Everybody that follows me gets excited around my birthday because they know it’s the one time of year that I actually splurge and eat carrot cake. But I don’t know why, because it’s not that big of a deal to me. It’s just a piece of carrot cake. I actually think they look forward to it more than I do. It’s really not that good.
What's up, guys? Pritam is here. I didn’t really like that carrot cake. It was okay. Guys, people get excited about the fact that I have my cheat meal once a year, on my birthday. May be, sometimes, twice a year if I have it at Christmastime, too. The fact is, guys, cheat meals are killing your gains. If you want to get gains you’ve got to do what I do. Never have them. Never have them. But let me explain for a second, before you get flipped out. It’s the idea of calling it a ‘cheat meal’that is going to kill your gains. It’s the concept of cheat meals that is literally costing you the opportunity to look your best. You see, I don’t have cheat meals. This whole thing about my carrot cake, itis true. I only eat it twice a year, but I don’t look at it as a cheat meal and my one time of the year, twice a year, to be free?
It’s a celebratory meal for me. I celebrated another year of living. That’s a good thing and I get excited about it, and we have carrot cake every year. Why? Because I like carrot cake. But guess what? If I wanted to have carrot cake every weekI could have carrot cake because I don’t approach eating that way. When I approach eating, it’s a form of fueling my body. I like to choose foods that I think are goingto do that the best. Is carrot cake the best option? No. Between 800 and 1200 calories in a slice,full of sugar; probably not the best option for fueling me, as an athlete.
So, I don’t choose to eat it that often. But it doesn’t mean that I couldn’t. It doesn’t mean that I’m not capable oflooking at foods that I like and saying “You know what? I want to eat those.” But here’s the thing: you need to start figuring out for yourself, plenty of other food options in your given eating style – andI’ll cover that in a second – that you actually enjoy and like. If you’re eating in a way, right now, that you don’t really enjoy, or like what you eat, guess what happens? You start labeling things as ‘cheat meals’. You establish that a cheat meal means somethingbetter, being something more. It’s your chance to splurge. It’s to get away from the shit you’reeating now that you don’t like, to actually enjoy something.
It’s the ‘cheat’. That’s the problem. That’s setting you up for failure because none of us can do something long-term if we don’t like what we’re doing. You might be able to fake it for a month. You might be able to fake it for a few months. But long-term, lifetime solutions? No chance. Deprivation-based eating styles will neverwork long-term. If you were to follow something like thatand actually lose weight, understand this. That’s how you’re going to have to continueto eat.
If the method you used to get down to the successful weight that you wanted to get to was some form of deprivation-based approach; now you’re stuck down that path. As soon as you give that up you’re goingback up in weight again. That’s why so many diets fail. What you need to do is ditch this whole conceptin your mind of ‘cheat meals’. They don’t exist. You don’t want to even think of that. You want to eat what you eat, you want to enjoy what you eat, you want to make sure what you’re doing is consistent with howyou want to look. So, what are your goals? Maybe you don’t care that much. Maybe you’re okay with 10% or 15% body fat. Great. Your ability to have those foods consistent with your goals are going to be expanded. You can do that more often because it doesn’t really matter. Your body fat levels will be consistent withthat. Again, I said, I fuel the way I do, as an athlete. I fuel the way I do because I want to look a certain way. I have to look a certain way, I feel. But beyond that, how you eat? I don’t care. I really don’t. People think I have this grudge against Keto, or this grudge against paleo, or feel a certain way.
Guys, eat how you want to eat. As long as it’s going to get you a successful, long-term strategy for staying, and looking the way you want to look, and performing the way you want to look. Performance is big in my world. My athletes, they eat carbohydrates. Even in our workout, eating carbohydrates. That’s what helps to fuel him and keep himper forming at a high level. He’s not taking carbs out of his diet whenhe goes to play and week 15 with the play offs on the line for the Pittsburg Steelers. It’s not happening. Can other guys do it? Maybe. If they can, and they can do it consistently, and still perform at a high level; go for it! That’s fine. WWE wrestler Sheamus comes into town, we workout here, we go out for dinner. By the way, I had dessert that night when we went out. I don’t restrict myself. If I want to eat it, I eat it because I havea healthy relationship with food. I know that the rest of the week I stick tomy plan.
