There certainly seems to be an endless supply of diet and workout programs and many other products that promise you the secrets to weight loss. I refuse to bombard you with promotions for all the latest and greatest sales and limited time offers, or the latest and greatest program to come out. I’ve actually turned down a dozen people this week who wanted me to promote their products for them. I’m only recommending the core products that I personally use and have been using for a while with great success. These are what I believe to be the best fat loss products on the market from my own personal experience. And believe me, I’ve tried a whole lot of products.

Unstoppable Fat Loss
www.UnstoppableFatLoss.com

The 21 powerfully motivating and inspiring interviews teach you how to develop an ‘Unstoppable’ mindset to ensure that you achieve your fat loss goals. It’s what separates the people who achieve fat loss success from those who continue to struggle to lose weight. This is the perfect compliment to any diet or exercise program that you are following.

Tom Venuto’s Burn The Fat Inner Circle
www.UnstoppableFatLoss.com/BFFMICspecial

For $1 you get instant access to a full month trial of this incredible support community which is loaded with information packed articles and audios covering the most up to date fat loss information. Tom is my fitness role model and mentor and has the highest integrity of anyone I know. This is the place to be if you want to surround yourself with the top 5% of the population who are succeeding with their fat loss goals.

The Every Other Day Diet Plan
www.EveryOtherDayDietPlan.com

This is the diet program that both Angie and I have been following for a few months now and we absolutely love. No longer do you need to count calories or feel deprived when it comes to your nutrition plan. With The Every Other Day Diet Plan you can enjoy your favorite foods and still burn fat. I lost 10 pounds of fat (not to be mistaken with weight), during my first month on the program and Angie’s abs became cut and defined. Trust me, this program works! It’s easy to follow and includes recipes and simple guidelines.

The Fit Chic
www.TheFitChic.com

This is a full year of workouts for women on the go with over 100 pages of motivational material to give you the drive to succeed with your fat loss goals. It includes a year of 20 minute workouts as well as the year of 10 minute Fit Chic Fat Loss Express Home Workouts. It includes pictures and descriptions, online videos of the workouts, support community and your own personal blog to hold you accountable.

The Fit Bastard
www.TheFitBastard.com

This is a full year of workouts for men with over 100 pages of motivational material to give you the drive to succeed with your fat loss goals. It includes a year of 20 minute workouts as well as some longer workouts for those guys that like to spend 30 to 45 minutes in the gym. It includes pictures and descriptions, online videos of the workouts, support community and your own personal blog to hold you accountable.

Optimindzation
www.UnstoppableFatLoss.com/optimindzation

I listen to audios from this series every single day. It’s pure isochronic tones that really enhance your brainwave activity. Stephen Pierce calls it “Brainwave Entertainment”. There’s no music. I just play it while I’m at my computer, in the car, during my workouts, or before bed. You don’t even notice that it’s playing.

Here’s an example of some of the audios in this 12 mp3 series; Creative Focus & Innovative Mind, Extraordinary Energy & Mental Caffeine, Physical Power & Athletic “Zone”, Immune System Maximizer, Absolute Stress Relief & Anxiety Reduction, Amazing Sleep & Insomnia Help, Relaxation Mastery.

The Truth About 6 Pack Abs
www.truthaboutgettingabs.com

Mike Geary’s program will definitely help you achieve 6 pack abs and you may be surprised when you see that the book is not just filled with abdominal exercises. Like me, Mike believes in training your entire body to develop a lean and tight waistline. Every 3 months I like to use Mike’s program for a month to mix up my routine and shock my body in some unique ways.

This is the hottest abdominal training product on the market for a great reason. It works!

Burn The Fat Feed The Muscle
www.BurnOffTheFat.com

This was the very first ebook that I ever purchased and one of the greatest decision that I have ever made. I followed Tom’s diet advice in Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle for over 4 years with incredible success. Truly this is my nutrition bible. It’s very detailed and does recommend that you count calories at least for a little while in order to get a good idea of how much food you are actually consuming. I may not be following it at this very moment, but I apply the principles every single day.

The Magic 100
www.magic100goals.com

I first started using Dax Moy’s program 1 year ago and I absolutely love it. Every 100 days I’m setting 100 new goals to achieve and I watch them become a reality… kind of like magic. I’ve read the book and listened to the audio recording of the book several times and apply the daily lessons that he provides us with on a very regular basis.

I’ll be sharing my next Magic 100 goals with you soon and look forward to achieving them and seeing you achieve yours throughout 2008.

Attraction Accelerator
www.UnstoppableFatLoss.com/attractionaccelerator

Attraction Accelerator includes 2 mp3 that use the same isochronic tones contained in Stephen Pierce’s Optimindzation with the exception that these 2 mp3 contain music. You can’t even hear the isochronic tones. One audio contains very upbeat music that pumps me up prior to my workout or first thing in the morning. The other audio contains relaxing music to listen to before bed and enhances your visualization process as you think about your goals.

OK, so that’s it. Those are the products that I use all the time and they are what I have found to be the very best fat loss products on the market. You don’t need to confuse yourself with other products on the market. This ones work for me and they work for many others and they can work for you.

As you can see, it’s a combination of things that work for me. I listen to Unstoppable Fat Loss, Optimindzation, Attraction Accelerator, and Magic 100 to develop a powerful mindset. I follow The Every Other Day Diet, have followed Burn The Fat Feed The muscle and still apply those principles when it comes to my nutrition. I follow The Fit Bastard Year Of Workouts for my weight training and high and low intensity cardio, and I mix in Truth About 6 Pack Abs for my workouts as well. And I participate in the Burn The Fat Inner Circle to gain support accountability and to read and listen to the most up to date fat loss information.

Together they are a wickedly powerful combination.

I hope that this has been of help to you and that it’s cut through some of the confusion or frustration of overwhelm with all the products out there. Remember these are not just products that I’m recommending. They are products that I use all the time and have experienced great success with them.

Education has been a big part of my success. Continue to educate yourself with useful and powerful information and watch your body and life transform.

I’m here to serve you to the best of my ability. Please let me know all the ways that I can be of help to you.

Have an absolutely amazing day!

