mind/Body Nutrition — Marc David reveals 10 extraordinary yet seldom-applied secrets — the most powerful secrets ever discovered for optimizing your metabolism, shedding pounds, and feeling fantastic, including ...
The weight-loss trick that works like MAGIC
You won't be deprived. You won't feel resentful. You won't have to give up anything you love to eat. Yet incredibly, almost magically, you'll become healthier, more energetic, and — yes — thinner and more fit than you are now. Amazing!
Why you should NEVER, EVER 'exercise'
Do THIS instead! You're guaranteed to LOVE it, and once you start doing it, you'll get into shape faster than you ever have before.
The MIRACLE HERB you must start taking
Why? Because it has a direct healing effect on the most important—and most abused — organ in your system: the one that determines whether your metabolism is fast and efficient, or slow and sluggish. It's perfectly safe ... available in any health food store or online ... and will have an absolutely transformational impact on your physiology.
The TRUTH about water
The eight-glasses-a-day dogma could be doing you more harm than good. You might need more ... but you also might need far less! This CD will tell you how to figure out exactly what your body's hydration needs are so that you can maximize the remarkable power of nature's perfect beverage.
How to EFFORTLESSLY rid your body of dangerous toxins
There's no more powerful detoxifier in the world than your body's own climate-control system. Too many people needlessly put themselves through a grueling workout to get the benefits. But you don't have to! This CD reveals the NO-impact (and totally enjoyable!) secret to rejuvenating your blood cells and supercharging your metabolism.
And much more!
These secrets will change your life, and you can get them all FREE when you order Mind/Body Nutrition
Marc David is a pioneer in the field of Mind/Body Nutrition, and one of today's most respected authorities on the science and psychology of food. His groundbreaking, life-changing work has been praised by world-renowned health experts, including Dean Ornish, Christiane Northrup, Mark Hyman, Larry Dossey, Paul Hawken, Anne Louise Gittleman, and many others.
In this powerful LIVE session, you'll hear Marc at his energized best, before an enthusiastic audience of people who, like YOU, are looking for a simple, natural, and empowering way to create a healthy lifestyle. This FREE CD includes a dynamic Q&A session, in which Marc answers some of the most common questions about weight loss, exercise, food choices, and healthy living—with answers that are anything BUT common. You don't want to miss it! "... priceless ..."
"As a nutritionist and researcher I have found Marc David's Mind Body Nutrition CDs priceless. He is simply brilliant at the least, in simplifying the complex mind/body connection to nutrition and metabolism. Highly recommend it for everyone, especially the medical and naturopathic community."
- Teya Skae
YES! I want to discover the MISSING NUTRITIONAL LINK that will enable me to enjoy the foods I love without the exercise I hate — while losing weight and getting healthy — easily and naturally.
If within 12 months, I have not transformed my body, health, and happiness, I may exchange the program or return it for a complete refund. I have nothing to lose but my weight!
I don't see why Perfect Pete can't be healthy fit and happy doing his program. If he didn't enjoy running and training for marathons in the first place, he wouldn't do what he does.
Anyway...
Yep, I'm happy with my diet. It's pretty flexible given that aggressive or strict dieting just doesn't seem to offer much benefit for me in terms of faster fat loss. Lately I've been pushing the limits of flexibility and have discovered I can't screw it up even if I try. I mean, if I go over calories the worst that can happen is more glycogen storage.
With regular training it's just not a big deal. I seem to maintain 225-230 whether using RFL/PSMF or gettin' nutty on a two month Holiday refeed. May have some spikes/drops but it always settles back to that 225-230 range no matter what.
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Mike Pipes
Massive fat loss survivor and aspiring trainer in training
I was taken with the notion of happiness (true mental and spiritual health, if you will) as well as physical health. How many diet and fitness folks are basically unhappy and how many people who are "healthy enough" but kind of do what they want are quite happy. It's all a matter of balance, IMO, and ultimately about happiness and true peace and fulfillment.
I'm pretty happy with my diet. I think a big part of that though, is telling myself that I'm not on a diet. This is just how I eat. Diet has a very negative connotation to it most of the time.
I eat things that I enjoy and it makes me feel good. I don't feel sluggish, or queasy, or guilty afterwards. That's why I enjoy it.
Chris, I understand that by 'dietarily' you just meant food/nutrition in general. 'Diet' seems to have a lot of power over some people. Sometimes it will come up in conversation and I can actually see peoples eyes glaze over as they stop paying attention.
So, how'd that program work for you? We all know you were roped in by the smooth sales pitch!!
So, how'd that program work for you? We all know you were roped in by the smooth sales pitch!!
Oh, I didn't do it. But it caught my attention. Nightingale-Conant, the publisher, puts out good stuff on a variety of personal improvement areas and stands behind their products. I own about a half dozen of their programs, and I've tried, and returned, a two or three other ones that were good, but I felt there wasn't enough value added to what I already knew. They immediately refunded my money. Very professional and high integrity.
I'm tempted to sample this one, but I only would if I felt I was really interested in it. Otherwise, I'd feel like I was scamming them if I intend to likely return it before I even buy it.
There's quite a bit of truth in it, but it's not the entire story.
Scientifically speaking, it's a fact that not eating enough of the good foods (good for YOU) and overindulging in the bad foods (overly processed, baked, fried) will shorten your lifespan and diminish health because of the carcinogens that are present.
If however you feel like having to be an overachiever in staying on 'track' both for food & training, the stress of it all, might even set you back more than someone who just eats & lifts for leisure w/o looking at macros or ever counting his/her reps.
Something I'm striving for is to to eat intuitively, while still counting every gram & calorie, so that it's possible to see differences between diet X or Y.
I'd recommend a lot of people to take a look at the book Intuitive Eating. Not everything written in there, makes sense to me, but a lot of it is useful.
The only caveat is that precisely foods that are very enjoyable can be an allergen for you or quite simply (as said above) contain too many carcinogens, so those foods should be consumed very sparingly.
I've been messing with my diet for about a year and a half now - this area is really the hardest part of my training. In that time I've done "My Own" eating plan, the Abs diet plan, and I just gave plan A of TNT a tryout. While Plan A certainly shed pounds quickly - they were pounds I DID NOT need to lose and worked counter to my goals of actually putting on weight. The Abs diet seemed to work fairly well - and "My Own" plan, well it wasn't so hot. I like the idea of intuitive eating - although that could lead me back to bad habits. I'm willing to try just about anything, and I'm fairly synched up to what my body is telling me - so the program Chris left for us may be worth a shot for me. I think prior to that I will give TNT, Plan E, a try. Plan E looks to be the perfect option for my body and my head. We shall see.
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I am totally happy with my diet and it is completely changed from when I was unconsciously eating. I am now eating good whole foods and really do not avoid anything though I typically do not eat sugary things like cakes and stuff. (makes me feel poorly) I was just thinking the other day how I am going to get to eat like this forever and how that was a great thing.
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