Because that's what it's all about, right? Maintenance. Can you maintain that Low/No-Carb diet forever? Can you maintain that uber-restrictive clean eating plan? Or that juice fast/skinny coffee/coffee with butter/fat-blast lollipop/whatever diet? I sure the hell couldn't. I can't maintain even the CONCEPT of those kinds of insane restrictions long term. One of the first things that I learned from James via his videos was this: You don't need a diet. You HAVE a diet. You just need to make it work for you. And that's where the education that he provides comes in... to learn what your daily energy expenditure and calorie needs look like, and then work with those numbers to create a sensible, reasonable deficit that will result in losing fat. What is the point in taking the elevator at work to then pull yourself out of bed at 5am to walk on a treadmill for an hour? That isn’t a good deal. Instead stay in bed and focus on becoming more active during your day to day life. I was lost. I was ten years old and couldn’t get an answer from any adults on how to not be fat. It’s why I have a chip on my shoulder now. I was so excited when I found out James was brining out a new book. Im a huge fan of his podcast and really enjoyed his first book Not a Diet Book. It came out at the right time for me personally and Not a Life a coach has absolutely nailed it’s timing too.

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Good for perhaps a teenager or someone in their early twenties who aren’t sure on what route to take in their lives. Awful. Had to give up. He's right. He's not a life coach. Got fed up of the references to his penis. Also got fed up of the "everyones born the same you are what you make of yourself" drivel. Coming from a white man this is utter shite. You could swap lean meat for red meat and save a few extra calories. However, try not to go too low on fats. As mentioned earlier, dietary fats are vital not only for the production of essential hormones, also for fat-soluble vitamins such as Vitamin A, D, E and K. The benefit of reducing fats to create a calorie deficit Carbs are stored for use in muscle tissue (as glycogen) and for every 1g of carb that enters a cell, 3-5g of water usually accompany it. So, if you eat 100g of carbs (400kcals), you could gain 0.3-0.5kg of water just stored alongside. So when you eliminate carbs in your diet, you will notice sudden drop in your body weight. But here’s the catch. This sudden weight loss mostly comes from water weight loss, not the actual fat loss. James’s guide is really simple. If you eat more calories than you use, you gain weight. If you use more than you eat, you lose weight. SIMPLE GUIDE

Same with food prep programs like Jenny Craig. Yes, you'll lose weight. But you won't know how to do it WITHOUT THEM. And that's what they're counting on. But James doesn’t recommend Keto. Why? To eliminate carbs altogether is not a good idea. Carbs supply energy for the muscles but let’s not forget the brain. It’s not uncommon for people on keto to experience lethargy and brain fog. So, if you want to be on top of your game, carbs are your friends. After all, the mindset of an aspiring athlete is much healthier than that of an aspiring diet. Intermittent fasting here and there doesn’t hurt

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When we get enough quality sleep, we make better decisions and often times this means making correct food choices. But when sleep deprivation impairs our cognitive abilities, things go sideways. We end up eating all sorts of sugary and high-fat foods. Cortisol and melatonin are your sleep hormones the key to a successful and sustainable calorie deficit is to not cut your calories so drastically that you feel like you’re on a restrictive diet

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