I’m getting ready to head out on a cruise tomorrow with Angie and the kids along with a bunch of other friends. I can’t wait. I’m not at my goal body fat percentage that I wanted to be for this trip, but I’m still pretty darn happy. In the situation that I’m in leading up to this trip, I know a lot of other people would be starving themselves right now and spending hours in the gym trying to burn as many calories and lose as much weight as possible before they leave. Not me…

I simply stuck to my nutrition and workout routine. I’m not one for crash dieting or over training in order to get results. I do things that I’m going to stick with. Yesterday I worked out on Chest and Back and today I worked out on Biceps and Triceps. They were my scheduled training sessions from The Fit Bastard Year Of Workouts. Tomorrow is my scheduled day off which is perfect because we will be spending it on the plane and in transit.

I didn’t do any cardio at all yesterday because I played hockey in the evening. Today I woke up and went for a brisk walk on an empty stomach. So nothing extreme here. I’m eating what is laid out in The Every Other Day Diet Plan for today. I’m not reducing the calories any further and I’m not eating like a rabbit all day long either.

I received an email today from someone who read one of my recent posts on perfection and fat loss. They said, “It sounds like you are just trying to appeal to the average Joe who doesn’t want to workout.”

When I say that you don’t have to be perfect, I don’t mean that you don’t have to eat natural and nutritious meals or workout. Far from it. The more consistent you are with your training and healthy eating, the better results you will get. But you don’t have to be perfect every day.

There are people out there that believe that you have to eat perfect every day and workout 7 days a week 52 weeks out of the year. These are the same people who are plagued with injuries, are fatigued, get sick a lot, and are generally unhappy even though they may be somewhat thin. Does that sound perfect to you?

Then there are many people that I’ve seen who eat incredibly well and workout consistently for 4 to 6 weeks and then have a terrible day of eating and because they weren’t perfect they say to themselves, “Here I go again. I always seem to sabotage myself.” That’s not sabotage. That’s life. Give yourself some breathing room. We’re not striving for perfection because it doesn’t exist.

But you do have to workout and eat well consistently if you want results. Now I love exercise. I’m a confessed fitness nut. But I know that the majority of people out there are not. If that means that I’m trying to appeal to the average Joe than that’s fine with me. But I’ve got to tell you, I’ve seen a lot of average Joe’s and Jane’s transform their bodies into something pretty frickin amazing and they didn’t have to be perfect to achieve those results.

Having been a personal fitness trainer for over a decade I have come to understand that most people ‘hate’ working out. There are even some clients that tell me this before every single workout. And they curse me while I’m beating them up with the intense workout. So why do they do it if they hate it?

For one, they love how they feel afterwards when the workout is done and they love how their body and life has changed as a result. Second is the support and accountability. I show up at their house to train them. They value my time and I make sure they stick to the program. I also offer loads of support and am there to help them at a moments notice.

So I do understand that most people don’t enjoy working out all that much and the thing that turns people off from sticking to their program is that they believe it’s a lot harder than it actually is. You don’t have to workout every day and you don’t have to eat perfect every day.

I also know what it takes to drive a person to do something that they previously did not enjoy. Although many of my clients may not enjoy working out, I certainly know what it takes to get them to do it and stick to it.

If you want to achieve fat loss success in 2008 you are going to need to include all of these components into your program; Mindset & Motivation Training, Support & Accountability, Healthy Nutrition Plan, A Variety Of Weight Training Methods, and A Variety Of Cardio Methods.

When I was on my brisk walk today, I was listening to the high energy incredible content interview that I did with Kevin Gianni for the Unstoppable Fat Loss program. He mentioned how at one point he was working out like crazy and still was gaining weight and put on fat. It didn’t take him long to pin point his problem. His nutrition sucked. So it just goes to show that you can work your butt off and not get the results that you desire. Don’t try just to do one or two of the components that I listed above. Include them all.

I want you to do 3 things today that will bring you closer to your fat loss goals. I don’t care how small they are. One could be to just go out and purchase a notebook to use as a journal. It’s time for you to continually take steps forward and look towards your bright future.

Have a totally amazing day!

I’m kicking off the New Year on a great note for my fat loss journey. I’ve eaten extremely well, got in a workout, did some cardio, listened to some motivational audios, and have set some great goals. My main goal is to get my message across that you don’t have to strive to be perfect on your workout and nutrition program in order to achieve great results. 2008 is the year where we ditch the goal of perfection and just aim for becoming the best that we can be and doing the best that we can do.

After all that’s what it’s all about. Do the best that you can possibly do. When you workout, give it all that you got. Take a look at your schedule and lifestyle, follow a nutrition plan that works with your lifestyle, and do the best that you can to stick to it.

I’m not giving you a reason to slack off here because that’s not being the best that you can be. If you have time on the weekend to prepare several meals for your upcoming week and put them in freezer bags and Tupperware containers but you choose to sit in front of the television instead, is not the best that you can be.

Just do the best that you can do, have fun, and don’t stress out about the minor details. Don’t try to eat perfect every single day for every meal. don’t try to workout every day to make up for lost time. Don’t feel guilty if you slip up and experience a setback.

The main lesson is to try to become just a little bit better each and every day. It’s time for you to grow as a person and be the best that you can be and that doesn’t equal perfection. It just equals the perfect you. That includes all your flaws and short comings with your goals and expectations. Just be you. The best you that you could possibly be.

I’m not really one for New Years Resolutions. They aren’t really goals to me. They are more of a statement that’s pretty much meaningless. But this time of year offers a great opportunity to set solid goals for yourself and go out and achieve them. I’ll be sharing my goals with you in the next few days.

So what did I do to bring me closer to my fat loss goals today? I woke up and went for an awesome brisk walk on an empty stomach. This felt great. It was snowing out and I felt refreshed.

During my walk I was listening to the Unstoppable Fat Loss interview that I did with James Villepigue. Man his story is inspiring. He was very open and honest about his life and how he just loved food as a young kid and couldn’t get enough of it. His family was the same way.

James shared many stories about how his life was affected by his weight. You can just hear the emotion in his voice.

Later on in life he thought that the answer to his obesity problem was to binge on unhealthy foods then purge. He would follow that up with a healthy meal and he thought that he was doing an good thing.

James went from obese, to bulimic before he found the way. He began educating himself like crazy on health and fitness and today he is in phenomenal shape, is the author of many published fitness books, has made an appearance on Regis and Kelly, and so much more.

He’s just an average guy like many of you, who has turned his entire life around because he put his health as his #1 priority. His healthy lifestyle has attributed to all the successes that he’s experiencing in life.

