People Wont Believe Me

By: Michael Beiter

I don't usually work on Sundays, but when I do, I make it a good one.

A client of mine is a year older than me. We went to school together, and he hired me to help him with stubborn body fat and his health.

Since June 2022, he has surprised himself and those around him:

"This month, I ate three weeks of maintenance and one at a deficit. You told me I needed to do this since day one, but I was scared. After the first week of maintenance calories, I felt better with energy levels throughout the day and in the gym, so I kept going for three weeks!

Over the last year, I'd never expected to have these results at all. You taught me the tools I need to use. I haven't perfected it, but I know enough already to be looking at the lowest body weight in my adult life.

You also led me to believe I never needed keto or Crossfit. Even with the lifestyle changes, I can go out and socialize without missing out because of some diet or workout regime I'm on. It's genuinely livable."

As he looks down the two-hundred-pound bodyweight mark for the first time since high school, he is still blown away by his response to eating more.

His response is not isolated. Many clients are ambivalent about their need to eat more, even when fat loss is their goal.

Diet breaks rule, even though they are counterintuitive. Eating more is objectively definable for everyone, so it's not a pass to be an idiot and eat whatever you want for a week. But when done correctly, eating more food and giving your body and mind a break from deficit calories is a lethal dietary weapon.

Additionally, this client has used Pokemon Go, a mobile game that encourages movement, as his primary exercise. Essentially, he has walked and dieted his body fat off. This is antithetical to the theory of high-intensity training that so many are married to.

If you can walk and count macros to lose fat, why would you ever do HIIT again?

33 yr old male case study, 9 months in