I’ll give you another sports analogy. If you’re going to eat, and you’re looking at it in terms of sports performance, no one ever has to be perfect to be great. The greats of the game can be really good,but not perfect. Tom Brady can go 21 for 27, throw four touchdownpasses, and have a great game, and win an MVP. Baseball could have a 350 and be great, bea hall of famer. You don’t have to be perfect. If I’m eating three times a day, a coupleof snacks in between – say, five meals in a day – and I have seven eating days ofthe week, that’s 35 meals. If I go 33 for 35; I’m good. There are two carrot cakes right in there. No problem.
No problem at all. So, I invite you to make sure whatever itis you’re doing, you eat the way you eat, as long as you can consistently eat that way for a lifetime. When you do – and it’s not deprivation-based, because again, you can’t stick to something deprivation-based forever – you’re going to find there is no such thing as a cheat meal. You want to be able to continue to eat theway you eat, and if you want to have something that makes you feel good, or happy because you like the way it tastes; then go for it. No problem at all. So, guys, I’ll leave you with one last pointhere. Longevity is the key. If you’re looking at things that are labele das ‘cheat meals’ you’re in a short-term mindset. You’re looking for that short-term satisfaction. The way you stop killing your gains is lookingfor something that will allow you to be consistent. Consistency is the key to anything. You get better at a skill be being consistent. Your body will become better developed with consistency of a game plan in the gym with your training, an approach to your nutrition that you can follow, and being very consistent with your discipline. That is how you look better and feel better all the time. No bullshit. Straight out. You know that. Being consistent day in, and day out. We have guys that utilize our own program– and I’m going to throw one at you here. An old guy. This is what he looked like after one year of actually training and eating consistently. But even better, this is what he looks liketoday, eight years later. That is consistency. To me, that’s a victory. He never went back to the other diet. He continued to get better. That’s a lifelong plan. You can do the same thing. There’s no cheat. Phil does eat.
I just saw him eating a few weeks ago at anevent. There’s no such thing as a cheat meal withhim. He actually enjoys food because he has a healthy relationship with food. And you can, too. If you’re looking for our step by step approach– and we’re not perfect for everybody. We may not be what you think, but I can tell you this: it’s going to work long-term. To me, that’s the most important. In the meantime, if you’ve found this article helpful – I hope truthful – and above all else, I really think it’s the key. It’s the key to getting yourself off this mindset of ‘short-term’. Long-term consistency will always be the key,guys. Forget the cheat meals. Enjoy yourselves. Start eating. Start fueling your body. All right, guys.
Thanks.
What's up, guys? Pritam is here. I didn’t really like that carrot cake. It was okay. Guys, people get excited about the fact that I have my cheat meal once a year, on my birthday. May be, sometimes, twice a year if I have it at Christmastime, too. The fact is, guys, cheat meals are killing your gains. If you want to get gains you’ve got to do what I do. Never have them. Never have them. But let me explain for a second, before you get flipped out. It’s the idea of calling it a ‘cheat meal’that is going to kill your gains. It’s the concept of cheat meals that is literally costing you the opportunity to look your best. You see, I don’t have cheat meals. This whole thing about my carrot cake, itis true. I only eat it twice a year, but I don’t look at it as a cheat meal and my one time of the year, twice a year, to be free?
It’s a celebratory meal for me. I celebrated another year of living. That’s a good thing and I get excited about it, and we have carrot cake every year. Why? Because I like carrot cake. But guess what? If I wanted to have carrot cake every weekI could have carrot cake because I don’t approach eating that way. When I approach eating, it’s a form of fueling my body. I like to choose foods that I think are goingto do that the best. Is carrot cake the best option? No. Between 800 and 1200 calories in a slice,full of sugar; probably not the best option for fueling me, as an athlete.
So, I don’t choose to eat it that often. But it doesn’t mean that I couldn’t. It doesn’t mean that I’m not capable oflooking at foods that I like and saying “You know what? I want to eat those.” But here’s the thing: you need to start figuring out for yourself, plenty of other food options in your given eating style – andI’ll cover that in a second – that you actually enjoy and like. If you’re eating in a way, right now, that you don’t really enjoy, or like what you eat, guess what happens? You start labeling things as ‘cheat meals’. You establish that a cheat meal means somethingbetter, being something more. It’s your chance to splurge. It’s to get away from the shit you’reeating now that you don’t like, to actually enjoy something.
It’s the ‘cheat’. That’s the problem. That’s setting you up for failure because none of us can do something long-term if we don’t like what we’re doing. You might be able to fake it for a month. You might be able to fake it for a few months. But long-term, lifetime solutions? No chance. Deprivation-based eating styles will neverwork long-term. If you were to follow something like thatand actually lose weight, understand this. That’s how you’re going to have to continueto eat.