Man this interview fired me up. I then came home and ate a giant bowl of blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, and a banana. It was awesome! I’m doing great on the Every Other Day Diet today. I’ve eaten all natural foods today and it feels great. I’ve had a boat load of veggies, some chicken, eggs, and salad.

I wrapped up the last workout in this 4 week program of The Fit Bastard Year Of Workouts. Today I worked out on shoulders and abs. I’ve got a couple workouts to get in before we leave for a cruise on Friday and I plan on working out while on the ship.

I can’t wait to document my journey while on a cruise and show you that you can go away, have fun, eat well, indulge in some treats, and still come home for a trip like this with less fat than before you left.

I don’t understand why people automatically assume that they will gain weight when they go away and they simply succumb to this supposed fact. It doesn’t have to be this way. Having fun does not mean that you have to abuse your body. Eating well and exercising does not mean that you have to deprive yourself.

The healthy lifestyle is fun. There’s nothing depriving about it at all. In fact you become much more abundant when you live this way.

Set your goals and make your plans. Don’t try to be perfect and make up for any setbacks that may have occurred in 2007. Do not over train.

Lets make this the best year ever!

The holidays are officially over and unlike the majority of the worlds population who put on at least 5 pounds, I actually burned off 1/2 a pound of fat. This may not be a significant amount of fat loss, but considering it was the holidays it’s actually quite remarkable. And just wait until you hear the obstacles and challenges that I’ve been faced with…

I had the weirdest thing happen to me on Sunday December 23. Prior to heading out for our first holiday feast at Angie’s sister’s house I decided to get in an intense leg workout. I felt great, got through my warm up, completed my first set and was totally energized and jazzed.

Then near the end of my second set of Squats I sneezed during the movement. How freaky is that. I immediately cramped up in my lower back, butt, obliques, and hip flexors. This was the most bizarre feeling that I’ve ever experienced. I through the weight on the rack and fell to the ground to try to stretch out the spasm.

I knew that was the end of the workout for me and I went right home and through some ice packs on myself, warmed up a bit and then stretched. It’s been over a week now and there’s finally just a minor lingering pain that lets me know what happened.

Actually this setback has caused me to get into and enjoy the stretching component of my fitness program. I’ve become more aware of my body and the tightness in certain muscles.

In addition to not being able to workout until yesterday I came down with a serious sinus infection on Christmas Eve. Dinner at my parents was like listening to an orchestra of sneezing, coughing, and nose blowing. My entire family and most of Angie’s family were all sick. Actually most of our city was sick from what I’ve heard.

It sucked not being able to stick to my workout program when we’ve got our cruise coming up in the next couple of days, but I’ve been back at it 2 days in a row and I feel great.

As far as my nutrition plan goes, I definitely indulged in some chocolate on that Sunday afternoon after cramping up. It was a bit of a comfort thing and that was a planned cheat meal anyway. Christmas dinner was actually a breeze. I mean, turkey, potatoes, salad, veggies, and a glass of red wine is just about as good a meal as you could ask for. I very rarely drink alcohol, but it was Christmas.

For dessert my mom makes a wonderful trifle. It’s full of all kinds of yummy fruits with some pieces of cake cut up, cream filling, and whip cream. I just at the fruit and what little whip cream happened to still be on them. I don’t feel guilty about that at all.

Other than some chocolate here and there I’ve been pretty darn good with my eating and happy to report that I’m down in weight after the holidays. The lesson from this past week is that you don’t have to be perfect when it comes to your nutrition and workout program in order to be successful. I indulged and I was still successful.

Happy New Year! Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your fat loss journey in 2008.

Do you think that you need to follow your diet program perfectly in order to achieve fat loss success? Well if you’ve been following my fat loss journey on my blogs you already know that I don’t eat perfect all the time. Guess what? None of my fellow fitness professional friends do either. Just read this article below written by my good friend Tom Venuto. He shares 10 key points to eating the foods that you enjoy and still stay on track with your diet program.

Tom Venuto’s Holiday Survival Guide

By Tom Venuto
Author of Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle
Creator of the Burn The Fat Inner Circle

How to Stay on Your Diet and Stay in Shape Over the Holidays
Without Turning into a Miserable Scrooge!
(A Holiday Survival Guide)

My mom makes the most amazing Christmas cake in the world; it’s been a tradition in our family for as long as I can remember.

First, she mixes up a light, fluffy, vanilla cake mix, pours it into the pans and then pops it in the oven. After it’s been baked, she stacks the cake in two layers with whipped cream spread generously between each layer. She then pours on red and green Jell-O, which gets soaked up inside the cake. Next, whipped cream is smothered all the way around for frosting. And finally, she garnishes it with red and green sprinkles. A few red and green-striped candy canes are stuck in the top as the finishing touch, and off it goes to the refrigerator so it can be served chilled later.

Now let me tell you, as a bodybuilder, I have a lot of discipline. But when that moist, delicious, red and green, Jell-O- filled, whipped-cream covered cake is sitting on the table in front of me on December 25th, it takes every ounce of my willpower to keep from calling it a “VERY high carb day” and devouring numerous very large slices. Despite the temptation, I don’t “pig out” nor do I deprive myself. Instead, I’m content with eating my single piece, savoring every mouthwatering bite, all the while repeating my mantra, “Nothing tastes as good as being lean feels.” The next day, on December 26th, I’m on the bike or Stairmaster at the crack of dawn, followed by six perfect meals of lean protein and complex carbohydrate - just like every other day of the year.

A week later, on December 31st, I usually go out for a nice dinner (very naughty food, I must admit), and then we toast champagne to the New Year at midnight. I’m in bed at a reasonable hour shortly thereafter. Unless it’s a scheduled day of rest on New Years day, I’m not groggy and hung over like many of my friends are. I’m in the gym squatting, bench pressing, curling, or “stairmastering” just like I usually am. And here’s the point: You can and should enjoy the holidays. You can enjoy being with family and going out with friends. You can go to holiday parties and have fun. You can enjoy a few “naughty” meals. You can have a piece of cake and a glass or two of champagne. There’s no reason why you can’t enjoy yourself AND stay healthy, lean and fit through the holidays. All it takes is some planning, some goal-setting and little dose of old-fashioned discipline. I’d like to share with you 10 ways that you can follow your diet and stay in great shape over the holidays without turning into a “miserable Scrooge.” If you follow this advice, then you’ll be one of the proud few with a New Year’s resolution to be the best you’ve ever been in the new year to come - instead of one of the guilt-ridden many who must resolve to reclaim what they lost over the year that’s just passed them by.

