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July 18, 2008
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As much as I love reading magazines like Men’s Fitness, Men’s Health, Maximum Fitness and Reps… I discovered that they might be leading you astray (unintentionally) when it comes to nutrition and finding a healthy meal plan.
This email will speak to you (bluntly) if you live by a ‘But I eat healthy,’ mentality, and I’ll share more reasons why you’ll never see your gym efforts transfer to time invested instead of time spent.
Let’s see if you and I think alike and if you see the same problem with these ‘health facts’ and ‘nutrition tips’ that make up a good percentage of the magazine content.
* A McDonald’s large chocolate shake has 1,160 calories and and 168 grams of sugar so make your own home made smoothie instead.
* Eat more Vitamin E from sunflower seeds and almonds because it will help you combat free radicals and live longer.
* Eat more salmon instead of white tuna because it has less mercury, keeps you full longer and has the same amount of protein.
* Eat ‘this’ instead of ‘that’
* Drink 4-7 cups of red wine each week to decrease your chance of diabetes by 48%.
* Kick your liquid sugar habit by cutting out milk, alcohol, juices and sodas and replace it with green tea and water.
* When you’re craving sugar, go for a handful of berries and melons that will not affect your six pack like muffins and doughnuts.
None of this information is wrong, and if you’re a complete beginner then you might be able to knock off 10-20 pounds by just applying this new knowledge.
But, do you see the main problem?
* How do you know if you’ve over consumed?
* How do you know if you’ve under consumed?
* How do you know exactly how much to consume?
* What do you do at the end of the week when you’ve applied this advice and still weigh the same? What do you change?
* How can I help you change anything if I don’t see what you are currently putting in your mouth and in what amounts?
* What do you take out and how much do you take out if you jump on the scale and have gained more fat than muscle?
* How do you know if you should buy 12 apples or 6 apples or if you should buy 2 loaves of bread or 1 loaf of bread?
Do you see how you’re setting yourself up for failure if you are just guessing and relying on a ‘But I don’t eat bad food’ mentality?
These are just a few problems with ‘winging’ your nutrition and not having a specific meal plan designed to your specific goal.
That’s why in almost 2 years I’ve never sent you an email with a bag full of ‘tips’ and ‘tricks.’ I always redirect you back to my website to get a complete plan you follow each and every day - because this is the only way I can TRULY help you.
Click here to invest into your own 84-day healthy meal plans
The next component is figuring out how many calories you should start with. Included in my No Nonsense Muscle Building program, you get a customized Metabolic Calculator that will ask you some personal information and give you four options:
* Do you want to bulk up progressively?
* Do you want to bulk up aggressively?
* Do you want to maintain?
* Do you want to cut?
Plug your info into a formula and you’ll be told which meal plan to begin with. I will note that these meal plans may appear ‘intense’ and you will have to increase the ‘intensity’ of the plan over time - just like your training.
Your ultimate goal is to follow your plan at least 90% of the time which might take you a few months to build up to and incorporate into your lifestyle.
But at least now you have a benchmark and standard to aim for each day. If you only hit 2 of your 5 meals then it’s no surprise that you are weaker in the gym today, and sore.
If you had 3 cups of pasta instead of 1 cup then it’s no surprise that you have not lost any weight this week.
Grab your 84-day healthy meal plans and get a complete set of meal plans, veggie meal plans and cheap meal plans that range from 2,000 calories to 6,000 calories.
Start with one and progress your way up if you want more mass and size, or work your way down if you want to turn your zero-pack into a two-pack, then four-pack then six-pack.
The Metabolic Calculator will tell you where to start, and the best part, as I mentioned in my last post, is that you will have these healthy meal plans for LIFE!
Print them off, bind them and put your plan in the kitchen, and get started.
But let me say, these plans are not perfect. You WILL see foods you do not have in your country, or foods you do not like, or that are too expensive. Follow what you can and tweak what you must - you can have a say too 
Don’t be a robot or slave to the plan. If you hate beef then just eat the same amount in chicken or fish. No big deal.
Get Your Healthy Meal Plans, Cheap Meal Plans and Veggie Meal Plans and start Day 1 this coming Monday.
Do it today so you have the weekend to review them, shop and prepare. I am off to the beach right now to rent sea doos! I’ll let you know how that goes next week.
Have a great weekend,
Vince DelMonte
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