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@Raven2944: Reppin @TheDolceDiet in Machu Picchu, Peru!

Congratulations Nik Lentz for weighing in at 146 lbs. for his fight against Hacran Dias. Coach Mike Dolce coordinated the weight cut for this event as well as Lentz’s last three fights. Lentz (23-5-2 MMA, 7-2-1) meets Dias (21-1-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) in a featherweight bout to close out the prelims of UFC on FX 8 in Brazil tomorrow, May 18, 2013. For information on how to watch, visit UFC.com

MyDolceDiet.com member Travis Reynolds began his journey not too long ago at 265 lbs and is now 244.5! He lost an additional 5 lbs after writing the blog post below. That’s more than 20 lbs obliterated so far following The Dolce Diet Principles! Here’s a glimpse into his experience thus far. Enjoy!

by Travis Reynolds
Four weeks later, fifteen pounds down and all the big lifts remain stable.
Since I picked up the Mike Dolce books, “Living Lean” and the “Living Lean Cookbook,” this guy has drastically cut down fast food intake and almost completely eliminated junk food. I haven’t experienced success like this since the first weight cut back in ’09 and I can’t stress enough how helpful those books have been.
Lunch changed from two to three burritos at Taco Bell (!) to something like the green leaf lettuce/tomato/apple/walnut salad seen above. Dinner has changed from more Taco Bell to homemade stir fry with grapeseed or coconut oil. Delicious food for a fraction of the calories, people.
It’s not that I didn’t know how to do it, as I’ve lamented before. It’s just that I always felt so aimless in how to put things together. The Dolce Diet isn’t so much a template with day-by-day instructions as it is an inspirational set of principles; it doesn’t hold my hand in the process, only puts the way on display in big, broad strokes.
It isn’t easy, not when I’m surrounded by quick, cheap and hyperpalatable options on all sides and at all times. But it’s fulfilling, and that’s important. It isn’t easy when there is a metric butt-ton of cake on consecutive days at the office, or when friends and family make jokes about my food choices or pressure me to eat the same processed stuff they do. But rising above all that feels good, feels righteous.
I still have a long way to go, starting at 265 and shooting for 200. I weighed in at 250 on Thursday. I’ve come too far already to turn around and give up.

Check out Travis’s blog

Nik Lentz checks his weight during @UFC BRASIL fight week. That is one HUGE featherweight! ~Mike Dolce

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In Episode 33, Mike Dolce answers your questions! Topics include that one time Mike ate chocolate cake for lunch, communicating with your spouse about healthy eating, UFC FIT, what to eat and drink at Starbucks, what’s in fast food, building muscle despite a cardio-laden lifestyle, how to create your Dolce Diet meal plan around your training schedule, how Mike changes his training schedule to avoid complacency, healthy birthday cake alternatives, The Dolce Diet Sauteed Spinach with Garlic recipe, and more!
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, Vitor Belfort, Thiago Alves, Chael Sonnen, Quinton Jackson, 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.

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Mike answers your questions including how Mike & Brandy met, how healthy is pho, working out while sick, mercury poisoning from tuna and sardines, high school wrestling strength training, red meat, fat loss from peppers, buckwheat, rehydrating after being sick, how to pair meals on The Dolce Diet, tanning safety, should I wear flat shoes on leg day, dog training, and will doing heavy cardio slow down muscle gain?
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, Vitor Belfort, Thiago Alves, Chael Sonnen, Quinton Jackson, 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.

The Chop-Chop & Zoey Incident

April 26, 2013, NEW JERSEY – Chael Sonnen today weighed in at 205 lbs. via The Dolce Diet for his world title fight against Jon Jones. The two will meet in the Octagon for UFC 159 at The Prudential Center. 

by Shantanee, MYDolceDiet.com Member
Figured I’d give this a go….
Oftentimes, I find myself wondering why I’ve failed so many times at this weight loss business. The end-all, be-all to my miserable existence. Dramatic? Possibly, but its been a life-long problem. It didn’t surface a few years ago, or even a few months ago, it’s ALWAYS been a problem. It’s been THE problem.
Even as a kid, the constant ridicule at grade school as well as home, made eating a comfort for me, and the pounds added up. I was never pushed to play any sports, hell even discouraged from even bothering on my own in High School. Why bother? Ya know, I wouldn’t be any good at them! Learned behavior. The worst possible learned behavior imaginable.
Nothing has ever panned out. Everything I have ever done has been met with a half-ass approach or no approach at all. The confidence of loving the way you look and feel hadn’t been present up until a year ago. I would go through cycles of years of, lose ten pounds, gain back 15, get frustrated, and give up. That was my life. I was used to failure and misery, and its comfortable for me. Even now sometimes, it is.
Once I hit my heaviest weight (272), I was pretty bummed to say the least. I went back into my lose weight, gain it back, get frustrated, and give up cycle yet again. Because I love to torture myself. Oddly enough, my cycle was repeated, but a lot more disciplined. Still not the best plan, but better nonetheless.
Two years had passed, and I would get compliments about losing weight, all the time! People would ask “How much weight have you lost?” I would respond with “Not sure, about 20 pounds or so.” The compliments came in waves, and I’d brush them off. I didn’t notice like everyone else did.

After a year and a half, I’d finally weight myself…51 pounds lost.

I refused to even believe that me with my track record, could even pull that off. I didn’t take much pride in it, because it wasn’t like me to really accomplish anything this significant.  And it wasn’t the 120 pounds I want to lose, so it didn’t matter.

Fifty pounds is a HUGE deal! I realized over time that I’m not afraid of falling on my face, or failing. I’m afraid of success itself. I’m afraid to experience a world where I can have all the things I want out of life. I don’t know what’s that’s like. AT ALL! They’ve always seemed so unattainable before.

I still have zero idea how I did it, and I knew if I wanted to lose more weight and keep this weight off, I needed a different plan, and to make it a lifestyle change…That’s why I’m here. (at MyDolceDiet.com). It was suggested to me via twitter, but I wasn’t sure I was ready, so I waited months to give the Dolce Diet a go.
Months later and 13 pounds down, I can’t ignore the difference it’s made on my life. Not just how I look, but how I feel. Doesn’t come without some self-sabotage though. I am guilty of standing in my own way sometimes, but I’m changing and growing more everyday.
I’m not used to this kind of relentless positivity, a wonderful support system, or feeling like I can actually do this. It’s new and it’s scary as hell, but I’m just gonna try my best to do what it takes, to be the best me I can…Gosh that’s cheesy! Ha! Something else I learned from that Dolce dude… 😉

Join the free MyDolceDiet.com Community today. get inspired and connect with people who are on similar, healthy journeys. let’s do this!

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Mike Dolce joins Showdown Joe Ferraro to discuss the UFC FIT program and the politics behind getting MMA legalized in New York City.

Celebrity Landscape Artist Justin Norris joins Mike and Brandy in studio to explain how anyone can grow their own garden in any place. Topics include how to get your garden started, organic gardening, balcony and indoor gardening, hydroponics, getting rid of garden pests, how to plant different types of vegetables and fruit, protein-dense vegetables and more!
The founder of The Dolce Diet, Mike Dolce is known the world over for his work managing the weight cuts of UFC athletes like Johny Hendricks, Vitor Belfort, Thiago Alves, Chael Sonnen, Quinton Jackson, 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