1. Expect to stay on your program over the holidays

“Fail to plan and you plan to fail” is a time worn and cliched statement, but it’s still some of the best success advice you will ever hear. Not only do most people fail to plan, they consciously plan to fail over the holidays. Most people expect to “blow” their diet and skip workouts over the holidays. They expect to eat more, to exercise less and to gain weight. As a result, they don’t even make the effort. Instead of taking control, they resign themselves to maintenance at best, or back-sliding at worst. This negative expectancy leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy. By the first week of January, they’re in the worst shape they’ve been in for a year and they frantically make New Year’s resolutions to shed the excess fat they’ve gained. You can avoid this trap by planning to succeed during the holidays. Set up a positive expectation. Resolve now that you will not tolerate slipping backwards. Keep your standards up and don’t settle! Not only can you plan to “stay in shape” over the holidays, you can plan to improve! All you have to do is make the decision and expect success.

2. Plan all your workouts in advance

You know your schedule is going to get hectic over the holidays. You’ll be cooking, shopping, wrapping gifts, sending cards, going to parties, traveling, visiting family, and so on. To stay on your training and nutrition regimen is definitely going to take some sound time management skills. Plan your schedule in advance. Anticipate what’s coming up. Write it down. Put it on your calendar. By doing so, you won’t be caught unprepared. Use a schedule book or monthly calendar and “make appointments” for ALL your workouts for the entire holiday season. Then, post a copy where you will be forced to look at it every day. This is a powerful exercise that will keep you focused and force you to think about and prepare for each upcoming workout. If you try to “wing it” and squeeze in your workouts and meals whenever you have time left over, you’ll find that there never is any time left over! Somehow your daily activities always seem to “expand” to fill the hours in every day. So schedule your workouts and meal times in your calendar just like you would any other appointment or event. Once you’ve done that, stick to your schedule religiously.

3. Set some compelling training and fitness goals over the holiday period

Don’t wait until January 1st to set your goals just because you think it will be harder to achieve them over the holidays. On the contrary, studies on personal achievement have shown that you’ll usually reach 80% of the goals you put onto paper. The problem is that few people set any goals at all, and fewer still set them during the holidays. Why wait? Why not do it now? Set some big goals that you can start working on during the holidays: Set a goal to lose the 25 lbs you’ve always wanted to lose NOW Set the goal to gain 10 lbs of solid muscle NOW Been contemplating a competition in bodybuilding, fitness or the new ladies figure division? Pick an early spring show and GO FOR IT - START TRAINING NOW! Goal setting should not be a once a year affair, it should be a continuous process. You should always have your goals in writing and your list should be regularly updated and rewritten. If you only set goals once a year, you’re not going to accomplish much in your life.

4. Give yourself permission to have “free meals” - and schedule them in

A planned “free meal” or “re-feeding day” helps you to stay on your program better in the long run. If you’re too strict all the time, you’re setting yourself up for cravings and binging. A few free meals per week will have very little effect on your physique. Also, if you’ve been on a strict, low carb and/or low calorie regimen for a long time, a full day of maintenance level calories might actually be good for you! It will boost your metabolic rate and give your body the signal that you’re not starving and that it’s ok to keep burning a lot of calories. Over the holidays, schedule your dinners and parties so they become your “free meals.” Then, for the rest of your meals, be steadfast! Just the fact that you know you have free meals coming up will relieve the pressure of staying on a strict diet for a long time. Also, when you do have your free meal – ENJOY IT! If you’re going to eat it and feel guilty, then don’t have it at all. If you’ve stayed with the program all week long, then when your free meal rolls around, you deserve it!

5. If you fall off the wagon, get right back on it

So you had about a dozen too many of those Christmas cookies did you? Don’t worry; because you have free meals built into your plan, you shouldn’t let guilt immobilize you. Even if you fall completely off the wagon, don’t beat yourself up. All you have to do is get right back on your program without missing another beat. Too many people mess up once and then think their entire diet is ruined. They feel as if everything they’ve done prior to that day was wasted and there’s no sense going on. Or even worse, they rationalize to themselves, “Well, I already cheated, so it doesn’t matter now, I might as well keep pigging out.” That’s nonsense. If you threw in the towel every time you didn’t score 100% on your diet, most people would never get through more than a few days on any structured program. Just because you slip up once doesn’t mean you should quit! You’re only human. Don’t let one small slip keep you derailed. Firmly plant your wheels back on the tracks and start rolling again.

6. Maintain your consistent eating schedule

If there’s one thing that all people who successfully get lean and stay lean have in common, it’s consistency. Without it, you never get any momentum going. It’s like taking two steps forward, only to take three steps back. Many people allow the busy Holidays to throw them off their regular eating schedule. They completely veer off their usual meal frequency, or they start eating foods they would normally never eat (because “it’s there”). Once you have a habit pattern going, it’s fairly easy to keep it going. But once you lose momentum, it’s very difficult to get it going again because you must overcome inertia all over again. (An object at rest tends to stay at rest!) On the major holidays, when there’s a big dinner scheduled, many people think that skipping their morning and afternoon meals to “save room” for the big one later is a good idea. It’s not. This is actually a good way to invite a binge that could set your back for days. Don’t lose your consistency or your momentum. Continue with your pattern of eating small, frequent meals all year round. All you have to do is count your holiday dinners as one of your regular meals and keep them small.

7. Control your portion sizes.

You can have your cake and eat it too – you just can’t eat the whole thing! One of the most important rules to remember this holiday season is the law of energy balance, which states: To lose body fat, you must consume fewer calories than you burn up each day. There are two corollaries to the law of energy balance:

1. A caloric surplus gets stored as fat – even healthy food.

2. Small amounts of anything – even junk food – will NOT get stored as fat if you stay in a calorie deficit. There’s no reason to deprive yourself of things you enjoy. Just make sure you don’t overindulge. As long as you enjoy your favorite foods in moderation, and you keep working out, it won’t end up around your waistline.

