Remember that funny video I made last year about “diet vs exercise”?

If you haven’t watched it, here it is:

It points out the futility of the cardio confessional and shows you
that diet is much more important than exercise.

And since diet is more important than exercise, I’ve decided to
spend a lot time sharing nutrition tips this week, starting with
these 3 diet secrets:

1) Your nutrition program doesn’t have to be extreme.

Hold up on the insane New Year’s changes. Make sure the nutrition
plan you’ve chosen is sustainable. Simple diet changes go a lot
farther than you might think.

Why not just eat more whole, natural foods rather than trying to go
on an impossible-to-stick-to ultra-low carb extreme plan?

2) Get the junk out of the house.

If it’s in your house, you’ll eat it…and trust me, this goes for
me too. When I visited my mom’s house for Christmas, I ate all the
chocolate I could find. But I keep it out of my house here in the
big city.

So whatever your weakness is, keep it out of your home.

Success is that simple.

3) Fill in the “diet-killing” gap.

For some folks, the diet-killing gap is between work and dinner. For
others, it’s between dinner and bedtime, but for almost everyone,
there is a point in the day when we suffer from mindless eating.

So make sure you have alternatives…as soon as you come home from
work, cut up vegetables and dip them into hummus. That will keep you
full on a small amount of calories.

After dinner, if you need something sweet, stir up chocolate protein
powder into a small bit of plain yogurt. That will satisfy you.

BONUS Tip #1 – Chew your food 20 times before swallowing. Most people
eat so fast they only about 5 times. You’ll really notice a difference
and you’ll slow your eating so you feel full.

I was reminded of this tip while reading a book called, “Mr America”,
about one of the first ever fitness gurus.

BONUS Tip #2 – Have a bowl of broth-based vegetable soup before a
meal. American researcher Barbara Roll has published a lot of studies
showing that this will help you reduce the food you eat. Surprisingly,
consuming just water doesn’t seem to do the same trick.

Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Author, Turbulence Training

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