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by Todd H.
As of March 2013 it has been 2 solid years since I changed my lifestyle and started living lean.
I started at (conservatively) 215 lbs. After my first round of Three Weeks to Shredded, commonly known in social media as (3W2S), I dropped 28 lbs and have not looked back. I am at, and have constantly remained at 187 lbs. +/- a few lbs.
No, it has not been easy; we all have our peaks and valleys. I never expected it to be easy, after all, real life is not like some commercial where you sprinkle some powder on your chili dog and everything turns out all right. Nothing valuable comes easy. This lifestyle requires a lot from the individual.
This lifestyle requires you to be accountable to yourself, become reliant upon yourself, make choices and live with the consequences of those choices, the good ones and the bad. It requires that you self govern and motivate yourself. See a theme here? This is about you and what you do; it has no chance of getting done otherwise.
Self-motivation is a huge aspect of this lifestyle but we all get down on ourselves at times and need help. This is where the masterful Mike Dolce steps in. Listen and re-listen to his podcasts. It is like having him over your shoulder coaching you anytime, anywhere through your ear buds. He is talking about a subject you don’t really care about? Use that time to think of what great and healthy meal you are going to make for dinner, then go back to listening.
Use MyDolceDiet.com and The Dolce Diet Facebook, ask questions, start discussions; you get no answer right away? Hit Twitter, if Mike doesn’t answer himself (which is crazy, I think he has clones of himself) then #hashtag that ****ing tweet! Get with it! #3W2S #LivingLean #TheDolceDiet #LivingLeanCookBook #EarthGrownNutrients #HelpMeDolce (LOL) Somebody in this Living Lean Community will see it and get back to you. Use this team as a motivational tool.
Mike Dolce and Brandy Dolce are like your Training Camp coaches, except this isn’t a 6-week or 12-week camp, this is for life! Don’t give up – don’t give in. Use the resources available to your advantage. Make friends, follow, check @TheDolceDiet’s favorites, fill up your favorites with other people’s inspiring tweets, their success stories and go back and use those to motivate you. It works! I do it.
I have a vacation to Hawaii coming up I leave April 23 to paradise and I plan on being half naked about 98.9% of the time I am there. I am going to be surfing, swimming, paddle boarding, hiking, kayaking, I am going to squeeze every ounce of health and vitality that I have been blessed with, count on it. Like I said I am also going to be half naked, constantly so, I start another round of 3W2S on April 1st. I have already marked my calendar with my GOAL that by the weekend of April 20th I will be a lean mean, washboard abs machine!
Mike doesn’t type and talk until he is blue in the face for us to not take heed. He does it so we will set goals and do our very best to reach those goals. I consider Mike and his team to be my coaches, and coaches with this high level of passion and this much availability come around maybe once in a lifetime. I plan on taking heed and reaping the blessings that come with their dedication and their want for me to succeed. I will not squander this opportunity.
As always I really appreciate you taking the time to read my rants and I hope it encourages you to set your own personal goals and reach the high level of health and vitality that we are all capable of.
*Individual results may vary
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Above: Johny Hendricks weighs in via The Dolce Diet for his UFC 158 fight against Carlos Condit. Photo by Tracy Lee. Below: Johny cuts the last couple pounds earlier in the day with Mike Dolce. As usual, no sauna needed.
We’re sharing Todd’s blog post describing his experience with one of the largest sandwich chains in the world. Please feel free to express your thoughts and comments. Open-minded dialogue is always welcome!
I tried my hardest to convince myself that the horrible gastrointestinal problems I was having was just a coincidence. But as I previously said, “you can only ignore things for so long”.
~TODD HARWOOD, MyDolceDiet.com Member
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Whenever diet talk or eating healthy fast food comes up in a conversation, Subway seems to be the first outlet that is mentioned and I wanted to add my two cents to the discussion.
For many years Subway became my daily default meal option. This was a byproduct of being very lazy, yes lazy and hiding that laziness behind excuses. “I am so busy”, “I am tired”, “I don’t want to cook”…the list could go on.
I kept telling myself, “this is the best fast food option possible”, (I mean come on “Subway, Eat Fresh”). There was however a voice inside my head, it was telling me differently. For many years I have always encouraged people, “never second guess your first gut feeling”. A life philosophy I have always hammered home to people and thought I was practicing what I was preaching, but I wasn’t.
I was ignoring what my body was telling me, It wasn’t that I didn’t hear what my body was telling me, I was just choosing not to listen and ignoring it. Truth is, you can only ignore things for so long.
I was getting the healthiest options available, wheat bread, tons of spinach, all veggies. Veggie patty or turkey slices. No sauce, just oil and vinegar. I would however always end up with chips and a soda. Can’t ever turn down a combo meal discount, right?
Time passed, I tried my hardest to convince myself that the horrible gastrointestinal problems I was having was just a coincidence. But as I previously said, “you can only ignore things for so long”.
This eating habit was not just having an affect on me, my wife got on the same eating plan as myself and in that plan, the largest part of the eating pyramid was filled with take out and mostly Subway. She started having the same problems that I had. Loss of energy, gastrointestinal problems, unrest full sleep, heartburn or acid reflux.
