Tag: 3-weeks to shredded

Transformation Story

Name: Andy Norzagaray
Age: 27
Starting Weight: 250
Current Weight: 190
Which Dolce Diet book helped you on your journey?
Living Lean

Today I went to the doctor for a wellness check, based on your recommendation of doing so, I’ve lost 60 lbs. in the last year and my blood work was exemplary. Ten months ago I had a similar check-up and here are the differences in my labs:
Triglycerides went from 240 to 74
HDL Cholesterol went from 41 to 63
LDL Cholesterol went from 120 to 66
Blood pressure went from 160/90 to 129/83
My health is at an all time best. A few years ago, it was at an all time low. I spent six years in the United States Marine Corps. Upon my discharge I had a series of misfortunate events happen in my life that sent me into a dark place in my life filled with self pity and eating lots of “comfort food.” I was fat, out of shape and depressed. I began listening to Joey Diaz’s “Church of What’s Happening Now.” Joey Diaz motivated me to quit feeling bad for myself. When you were on his show, you guys helped me make the decision to start The Dolce Diet. A few weeks later I ordered “Living Lean.” This was around May 2013.
Once I started living the lifestyle, the weight started dropping really fast. I began jogging a few times a week. I could only run one lap before I had to stop due to the pain throughout my body and the inability to breath.
A few months after that in August I got a gym membership at a commercial gym. I’ve been grinding it out ever since. This past Sunday, March 23rd, I ran a half-marathon in 151:44; placing 157th out of 900. Two days later I went to the gym and dead lifted 455lbs raw “PR”. I plan on competing in a powerlifting meet this summer while still training in distance running in order to help me reach my goal of becoming a strength and conditioning coach. I’m currently attending a junior college full time using my VA benefits. In a year and a half I will be transferring to the Nutrition program at the University of Arizona.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You’ve been a huge inspiration. Keep kicking ass and motivating others to live a healthy lifestyle.
Andy Norzagaray

Mike Dolce is the World MMA Awards 2013 Trainer of The Year, the founder of The Dolce Diet & creator of UFC FIT. He is known the world over for his work managing the weight cuts of UFC athletes like Johny Hendricks, Gilbert Melendez, Vitor Belfort, Thiago Alves, Chael Sonnen, Nik Lentz, Jake Ellenberger and more!
His #1 international best-selling books include The Dolce Diet: 3 Weeks to Shredded, The Dolce Diet: Living Lean, & The Dolce Diet: Living Lean Cookbook and The Dolce Diet: College Diet Guide. For more information on Mike’s books, MMA weight cuts, weight management, gaining muscle, weight loss, overall healthy living, UFC FIT and so much more, visit TheDolceDiet.com & TheMikeDolceShow.com & UFCFIT.com.

Mike answers your questions and makes a couple of surprise phone calls to listeners!
The founder of The Dolce Diet & creator of UFC FIT, Mike Dolce is known the world over for his work managing the weight cuts of UFC athletes like Johny Hendricks, Gilbert Melendez, Vitor Belfort, Thiago Alves, Chael Sonnen, Nik Lentz, Jake Ellenberger and more!
His #1 international best-selling books include The Dolce Diet: 3 Weeks to Shredded, The Dolce Diet: Living Lean, & The Dolce Diet: Living Lean Cookbook. For more information on Mike’s books, MMA weight cuts, weight management, gaining muscle, weight loss, overall healthy living, UFC FIT and so much more, visit TheDolceDiet.com & TheMikeDolceShow.com & UFCFIT.com.

Tough guys can diet, too – or at least I hope so

The Telegraph’s boxing and mixed martial arts correspondent wants to lose his flab, so, fittingly, has embarked on a tough regime used by top fighters

We’ve all seen the ads: get a fighter’s physique in 12 weeks, with bulging biceps, sculpted abs and tiny waist. But I’m not interested in attaining the chiselled, muscular look – just in getting rid of my sizeable paunch.
None the less, as The Daily Telegraph’s correspondent on boxing and mixed martial arts, I’m embarking on the Dolce Diet, the tough weight-loss regime used by world-class professional fighters.
Why? I’ve seen the results. Mixed martial arts is the fastest-growing sport in the world, one in which participants are allowed to kick, punch, knee, wrestle and grapple each other on the floor. World champion fighters – men such as Johnny Hendricks from Texas or Britain’s Michael Bisping – typically walk around at 220lb (16 stone) but are, incredibly, able to “boil down” by about 50lb (3.6 stone) in the three months leading up to a bout, to reach their fighting weight.

It’s a tough challenge – and many rely on fitness guru Mike Dolce, to help them. Dolce, 37, is a former wrestler, professional fighter and, at one point in his twenties, a muscle-bound powerlifter who bulked up to a massive 282lb (20 stone).

