“Keto” for a few weeks to kickstart the weight loss mindset and, eliminate junk and make food decisions easy.
Then when you’re less overwhelmed by thinking about diet a month or 2 of “If It Fits You Macros” to learn how to re- structure your eating to fuel gains.
By then you’re down 10-12 pounds, you’ve eliminated bad habits and you’re already back into the healthy life style, effortlessly.
Nailed it. Dan John talked about a similar approach with the 2 week Atkin’s induction phase, and Jamie Lewis uses a 2 week PSMF in “Feast, Famine and Ferocity” to hit that same reset button.
How strong are you? You always mention that you train for strength.
why you do that man like that 
@T3hPwnisher @FlatsFarmer totally get where you gents are coming from, but in this case he says he’s drinking sodas and eating candy and high sugar (I’ll assume candy and cookies and whatnot). You wouldn’t consider “no sugar” a giant swing in itself?
I’d go with the Vinnie Tortorich approach “No Sugar, No Grains” if I were trying to compromise, but I also know, knowing me: you give me an inch, I take a mile. “No sugar, but that’s no ADDED sugar right? I can still eat 12 bananas a day, right? And greek yogurt is natural sugar right?”
I simply do well with hard limits, and I feel like he may be in a similar way. It’s simpler when you say “None of this all of the time” vs “Some of this some of the time”. Especially if the intent is to just “right the ship” and then head toward moderation later.
I’m just going to chime in on the consensus and say “cut out the obvious shit.”
No candy or soda, no desserts, nothing with a bun, nothing that gets you drunk.
That’s why every diet works, they all have this in common.
The IIFYM/Flexible Dieting crew is going to come looking for you.
There’s so much research now, it’s easy to follow the Meta Analysis of all diets (or training, or whatever). Less calories, no junk.
But when you melt down all the approaches, you lose the Character, or Soul or the Excitement of the “special” diet.
Why have they gotten so weird recently?
I’m just saying cut out crap is step one, after that work on specifics.
It is more a question of training age and experience.
This is the same 20-year-old who wants to open a gym but has no real idea what he’s doing.
His posts often come across as those of a beginner.
Four years ago, he lost 16 pounds in a month? He was a teenager starving himself.
My next cutting method will be “Grizzly Bear in the Summer” and I’ll eat mainly moths.
Every camp does. Shawn Baker coined the term “carnivore diet”, and even he talks about how crazy some folks out there are, while he’s pretty even keeled.
As with all things: you eventually get zealots, and they’re annoying.
I love a good essay!
Got any recipes for luna moths?
Eating salmon, berries, and the occasional backpacker would fit the macros.
I expect to eat a lot of sweets between now and Christmas. I’d rather just wait until the season is over.
To be clear, I don’t drink soda and rarely eat candy. It’s mostly sugary juice and whatever cakes or pies my family brings home.
I wouldn’t describe myself as strong. I have a 355-pound squat and 455-pound deadlift. Those are my best lifts.
