And if you do bank on it, it's because there's a bunch inside of your diet or at least a good

amount inside your diet that's probably not optimized yet.

And you need to have that room to optimize in order to be able to lose weight at maintenance

calories, essentially.

Welcome to the tailored life podcast.

This is the podcast for anybody listening who is an average individual who wants to be more than an average individual. That is who I am. I'm an average dude

trying to accomplish above average things, live in above average life and do it all with an

above average physique. And that's who we coach

we coach average people trying to accomplish more in their life and do it in a body that they can

love appreciate and be proud of this is a fitness and nutrition podcast so if you are new to the show

that is the primary thing that we talk about here but uh i don't shy away from talking about other things.

We expand into many different scopes because that's life. That's training. That's nutrition.

That's coaching. That's really what this is. Right. It's coaching because coaching goes so far beyond

diet, macros, training, reps, muscle. It goes into the mind. It goes into the heart, goes into the

soul. Everything's connected, not to get all woo straight out the gate. But that's the reality. So we go

deeper and deeper with these podcasts. So if you're new here, welcome. I'm excited for you to be here.

If you are a returning listener, thank you so much for coming back and listening to the show.

I'll say it again like I do every time. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate you being here and spending time with me in your headphones or in your car speakers or wherever you may be at the gym, whatever it is. I truly do appreciate it. It's humbling. It's an honor and I'm just so excited that I get the opportunity to do what I do for a living

and I get to do it for people like you listen to this because if you were listening to this,

that means you are like a, you're like a one percenter. You're a one to five percenter. Let's say five

percent. Let's, you know, I mean, it'd be even better if it were one percent or if really think about it, but the point is, is that not that many people actually do what you're doing

right now. And I want to, like, before I jump into the questions, because today is going to be a Q&A,

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