“Now I’m healthy and happy at 195lb [14 stone] – the perfect weight for my frame,” he tells me when we meet. “I can run 10 miles today, squat double my body weight for multiple repetitions, and do 100 push-ups at the drop of a hat.”
Dolce has agreed to oversee my weight-loss programme. Six foot tall and weighing 210lb (15 stone), I’m aiming to lose 30lb (2 stone) in 12 weeks. At 48, I’m up against not a champion fighter, but a typical journalist’s lifestyle, including constant travel and bad eating habits.
So far, I’ve followed Dolce’s instructions to the letter: all the “normal” food has been cleared from the fridge and kitchen cupboards, to be stored in boxes or given away. Thankfully there are no family meals to worry about: both my daughters are at university and my wife Andrea, a qualified yoga instructor, is joining me on the diet.
Armed with a 137-page manual, a shopping list, recipes and 12 DVDs, I’m ready to tackle the Dolce regime. I’ll be committing to an hour of intense plyometric exercise – in which muscles exert maximum force in as short a time as possible – which means that, each day, I’ll be attacking thin air with my fists, knees and feet, and lifting light weights while doing so.
I am permitted four meals and two snacks daily. But there’s no worries about calorie counting – as long as I stick to the recipes in Dolce’s book.

On the menu are foods such as almond milk (lactose and cholesterol-free), organic agave nectar, chickpeas, broccoli, quinoa, buckwheat, tofu and wild salmon; those more associated with high-end diet mags than fight culture. Andrea is delighted: there are oats and berry smoothies for breakfast, dates and pecans for a mid-morning snack, Waldorf “warrior” salad and a skinny “sumo” stir-fry for dinner.

Like a fighter pursuing the world title belt, the success of this experiment could come down to how much I want this. I’ll be travelling to fights for five of the next 12 weeks, so the real test will be sticking to the Dolce plan while on the move.
The man himself is encouraging. “There’s no reward without the pain,” he tells me. But, he promises that the programme, if I stick to it, will transform me into “the person you deserve to be”.
More information can be found at ufcfit.com
Article originally posted here at Telegraph.co.uk

Johny Hendricks defeated Robbie Lawler to capture the UFC Welterweight Title Saturday night at UFC 171. Congratulations to the new champion!

Congratulations to Mike Morrall for his incredible 95-pound weight loss! Mike sent this photo to us at The Dolce Diet Facebook Page and we wanted to share his inspirational success story with you! In Mike’s own words, he says it was “All Dolce Diet.” But really, such dedication comes from Mike’s hard work, perseverance and belief in oneself. Nice work, Mike!

by Brian Rose,
Host of London Real

I have been following the rise and rise of Mike Dolce for years. Since first seeing him as a contestant on the UFC reality show “The Ultimate Fighter” to his subsequent rebirth as MMA’s premiere diet and fitness expert, I have always admired his dedication, attitude, and work ethic.
Upon meeting Mike there is one thing that is immediately obvious….he’s Congruent. Mike doesn’t just preach his philosophy but actually lives it himself 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. He chooses his clients based on their character knowing that he’ll literally be living with them for weeks a time during a fight training camp. And when it comes time to lose 20-30 pounds the week of the fight? He cuts weight with them…like a true professional.
I’m very proud to present to you the World MMA Trainer of the Year and a man consistent with the London Real ethos in every way. To quote Mike, “I still see myself as a white belt in the game, there is so much for me to learn.” Amen to that brother.
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Feb. 21, 2014 –“Rowdy” Ronda Rousey weighed in at 135 lbs. for her bantamweight title defense for UFC 170. Rousey again worked with expert weight management coach Mike Dolce leading up to her championship bout in which Rousey will face Sara McMann.

Feb. 21, 2014 – Mike “Quicksand” Pyle weighed in at 171 lbs. for his welterweight bout for UFC 170. Pyle worked with Mike Dolce for strength and conditioning as well as weight management leading up to the bout in which Pyle will face T.J. Waldburger.

Mike answers your questions and makes a couple of surprise phone calls to listeners!
The founder of The Dolce Diet & creator of UFC FIT, Mike Dolce is known the world over for his work managing the weight cuts of UFC athletes like Johny Hendricks, Gilbert Melendez, Vitor Belfort, Thiago Alves, Chael Sonnen, Nik Lentz, Jake Ellenberger and more!
His #1 international best-selling books include The Dolce Diet: 3 Weeks to Shredded, The Dolce Diet: Living Lean, & The Dolce Diet: Living Lean Cookbook. For more information on Mike’s books, MMA weight cuts, weight management, gaining muscle, weight loss, overall healthy living, UFC FIT and so much more, visit TheDolceDiet.com & TheMikeDolceShow.com & UFCFIT.com.