8. Don’t buy into the low standards and expectations of others

Keep your standards high, but don’t expect other people’s standards to be as high as yours. Remember that most people have already planned in advance to fail at fitness over the holidays. You’ve decided to stay strong (haven’t you?) Don’t let their negative influence drag you down. When you’ve reached your pre-ordained drink limit, say “When” and switch to water or a non alcoholic, non caloric beverage. When they offer you seconds on dessert, politely say, “No thank you, it was absolutely delicious, but I’m full, I can’t eat another bite.” And when the wee hours of the morning start to roll around, and your friends are egging you on to keep partying, politely tell them you need your sleep. Tomorrow is a work out day. If they’re really your friends, they’ll understand.

9. Make the best choices possible in every situation.

You know those tables you see at holiday parties that are covered with yards of chips, dips, pretzels, cookies, salami, candies, punch, liquor, and a seemingly endless assortment of other goodies? Well, did you also notice that there is usually a tray full of carrot sticks, cauliflower, celery and other healthy snacks too? No matter where you are, you always have choices. Sometimes you have to choose between bad and worse. Other times you can choose between good and better. But always make the best choice possible based on whatever your options are. If nothing else, you can choose to eat a small portion of something “bad” rather than a huge portion, thereby obeying the law of calorie balance. Chances are good that there’s probably something healthy on the menu at every holiday gathering. As you know, lean proteins and fibrous carbs are a great for getting lean, so fill up on the turkey breast, try to get a vegetable in there, and go easy on the desserts.

10. If you drink, enjoy alcohol in moderation

If you enjoy having a few drinks on special occasions, then go ahead and have a drink or two. But if you’re serious about your fitness goals, you must drink infrequently and in moderation. Alcohol puts fat oxidation on hold while providing a large amount of calories. When there’s alcohol in your bloodstream, you’re not in fat burning mode. I’ve never met anyone in my life that was truly serious about fitness or bodybuilding who was a heavy drinker. Alcohol and muscles just don’t mix. The impact goes beyond added body fat; your energy levels and workouts can be ruined for days after a night of heavy drinking. A glass of wine actually has some health benefits. But there’s NEVER any reason or excuse for binge drinking or getting drunk. So go ahead and toast to the New Year, but know when to say when. In conclusion, there’s no reason to let your exercise and nutrition program spoil your holidays, but there’s also no reason to let your holidays spoil your exercise and nutrition program! Put these 10 holiday tips into practice and you can start losing fat today, not next year.

Eat right, train hard and expect success
-Tom Venuto

Tom Venuto is a lifetime natural bodybuilder, an NSCA-certified personal trainer, certified strength & conditioning specialist (CSCS), and author of the #1 best selling diet e-book, Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle. Tom teaches you how to lose fat without drugs or supplements using the little-known secrets of the world’s best bodybuilders and fitness models. Learn how to get rid of stubborn fat and turbo-charge your metabolism by visiting www.BurnOffTheFat.com, home of Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle and The Burn The Fat Inner Circle, the Internet’s premier members-only fat loss support community.

My good friend and mentor Tom Venuto wrote some incredible articles recently to help you survive the holiday season and end up being leaner when it all ends rather than 5 to 10 pounds fatter like the majority of the population. This article is the first in the series.

The Holiday Fitness Challenge

By Tom Venuto
Author of Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle
Creator of the Burn The Fat Inner Circle

Media reports say that most people gain between 5 and 10 pounds of body fat in the six weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, the average amount is much more modest - just over a pound. However, even modest holiday weight gain may be cause for concern: A study by the National Institutes of Health found that this seasonal weight gain - even just a pound - is usually not lost after the holidays; it simply adds to the “weight creep” that “sneaks up” on us as we get older. Whether its a pound or ten pounds, did you ever ask yourself why does holiday weight gain happen at all? Here are some common answers I’ve heard:

“I’m too busy over the holidays to work out as often as usual.”
“I’m more stressed over the holidays, and the food is there, so I eat more.”
“I have at least three parties to attend and then there’s christmas and New Year’s, so it’s impossible to stay on a diet”
“No one can tell me not to enjoy myself over the holidays so I’m just going to eat whatever I want.”

These answers all have a few things in common. First, they assume that it’s an either/or proposition: You can either get in better shape or enjoy yourself, but not both. Stated in reverse: You can either deprive yourself of holiday enjoyments or gain weight, but it has to be one or the other. The truth is, “either/or thinking” is a very limiting form of thinking.

Second, these are all excuses or rationalizations. “I’m too busy” for example, is always an excuse, because I have never known someone who was too busy to make time for his or her highest life priorities. The problem is, most people do not make exercise or eating healthy a priority. We all have the same amount of time - 24 hours a day - but the way people prioritize the use of time is the difference between success and mediocrity. And remember, words mean little. Actions reveal a person’s true priorities.

Third, none of these are the real reasons most people gain weight over the holidays to begin with. The real reason is because an intention was never set for the opposite: To get in better shape over the holidays.

Most people set a “goal” to get in worse shape over the holidays. It’s not consciously set, of course, as few people would intentionally set out to gain fat. They simply do it by default. In their minds, they accept that it must be just about impossible to stay in shape with everything going on over the holiday season, so why bother?

Once the decision has been made, then the rationalizing (“rationing lies”) continues:
“Why should I deprive myself?”
“Family is more important”
“Worrying about diet and exercise during the holidays is neurotic”
“I don’t care if I gain a few pounds, I’m going to enjoy myself anyway”
“It’s only these two or three weeks that I let myself go wild”
“I’ll start the first week in January and lose the weight then.”

As a result of this “negative goal-setting,” they expect to work out less, eat more and gain a few pounds, and they don’t seem to even consider alternatives.

But what would happen if you set an intention and a goal to get in better shape?

What would happen if you decided that it was not an all or nothing proposition and that you could enjoy the holidays and all it has to offer and get in better shape at the same time?

And what if you decided that your health and your body were the highest priorities in your life, because you realized that can’t enjoy anything else in life, including family or holidays, if you don’t have your health?

Here’s what would happen: You would get in better shape!

I’m not all that different from you just because I’m a bodybuilder and fitness professional. I have many of the same problems, concerns and struggles as you do. Although today I always get in better shape between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, that’s a result of a conscious choice, a close examination of my old belief systems and a lot of action. For me, it all started about six years ago.

