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Tag: MEAL PLAN

How to Eat Healthy During the Holidays: A Comprehensive Guide

November 19, 2024
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How to Eat Healthy During the Holidays

What you’ll learn in this article is how to enjoy the best of the holiday season while managing things around your special gatherings and meals to maximize the holiday season from all angles.

Rather than focusing on strict dieting, we’ll discuss how to mindfully navigate the holiday season, with a particular emphasis on the days between the big celebrations.

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Posted in Nutrition Tagged Calorie Cycling, Christmas, Diet Guide, Healthy Eating, Holiday Season, Holidays, MEAL PLAN, New Years, Nutrition, Thanksgiving

How to Stick to Your Diet: Meal Prep for Busy Professionals

November 5, 2024
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Whether your goal is to lose fat, build muscle, or create healthy habits, meal prep is the key for how to stick to your diet and make progress.

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Posted in Nutrition Tagged Batch Cooking, Calorie Deficit, Calorie Surplus, MEAL PLAN, Meal Planning, Meal Prep, Meal Prepping, Protein, Shelf Life

The Best Reverse Diet Plan to Lose Weight

July 18, 2022
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The Best Reverse Diet Plan

Can you really eat more food and still lose weight? Let’s talk about the best reverse diet plan to lose weight!

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Posted in Nutrition Tagged Body Fat, Calorie Deficit, Counting Calories, Fat Loss, MEAL PLAN, Reverse Diet, Reverse Dieting, Slow Metabolism, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Plan

How to Meal Plan to Lose Weight

May 31, 2022
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How to Meal Plan to Lose Weight

By: Chris Gates One of the most crucial aspects of any successful weight loss journey is your meal plan. So let’s talk about how to meal plan to lose weight! In almost every facet of life, your ability to plan for the days and weeks ahead will determine your level of success. Losing weight is […]

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Posted in Nutrition Tagged Calorie Deficit, Enjoyable Diet, Fruit, High Protein Foods, Lose Weight, MEAL PLAN, Meal Prep, Sustainable Diet, Vegetables, Weight Loss

A Diet Guide for Christmas & New Years

December 20, 2020
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By: Chris Gates The holidays are pretty similar across the board. Family gatherings, food, football, friends, drinks, etc. etc. etc. And you know what? Ain’t nothing wrong with that at all. But the unfortunate end result of holidays like Christmas and New Years is often standard across the board as well: there’s a good chance […]

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Posted in Nutrition Tagged Calories, Christmas, Diet Plan, Dieting Tips, MACROS, MEAL PLAN, New Year's Resolution, New Years, Overeating

Slow and Steady Wins the Race, My Diet Plan

February 4, 2019
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Meat on the Grill

So the time has come to drop some weight, and I gotta tell you I couldn’t be more ready or excited! It’s been a long 18 months of bulking and my body and my mind are ready for a new challenge. The bulk was a success, as I slowly added muscle, weight, and strength. My […]

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Posted in My Training Log Tagged 2019 Cut, Body Transformation, Carbohydrate, CUT DIET, CUTTING DIET, Fat, FLEXIBLE DIETING, Macronutrients, MACROS, MEAL PLAN, Protein

Meal-by-Meal Cutting Diet

June 5, 2017
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I’ve done updates throughout this cutting process on where my calories are and where my macronutrient breakdown is, but I haven’t ever actually broken down each one of my meals to give you an exact look at the calories and macros. So that’s what I’m here to do today! I understand that oftentimes people don’t […]

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Posted in Nutrition Tagged BODYBUILDING, BODYBUILDING DIET, BODYBUILDING MEAL PLAN, CUT DIET, CUTTING DIET, HOW TO CUT WEIGHT, HOW TO SET UP YOUR MACROS, HOW TO TRACK YOUR MACROS, MEAL PLAN

The BIG SECRET to Achieving Your Fitness Goals!

April 14, 2017
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A lot of people will tell you there’s a BIG SECRET to achieving success in the gym. Unfortunately, virtually all of these BIG SECRETS are just part of a scam to sell you products or misinformation. The fitness industry is notorious for this type of marketing. You’d think something like fitness, with such a wholesome goal […]

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Posted in Nutrition, Training Tagged BODYBUILDING SECRET, DEDICATION, FITNESS SECRET, MEAL PLAN, SECRET TO LOSING WEIGHT, SECRET TO PUTTING ON MUSCLE, SELF DISCIPLINE, SUPPLEMENTS

What is Flexible Dieting?

March 12, 2017
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Meat and Asparagus

A common generalization of dieting is that you have to eat extremely boring foods to get results. Rice. Chicken. Broccoli. Rinse. Repeat. False. Welcome to flexible dieting, also known as “If It Fits Your Macros” or “IIFYM.” I’ve detailed macros in previous posts. If you want to get on a flexible dieting plan, or if you […]

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Posted in Nutrition Tagged BODYBUILDING, CHIPOTLE, FITNESS, FLEXIBLE DIETING, FLEXIBLE DIETING LIFESTYLE, IF IT FITS YOUR MACROS, IIFYM, MACROS, MEAL PLAN, STRATEGIES

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