I’m surprised you hadn’t heard this. There was a good five year run of people proclaiming macros are all that matter. Just a pendulum swing now to quality of food mattering more. Instagram influencers were fast all day, then eat a steak, potatoes and ice cream cake. Because, IIFYM, you’re good.
Ngl I never looked to closely at this.
So easy here-
Celery and PB
Dave’s boomin berry bagel toasted and PB
Natty chunk PB for health!
This is not something I’ve heard from him.
Do you listen to him much? He says it practically once per podcast. He says it many times during his Easy Training for Fat Loss book as well.
Lots of talk about breakfast with no eggs and no one has mentioned the good old bacon sarni. Comon on guys.
I would say just anything with protein like canned tuna or sardine would do
I loosely utilize iifym with a bend for high protein and I typically have nutrient dense foods in the mix.
The concept in general got a little silly with the ice cream sandwiches and cake or whatever, but as a practice with reasonable food selection it works well.
I personally find it funny that the fitness industry was able to package and literally sell a balanced diet with caloric limits. Shows how twisted up the industry in general is looking for angles to manipulate and capitalize on.
“Don’t eat too much and make sure you eat your broccoli” is really all it takes unless you’re looking for a very specific, super lean body fat goal or water manipulation or something. Which is generally temporary for a competition or show prep anyways.
Some people have very optimistic hearing.
Like, when I cut sodium- it was a secondary effect that diet improved, simply because the majority of foods that are low in sodium are also good for you.
Whereas others hear “Oh. I can live off of butter cream icing and Jim Beam now!”.
Yeah definitely.
Plus if I remember correctly, selling sensible eating as an official diet overlapped the bulletproof coffee and “dietary cholesterol is basically tren for your muscles” era, so there was a lot of confusion for the monkey see, monkey do practitioners.
You mean its not?
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I’ve read Never Let Go, basically all of his T Nation articles and have hunted him out on other forums, just have never heard him mention that. Or maybe I have and forgot. I use to listen to his podcast but got out of audible media for a while and honestly forgot he had one until now. Man, I also found this crazy PDF of his writings a while back. Can’t remember how or where I found it though. I love those types of gems.
I’m certainly not disputing it, actually it’s what I’ve been doing the past two months as I lean out. But mostly because I hadn’t drank coffee in a year and a half and I’m drinking as much as I can before I take a break again because I binge like that. 
Oh man, if you’re a fan of his written work, you absolutely owe it to yourself to read his Easy Strength Omnibook and then follow on of Easy Strength for Fat Loss. Even if you have NO interest in following Easy Strength, the Omnibook is like a collection of all of his greatest thoughts on training, the Fat Loss goes further into life and nutrition.
His podcast is so worth picking up again. It comes out weekly, and for me, it the ultimate podcast “palate cleanser”. I’ll go down SO many podcasts rabbit holes, and then, once a week, I get to sit back and let Dan John ground me back in reality.
Yup. See it in the carnivore space too. “Hey guys, I’m eating 2lbs of bacon a day cooked in butter and snacking on pork rinds and cheese with my heavy cream and butter coffee. For some reason, the weight still isn’t dropping. Am I undereating?”
Our bodies have all of these amazing and intricate features built into them.
Then we get involved.
Damn that’s a good way to describe his work as a whole. I loved Never Let Go. I’ll check out this Omnibook.
Greek yogurt with frozen fruit and honey has been a staple for me for awhile. Honey is an underrated pre-workout carb!
I always say Mother Nature doesn’t fuck up…humans do
Mother nature is a kaleidoscope of fuckery.
Get out of here, you liberal patchouli-reeking hippy.
You’re a mistake of nature