If the method you used to get down to the successful weight that you wanted to get to was some form of deprivation-based approach; now you’re stuck down that path. As soon as you give that up you’re goingback up in weight again. That’s why so many diets fail. What you need to do is ditch this whole conceptin your mind of ‘cheat meals’. They don’t exist. You don’t want to even think of that. You want to eat what you eat, you want to enjoy what you eat, you want to make sure what you’re doing is consistent with howyou want to look. So, what are your goals? Maybe you don’t care that much. Maybe you’re okay with 10% or 15% body fat. Great. Your ability to have those foods consistent with your goals are going to be expanded. You can do that more often because it doesn’t really matter. Your body fat levels will be consistent withthat. Again, I said, I fuel the way I do, as an athlete. I fuel the way I do because I want to look a certain way. I have to look a certain way, I feel. But beyond that, how you eat? I don’t care. I really don’t. People think I have this grudge against Keto, or this grudge against paleo, or feel a certain way.
Guys, eat how you want to eat. As long as it’s going to get you a successful, long-term strategy for staying, and looking the way you want to look, and performing the way you want to look. Performance is big in my world. My athletes, they eat carbohydrates. Even in our workout, eating carbohydrates. That’s what helps to fuel him and keep himper forming at a high level. He’s not taking carbs out of his diet whenhe goes to play and week 15 with the play offs on the line for the Pittsburg Steelers. It’s not happening. Can other guys do it? Maybe. If they can, and they can do it consistently, and still perform at a high level; go for it! That’s fine. WWE wrestler Sheamus comes into town, we workout here, we go out for dinner. By the way, I had dessert that night when we went out. I don’t restrict myself. If I want to eat it, I eat it because I havea healthy relationship with food. I know that the rest of the week I stick tomy plan.
I’ll give you another sports analogy. If you’re going to eat, and you’re looking at it in terms of sports performance, no one ever has to be perfect to be great. The greats of the game can be really good,but not perfect. Tom Brady can go 21 for 27, throw four touchdownpasses, and have a great game, and win an MVP. Baseball could have a 350 and be great, bea hall of famer. You don’t have to be perfect. If I’m eating three times a day, a coupleof snacks in between – say, five meals in a day – and I have seven eating days ofthe week, that’s 35 meals. If I go 33 for 35; I’m good. There are two carrot cakes right in there. No problem.
No problem at all. So, I invite you to make sure whatever itis you’re doing, you eat the way you eat, as long as you can consistently eat that way for a lifetime. When you do – and it’s not deprivation-based, because again, you can’t stick to something deprivation-based forever – you’re going to find there is no such thing as a cheat meal. You want to be able to continue to eat theway you eat, and if you want to have something that makes you feel good, or happy because you like the way it tastes; then go for it. No problem at all. So, guys, I’ll leave you with one last pointhere. Longevity is the key. If you’re looking at things that are labele das ‘cheat meals’ you’re in a short-term mindset. You’re looking for that short-term satisfaction. The way you stop killing your gains is lookingfor something that will allow you to be consistent. Consistency is the key to anything. You get better at a skill be being consistent. Your body will become better developed with consistency of a game plan in the gym with your training, an approach to your nutrition that you can follow, and being very consistent with your discipline. That is how you look better and feel better all the time. No bullshit. Straight out. You know that. Being consistent day in, and day out. We have guys that utilize our own program– and I’m going to throw one at you here. An old guy. This is what he looked like after one year of actually training and eating consistently. But even better, this is what he looks liketoday, eight years later. That is consistency. To me, that’s a victory. He never went back to the other diet. He continued to get better. That’s a lifelong plan. You can do the same thing. There’s no cheat. Phil does eat.
I just saw him eating a few weeks ago at anevent. There’s no such thing as a cheat meal withhim. He actually enjoys food because he has a healthy relationship with food. And you can, too. If you’re looking for our step by step approach– and we’re not perfect for everybody. We may not be what you think, but I can tell you this: it’s going to work long-term. To me, that’s the most important. In the meantime, if you’ve found this article helpful – I hope truthful – and above all else, I really think it’s the key. It’s the key to getting yourself off this mindset of ‘short-term’. Long-term consistency will always be the key,guys. Forget the cheat meals. Enjoy yourselves. Start eating. Start fueling your body. All right, guys.
Thanks.
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