For most of my adult life, I wasn’t much of a traveler and I didn’t enjoy flying or staying in hotels. For one thing, I had so many business commitments in the East Coast health club business, that I seldom left town, as I had to “tend to the stores.” But I also had a belief that if I traveled, my workouts and nutrition would suffer. After all, it would be hard to stick with my usual bodybuilding diet, and I wouldn’t have access to my usual gyms. For these reasons, I never did much travel..

Then I was forced to take some trips for business reasons. Predictably enough, my nutrition and workouts suffered while I was spending time in airplanes and in hotels. With my experience having confirmed my beliefs, I re-affirmed to myself, “See, traveling is nothing but a pain. You just can’t stay on a diet and training program when you’re out of town.”

After several more trips, I noticed that something very negative happened: I surrendered. I had resigned myself to “not bother” while I was on the road. I let my expectations create my reality.

But I didn’t let it go on for long. As soon as I became aware of what was happening, I decided that I wouldn’t tolerate it, so I challenged myself and my previous limiting beliefs. I asked myself, “Why the heck not? Why let myself backslide? Why even settle for maintaining? Why not challenge myself to improve while I’m traveling?” The answer was: There was no reason, there were only excuses.

From that day forward, I set a challenge for myself: To come back from every trip or vacation in better shape than when I left. Of course there were exceptions, as when I went on a vacation for total R & R. But I never let travel get in my way again. I prepared food that I would eat on the planes so airline food was never an excuse… I only chose hotels that had kitchens, so I could cook my own food. I went food shopping immediately after check-in. I wrote my training schedule and scouted gyms in advance… And I actually found myself training harder than usual.

No matter where I was training - it could even be some “dungeon” of a gym in the middle of nowhere - it didn’t matter because my mind was focused on improving and looking better when I came home than when I left. I had a goal!

What do you think happened? It’s not hard to guess: I always came home in better shape than when I left.

Since then, my “travel challenge” has become somewhat of a ritual in my life. When I’m away from my “home-base” it becomes a “fitness road trip.” I search the Internet or yellow pages or ask locals to help me find the most hard-core gym nearby wherever I will be staying. When I get there, I train every bit as hard as if I had a competition just weeks away. I look forward to it now. In fact, this is what led me to my “holiday fitness challenge.”

Like many people, I travel over the holidays, so I’m automatically in “travel challenge” mode at thanksgiving, Christmas time and New Year’s. But with the additional temptations and busyness that the holidays bring on top of the usual travel stresses, I saw fit to declare a new challenge: “The Holiday Challenge.” The difference was that for my “holiday challenge,” I pledged to not only to return home in better shape than when I left, but to enjoy the holidays to the fullest at the same time.

People who think I “deprive” myself to look the way I do would be shocked: I eat some damn good food over the holidays including Pie at Thanksgiving and my mom’s famous red and green Jell-0 Christmas cake. Then on New Year’s I’m usually toasting champagne and having a blast with friends or family. The difference is, every other meal stays right on schedule and I work out hard and consistently over the holidays; I don’t let everything fall apart just because ‘tis the season.’

The idea that you can either enjoy the holidays or stay in shape - but not both - is damaging and limiting. It hurts your social life, your emotional life and your physical life. Life is not an either or proposition; it’s a matter of balance. Success does not mean going to extremes. Success can be a simple matter of re-examining your beliefs, rearranging your priorities, setting goals, changing the questions you ask yourself, re-evaluating your expectations and acting in accordance with all of the above.

Your expectations will become your reality. What are you expecting? Are you expecting to be in better shape after holiday parties, celebrations, banquets, dinners, and desserts? If not, then why not? What’s preventing you from enjoying all of the above and still getting in better shape? Do you have a limiting belief which dictates that it’s one or the other? Could it be that you never set a goal, intention or expectation to do it? Could it be that you’re rationalizing or making excuses? If so, then I challenge you to change it this year… and then keep the change… for the rest of your life.

As of this writing, there are just under two weeks until the end of the year. Why not see how much you can improve your physique over the holidays, without depriving yourself of any holiday enjoyments or festivities? Just step up your expectations. Step up your standards. Step up your nutrition. Step up your training. Step up your action. Step up to the “holiday fitness challenge” the minute you finish reading this, and just see what happens!

Eat right, train hard and expect success
-Tom Venuto

Tom Venuto is a lifetime natural bodybuilder, an NSCA-certified personal trainer, certified strength & conditioning specialist (CSCS), and author of the #1 best selling diet e-book, Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle. Tom teaches you how to lose fat without drugs or supplements using the little-known secrets of the world’s best bodybuilders and fitness models. Learn how to get rid of stubborn fat and turbo-charge your metabolism by visiting www.BurnOffTheFat.com, home of Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle and The Burn The Fat Inner Circle, the Internet’s premier members-only fat loss support community.

Achieving 5% body fat is looking better and better. It’s been an outstanding week. I’m really focusing on my short and long term goals and bombarding my mind with them. I’ve been talking with some of my colleagues and we’re sharing our inspiring journeys with each other. My nutrition intake has been fantastic and my workouts have been outstanding. Right now I’m on cloud 9.

I had a great conversation with my business mentor Deborah Micek on Tuesday night. We were talking about our life goals which is very common for this time of year and New Years resolutions being announced by everyone.

But this conversation was much different. Coach Deb didn’t ask me to reveal my goals for 2008. She asked me a much more powerful question. “What are your goals for 2018?” There was a moment of silence as I thought to myself, “What a powerful question.”

Asking yourself what are you going to achieve in life 10 years from now has a totally different impact on the way you think when you ask yourself what are you going to achieve this year.

What I observe from people when they set New Years Resolutions and their goals for the year, they kind of panic and try to make it happen all at once, and when it’s not happening immediately they get discouraged and give up.

When you set your goals for 10 years from now it kind of takes a bit of pressure off of you. It encourages you to dream big and explore your thoughts for what you really want out of life. It no longer becomes, “I’ve got to lose 30 pounds in 30 days to look great for my best friends wedding.”

A lot can happen in 10 years. Think of all the successes that you’ve achieved in the past 10 years. How has your life changed? I’ll tell you how mine has changed. I graduated from the University of Windsor’s Human Kinetics program, got married to my beautiful wife Angie, had 2 beautiful children Shayne and Noelle, Opened a health club, became depressed, closed the health club, claimed bankruptcy, found my passion and fire, helped thousands of people achieve their dream body, get to connect with wonderful people such as yourself on a daily basis all around the world, found the true meaning of life and treasure every second that I have with Angie and my children.

