Regular brownies are loaded with refined sugar and gobs of butter. They usually have 280 to 320 calories per serving (a 2.5" square). Tom’s Burn The Fat Feed the Muscle brownies are high in protein with only 139 calories! Yes, he’s done it again - successfully cutting the calories of a classic treat in half!
Is it true that you can lose body fat if you're in a calorie deficit, regardless of what foods you eat? Contrary to what many people think, it is true! If so, then why avoid tasty processed food? You only live once (YOLO), so why not eat anything you want, just being sure to stay in a deficit, and enjoy life? The answer is, calories are the bottom line when it comes to weight loss but there's more to a good nutrition plan than just calories
What a treat this strawberry protein ice cream is on a hot summer's night! What a treat this is any time and any season, for that matter! If you're looking for a healthier alternative to high-fat, high-sugar ice-cream, you've come to the right place. This recipe has almost no fat, no added sugar, only 210 calories and nearly 30 grams of high-quality protein!
If you've been involved in the diet, fitness or bodybuilding space for long, you've probably heard the term meal prep (or meal prepping) many times before. But I have a question: Are you sure you know [...]
Low calorie beef stroganoff? Low fat beef stroganoff? Is that even possible? Isn't beef stroganoff high in calories? Isn't beef stroganoff known as a high fat comfort food? The traditional recipe is. But not our Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle beef stroganoff. Read on to see how we make this recipe healthier, with fewer calories and better macros (more protein!)...
For nutrition research nerds and for anyone interested in the newest science of sustainable dieting for physique transformation, Flexible Dieting is a must-read. For beginners and people not research savvy yet, this book will probably feel like heavy reading with so much science referenced. However, it’s worth the effort to study material like this and become scientifically literate. Learning from an evidence-based source can help free people from wasting time and money on countless fad diets. It will also help people master the art of customizing a plan so you can stick with it, maintain your results, and still enjoy the occasional indulgence.
Many top scientists and bodybuilding coaches have suggested that you should eat both after and before you train to maximize muscle-building results. Yet many people don't have time to prepare a full breakfast or sit around waiting for a big meal to digest before being able to train comfortably without nausea. For some, training in the early morning is the only time they can do it. If you're in the same boat, what should you do? Should you force yourself to eat at least something? Will you lose all your gains if you lift fasted? Or is there another solution?
Time-efficient training is a vitally important topic because lack of time is one of the most commonly reported barriers to exercising consistently. For many people, "no time to train" is their number one problem, or at least it's their biggest perceived problem. I say "perceived" because if they knew about the time-saving training strategies you're about to learn in this blog post, they wouldn't see "no time" as a problem anymore.
The topic of meal planning for improving body composition is terribly misunderstood. On my flexible meal planning webpage, I listed the 8 biggest meal plan myths, but there are even more myths than that. A [...]
Many people don't realize that meal planning and food tracking are not the same thing. In many ways, meal planning is far superior, especially when you have a meal planning template. In this post, you will learn the difference between meal planning and macro tracking or food journaling, plus you'll get a free meal plan template!