Right before I started The Dolce Diet 3W2S, we both dropped eating Subway, cold turkey (no pun intended). And the problems we were both having halted. Now 90+% of what we eat is earth grown nutrients that I have personally bought (farmers market) and prepared with my own hands. This way of eating has a snowball effect. You have less “issues” and more energy; therefore you are able to have that extra energy to prepare your own meals and pre prepare meals so you are not forced to stop at Subway or any other take out joint, you break the cycle.
This is not a scientific experiment, this is an anecdotal story. Not every person will have the same issues when they eat food like Subway. I don’t want or expect people to take this as gospel. But I do encourage you to listen to your body, go with that gut feeling, don’t second guess it. Your body will tell you what is best for it and if you listen it will reward you with health and vitality that you didn’t know you could achieve.
Thank you for reading.
Here are some links to articles that talk a bit about the sources of Subway’s products. Take responsibility, you do the research, be accountable, you ask the questions. It is your body.
Truth is, when feeding the masses, the major percent of food suppliers are not that concerned with your individual long term or short term health.
“Dolce has definitely changed my life, my career. I’ve been working with him for over a year now. … I feel much better, I walk around much lighter. I pack a lot more muscle and less fat than the way I used to. And my energy level is through the roof.”
~THIAGO “PITBULL” ALVES
READ ARTICLE: WELTERWEIGHT THIAGO ALVES CREDITS MIKE DOLCE FOR WINNING FORMULA
[blockquote cite=”Thiago Alves, UFC 124 post-fight-press conference, NYtimes.com”]The Dolce Diet is not just a diet, it’s a life choice. Everything that (Mike Dolce) tells you – you’ve got to surround yourself with healthy people that are going to help take you where you want to get. I always train hard. I’ve got a great camp with me. But it’s pretty much The Dolce Diet and the life choices that made a huge difference in this fight.[/blockquote]
“Mike Dolce is the reason I went to 145. I had always had a hard time making 155, and when I got into the cage, I was drained because of it. I knew I needed to make a change and stalked enough people until I got Dolce’s number.
I then preceded to text him constantly until he had to reply. I’m sure he was like, “Who the #$%^ is this guy, and why won’t he leave me alone!” I got him on the phone and he asked me what I wanted to do with my career. I told him I wanted to be a world champion and I knew I had the talent to do it, but I was just missing the tools to make it happen. He said he would work with me as long as I went to 145. I was scared to death of the thought of dropping that much weight. Like I said, it was incredibly hard for me to make 155, and now this dude wanted to see me at 145. I decided what the hell, and said, “Let’s do it.” When I hung up, I felt like I was going to throw up. I pictured myself dying in the sauna, but I have not set foot in a sauna or put on a rubber suit since working with him. The dude is a nutritional genius. The diet also made it so I had more energy, so now I can work out twice as long.”
~NIK “THE CARNY” LENTZ, #8 WORLD-RANKED UFC LIGHTWEIGHT
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Kris shared his inspirational weight loss story with us via Mike Dolce’s Twitter page @thedolcediet and his transformation is incredible! Way to go, Kris!
@TheDolceDiet Thank you for giving us the tools for better health. As of today, down 100 pounds since August 20 2012 ~@krisv79
World renowned weight management expert Mike Dolce offers simple and practical advice on healthy weight loss and muscle gain. In Ep. 17 Mike answers your questions from his Twitter and Facebook pages. Topics include binge eating, how to stave of cravings, food shopping, nutrient density, bad habits, calories, eating healthy at restaurants, water purifiers, plants as lean proteins and more!
Andy Brisk shared his story with us through The Dolce Diet Facebook page. If you have a personal health success story you’d like to send us, please do so either on our Facebook page or by using the Contact page. Be sure to check out Mike’s thoughts on Andy’s story on Ep. 17 of The Mike Dolce Show!
Hi guys,
My name is Andy, I live in Liverpool, UK. I’m 28 years old, 5ft 8.
I just wanted to share my story with you. You guys have really kept me motivated, I listen to the podcasts constantly and own both of your Living Lean books. I have been in and out of gyms since I was 18. I would get so far but then my progress would halt because I never changed my diet, and I didn’t know anything about food, or even cooking. Before I got your books, I could not even cook! So I learned (still learning!) how to cook by using your recipes. What a great way to start.
I’m a small guy, everyone has always told me ‘you don’t need to lose weight,’ ‘You’re too skinny,’ etc., but I knew better, I was ‘skinny fat,’ and I hated it. I eventually became disgusted with what I had done to my body and decided that I needed to change my lifestyle. I was tired of feeling horrible and sorry for myself all the time. I got hold of Living Lean and read it a couple of times. It really changed my outlook towards food and training, and off I went. I have not been to the gym in months, instead I got hold of DVD home training program and stuck to it religiously, I still do, and when UFC FIT comes out I’ll be jumping straight onto it for a change.
Thanks to your podcasts and books, I understand just how important food is when we’re trying to get lean and fit. I learned the hard way that training will only get you so far. I’m so much more motivated these days, and I will NEVER go back to what I was, EVER. I still have a long way to go, but I’m up for the challenge and with your coaching I know I’ll be just fine!
So guys, thanks for the knowledge you share with us, and for keeping us accountable and motivated. You made a real difference in my life!
BOOOOOM!
-Andy Brisk