What are my life goals for 2018? I picture you, me, and all my fellow readers on cruise trips and island vacations together where we celebrate your health, vitality, zest for life, and our sexy bodies. I see us all lounging around the pool or sitting around a fire pit and sharing our stories about how making our health the #1 priorities in our lives has created incredible success in all areas of our lives.

I see each and every one of us truly making a difference in this world and spreading the message of optimal health and well being.

I’d love to hear what your life goals are for 2018. Feel free to share them here.

I just returned from an incredibly intense chest and back superset session from The Fit Bastard Year Of Workouts. This is my last week for this phase. My arms are quite shaky while I’m typing here.

Someone made a comment to me last week that supersets are old school and that I should get with the times. Are you serious? Yes there are some pretty crazy and creative workouts on the market these days and they all promise amazing results and rapid fat loss. Some of them are absolutely outrageous.

All I have to say in response to that is, just because it’s a technique that’s been around for a while does not mean that it doesn’t work. It’s been working for many decades and will still work for many more decades. There are so many different ways to do supersets and get creative and trust me… they frickin work!

As with any program of course you need to mix it up. If you were to do supersets all the time they would lose their effectiveness, but simply because the theory has been around for a while does not mean that it will lose it’s effectiveness.

I’ve got to admit that I do have a secret for my high levels of intensity during my workouts. For the past 4 months I’ve been listening to Stephen Pierce’s Optimindzation audio program. Prior to my workout I have the “Extraordinary Energy & Mental Caffeine” audio playing either at my computer or in my car. There’s no music. It’s just pure Isochronic Tones baby, and it Rocks!

During my workout I listen to the “Physical Power & Athletic “Zone”” audio in my mp3 player. It does something to me that I can’t explain. Without words or music it gives me the powerful boost that I need to drive me through my workouts and achieve my personal bests.

These are just 2 audios in a series of 12. Others consist of Creative Focus & Innovative Mind, Relaxation Mastery, Amazing Sleep & Insomnia Help, Absolute Stress Relief & Anxiety Reduction, Immune System Maximizer, and more.

I have many of them playing throughout the day in my computer or in my car or while I fall asleep at night. They are part of my daily routine and I wanted to mention them to you since I am journaling everything that I do that helps me to achieve fat loss success.

I’ll keep you up to date on my progress during the holidays. I plan on being in better shape by the end of them while most people will put on at least 5 pounds… so the statistics say

Have an absolutely amazing day!

It’s time for my daily check in to let you know how my fat loss progress is going. This has been a fantastic week for me. I’ve kept up my workouts, ate great food, had a nice cheat meal, listened to some incredibly inspiring audios, and interacted with some very positive people. After a bit of a hiatus I am motoring right along. So what am I doing today to bring me closer to my goal of 5% body fat by January 31st?

I’m just about to head out the door and head to the gym for a shoulder and ab workout. I’ll be doing supersest from The Fit Bastard Year Of Workouts. Yesterday I worked out bi’s and tri’s and was in and out of the gym in less than 20 minutes. The trainer at the desk said, “Wow that was quick. You’re done already?”

Then she took one look at my shirt and saw that it was soaked. I showed her that I could barely pick up the pen on the desk and that it would be impossible to even attempt to do another curl or extension.

I leave everything that I got at the gym. There is no wasted time and I put every ounce of energy into my workout. I show up there with an intense purpose. I refuse to just go through the motions.

In the New Year I will be filming my workouts to show you just how intense they are and to encourage you to push yourself to your true potential.

I’ve spent some time over at Tom Venuto’s Burn The Fat Inner Circle today. The place is buzzing with positive energy, great support, and priceless information. So many people have been very open with their challenges and what they plan on doing to overcome them and I totally love it.

In the goals and motivation forum of the Burn The Fat Inner Circle one gentleman asked a great question that so many of us in the northern hemisphere can relate to. I know that I sure can.

“Our workout room is in a converted garage off of our house that we also use for storage. It is attached to the house through a front foyer that isn’t heated (with a screen door that doesn’t block the cold wind).

Living in Northern New England, winters can be tough. Lately, I haven’t been able to get myself out from under my warm covers to walk through that front-foyer cold barrier to our workout room. I need motivation. Any ideas?”

Here was my response…

“We just got nailed by a snow storm here in Ontario Canada. I can totally relate to what you are saying about those warm and cozy covers on you and not wanting to get out from under them.

Here’s a video of exactly what I do:

After a week of this, there was no way that I was going to stay in bed longer than I needed to.

Now that’s one determined dude that’s going to look phenomenal on the beaches in May.”

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As for nutrition, I’m continuing to follow Jon Benson’s Every Other Day Diet Plan. It’s what’s been working for me and I’m not about to make any changes especially with the tremendous success that I’ve had on it.

After my workout I’m going to have some grilled salmon and loads of veggies. So far today I’ve had a fruit salad and 3 eggs for breakfast, as well as tuna and whole wheat pasta for lunch.

I’m going to start filming more of my meals as well to give you an idea of how I prepare my foods for the week and plan in advance.

Well off to the gym I go. I look forward to sharing much more of what has been working for me.

Have a frickin’ awesome day!

It’s time for a new fat loss journal format for Angie and I. Rather than simply documenting the success that we’re having while on the Every Other Day Diet Plan, we want to focus on the overall fat loss approach that we take to drive us towards the lean and sexy bodies that we desire.
So you’ve probably been wondering where we’ve been and why Angie and I haven’t been posting our daily progress. Well I certainly don’t have any excuses. Life got in the way a bit and that’s ok.

At first it was the overwhelming demand on my server as it kept crashing due to the popularity of this blog. That kept me busy for several days and at the same time I was feverishly focusing on my business while revising my products, creating support communities for each of them, and preparing to create blogs for all my customers who want to hold themselves accountable.

Not to mention having to put Sammi our cat to sleep and eating emotionally for several days because of it.

I could list many other things that I allowed to get in the way of me and my fat loss goals, but really they haven’t gotten in my way. I’m still going at it and I’m still focused on what I want to achieve.

Yes I skipped my workouts for 2 weeks. Yes I ate like crap several times and had a few beers. And yes I put on 2 pounds. But did I really fail? Does the Every Other Day Diet Plan not work? Are my Fit Bastard Workouts not effective? Have the incredible messages in Unstoppable Fat Loss not sunken in?

