“That’s not to say you can’t enjoy breakfast. The reality is that if you enjoy that, you should not feel shame for getting up and cooking breakfast.”

-Dr. Will Cole

“Even in Ketotarian you didn’t say to eat all the vegetables all the time. You encouraged people to eat what they like.”

-Jimmy Moore

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Today we tackle some of the most common diet myths and how to address them, including:

COMMON DIET PHRASES PEOPLE USE

• If it tastes good, spit it out
• Eat everything in moderation as part of a balanced diet (no deprivation)
• Breakfast is the most important meal of the day
• I fell off the wagon so I failed on my diet
• You’ll gain 25 pounds between Thanksgiving and Christmas
• No pain no gain
• You need to be a little bit hungry if you want to lose weight
• Eat lots of small meals throughout the day to boost your metabolism
• It’s all about calories in, calories out (eat less, move more)
• I must not have enough willpower
• The calories you eat on your birthday (or any holiday) don’t count
• There’s no reason to diet because 95% of the people who do gain back all the weight and then some
• I must be big-boned and the wrong body type to lose weight
• All my family has obesity and diabetes, so it must be genetic that I will too
• I’ll start my diet tomorrow
• You are what you eat
• I can’t have that