I know for certain that many people would blame this temporary setback on the programs themselves. I get emails frequently from people asking, “How do I know your programs really work? I’ve tried other programs before and I always seem to fail. How do I know that yours will work this time?”

The vast majority of the time it’s not the programs that fail. It’s you failing the programs. I could have easily said that I gave the Every Other Day Diet 100% of my effort. I complied to the extreme plan about 80% of the time and I was doing really well.

But if after 2 weeks of not following the program does it mean that it doesn’t work? Heck no! It works amazing and I’m right back at it. But really I was never off of it.

In my mind I knew that I had to handle what life was dealing to me at the moment. Sure I could have managed to squeeze in a workout here and there. I was aware of what was going on and I knew that I could have done better. But at the same time I knew that it was just a matter of days before I was right back at it and I knew that this little setback was minor in the grand scheme of things.

During those 2 weeks I was not performing at my best. I was sluggish, fatigued, and felt a bit jello-like. In my mind I knew the difference between how I was feeling at that moment… which was lousy, and how I felt while I was eating well and exercising regularly. I was definitely eager to get that energetic feeling back. And now here it is

I must admit that the big trigger that set this all off was not being able to post my daily journal to this blog because my server kept crashing from all the traffic. The accountability factor of sharing my journey with you is absolutely huge to me.

That’s why I’m so excited to be creating personal blogs for all of my customers. I know what the accountability is going to do for them and I know how exciting it’s going to be for them to look back at their journal and see how far they’ve come and all the successes they’ve achieved along the way.

Today I was listening to the Unstoppable Fat Loss interview that I did with Clark Bartram. I love that interview. He touches on some pretty awesome points that really resonate with me. One of them that really hit home was…

“You are committed to what you confess.”

I can’t believe that in my first several dozen times that I have listened to that interview I did not pick up on this crucial point.

Maybe because it’s so appropriate to the situations that I’m facing. I am committed to what I confess to you. When I was sharing my journey daily with you I was confessing all my goals, successes, as well as challenges and setbacks. This was driving me to succeed.

The moment that I stopped confessing, my commitment turned down a few notches. It became easier to say, “I’ll do better tomorrow.”

Clark also mentioned something very timely on the call. When I interviewed him nearly 1 year ago, he was going through a 2 week period where he hadn’t been working out and he was not eating the most nutritious foods. He was more than fine with this because he knew it was only temporary and he knew what he was capable of.

If a world class bodybuilder who has graced the covers of more fitness magazines than anyone else I know, can go through a 2 week period of slacking off from his program and realize that it’s not perfection that he should be striving for, but simply being the best that he can be, then why should I feel any differently?

I’m not in this to be perfect and I don’t want you to think that you have to be perfect too. Just be the best that you can be. Realize that the path to your dream body is not straight. It has many curves and takes many detours. That’s natural.

Today I had the best workout that I’ve had in a while. I blasted my chest and back in a very quick and intense superset session. I feel absolutely amazing. I went for a nice 30 minute brisk walk in the cold rainy weather and loved every second of it. It gave me time to reflect on the past few weeks and get very excited for what’s in store in the next few months.

I also worked out on Saturday and Sunday, so I feel like my path is currently heading straight in the direction of my goal. I now feel that my next detour will be much shorter

I’ve been eating very well the past few days and following the Every Other Day Diet Plan right on the money, so it won’t be long before the results start showing once again.

I’m committed to my goals and I’m committed to you. You are playing a key role in my fat loss success, and for that I’m extremely grateful.

Angie is feeling under the weather today and has been for the past few days along with the kids. She’s looking forward to documenting her journey once again as well. We love every second of it. It’s an incredibly powerful tool in your fat loss arsenal.

I look forward to sharing all the details of my journey and hope that you will share your comments and questions along the way.

Have an absolutely amazing day and never lose sight of your ultimate goal. You deserve it!

In my opinion actions speak louder than words. It’s easy for people to say that a diet program is effective, but I like to actually see the results before I believe it. This is what my wife Angie and I are doing for you. We are applying the teachings of The Every Other Day Diet Plan and documenting our journey each and every day. Rather than having us tell you how totally awesome the program is, we want to prove it to you by sharing and showing our results. So just how effective is the Every Other Day Diet Plan?

Both Angie and I have to invest in belts and new cloths because our pants are literally falling off of us. I’ve obliterated 10 pounds of fat from my body in the first month and Angie’s abs are starting to very cut.

Here’s some photos…

Angie after 4 weeks on the program… the abs are starting to pop out

Angie and I have put together a video discussing how we’ve optimized the program as well as why Angie hates dieting. We hope that you enjoy it.

The impressive thing is that we really don’t have a lot of weight to lose to begin with. My point is that when you are already pretty lean it is often much more difficult to burn those last remaining 10-20 pounds from your body than it would be for someone who has to burn 100 pounds of fat from their body.

Scott’s embarrassing before picture I really didn’t want to post this up because I was ashamed that I temporarily let my business life consume me and my body fell apart.

The best thing about the Every Other Day Diet Plan is that I’m burning pretty darn close to 100% fat as opposed to most diet plans where you would lose mostly water weight and muscle in the first few weeks. I’ve been monitoring this very carefully and I take multiple measurements with calipers and my very expensive bio-electrical-impedance scale. Many times I just give my head a shake when I see the results.

Jon Benson and Janis Hauser have done a tremendous job of creating a diet program that will fit into anyone’s lifestyle. Angie and I give 100% praise to The Every Other Day Diet Plan and recommend it for everyone. But hey, don’t just go based on what we say. Go by our results. Realize that we are no different from you. If we can do it so can you.

Scott after 4 weeks on the program and over 10 pounds of fat loss

Look for our updated pictures every Friday. This is our commitment to you. And we will give updated videos as well.

Thank you for sharing in this journey with us. We hope that it has a positive impact on your body and your life.

To learn more about The Every Other Day Diet Plan simply visit…

www.EveryOtherDayDietPlan.com

If you haven’t listened to the interview that I did with Jon covering some very important information on why most diets actually make you fat and why managing your stress and applying a stress free way of eating is crucial to your hormone balance and your ability to burn fat then you must take some time to listen by following this link:

Every Other Day Diet Interview