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Habits and Hustle

Episode 396: Andrew Coates: The 3-Bucket Nutrition Hack, Mindful Eating, and TRT After 40

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen

Entrepreneurship, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Business

4.5818 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Are you eating food you don't even like? In this Fitness Friday episode, Andrew Coates and I discuss everything nutrition.  He shares a practical "three-bucket" framework that could revolutionize your relationship with food. We discuss a sustainable, enjoyable approach to nutrition, shaping your food environment for success without giving up the foods you love, and realistic portion sizes. We also dive into societal influences on our eating habits, and the truth about TRT in your 40s. Andrew Coates is a dedicated fitness professional with over 23,000 hours of on-the-floor coaching experience. After graduating from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Commerce, he began his career as a certified personal trainer in 2010 and founded Andrew Coates Fitness in 2017. Andrew is a prolific fitness writer, contributing to renowned publications such as T-Nation, Muscle and Fitness, and Men's Health, and has been featured in Arnold Schwarzenegger's newsletter. He is the host of The Lift Free and Diet Hard Podcast and a frequent public speaker at industry events. What we discuss:   The "Three-Bucket" nutrition framework Creating a sustainable food environment Portion size realities Canadian food culture Fitness after 40 Modern food environment Thank you to our sponsor: Therasage: Head over to therasage.com and use code Be Bold for 15% off  TruNiagen: Head over to truniagen.com and use code HUSTLE20 to get $20 off any purchase over $100. Magic Mind: Head over to www.magicmind.com/jen and use code Jen at checkout. BiOptimizers: Want to try Magnesium Breakthrough? Go to https://bioptimizers.com/jennifercohenand use promo code JC10 at checkout to save 10% off your purchase. Timeline Nutrition: Get 10% off your first order at timeline.com/cohen Air Doctor: Go to airdoctorpro.com and use promo code HUSTLE for up to $300 off and a 3-year warranty on air purifiers.  To learn more about Andrew Coates: Website: https://andrewcoatesfitness.com/  Instagram: @andrewcoatesfitness Find more from Jen: Website: https://www.jennifercohen.com/ Instagram: @therealjencohen Books: https://www.jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: https://www.jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagements Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi guys, it's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle. Crush it.

0:09.4

Hey, friends, you're listening to Fitness Friday on the Habits and Hustle podcast where myself and

0:15.6

my friends share quick and very actionable advice for you becoming your healthiest health.

0:21.7

So stay tuned and let me know how you leveled up.

0:33.1

I've got a framework that I think is helpful for people when it comes to the way they look at nutrition. Okay. And I like to think of food in three, we'll call them buckets. Okay. A lot of people tend to feel like if, well, if you take away the things that they love, then they get scared and then they don't want, they don't respond well to that. But I like to get people clear on three things. One is think about all of the food

0:54.9

that is home-cooked, healthy, whole, minimally processed, nutritious that we also really like. And there's a

1:01.5

ton of that. I like to bake salmon. I'll bake some Brussels sprouts, some rice or whatever,

1:06.4

and I'll make that and I'll food prep that. And I actually really like that meal or a lean ground

1:10.1

turkey pasta that I make. Those to me I would rather have than virtually anything I can get fast food. Right. And so I'm clear on that. So that's bucket one. The nutritious stuff we enjoy. Bucket two is all of this mediocre crap, this shit that we eat on a fairly regular basis. You know, when we were kids and like there's nothing in the house, you're like eating crackers because you're hungry, right? And it's not because you're hungry, you're bored, right? That's a different topic. But it's getting clear on all of the things that you eat that you don't even enjoy. You tend to feel guilty about. You tend to feel shame about. It's high calorie. You feel like you're wasted the calories. I always use the example of mall food court chinese food now we all know what good chinese food is like but you get in a mall

1:49.1

food court i've done this for years years ago i would see this stuff and it's the you know oh the

1:53.4

three combo for 1199 back when food was cheaper and you get it and it's always garbage and it's not

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like the good chinese food it looks good it's not and then you feel it's a belly bomb after you feel it and it's always garbage. It's not like the good Chinese food. It looks good. It's not. And then you feel it's a belly bomb after you feel terrible. And so remember the things that you continuously get fooled by or you out of having it in the house, laziness. And I care for what that word because that gets weaponized. But we just continue to feed ourselves without boundaries get clear that but then there's the

2:19.4

third bucket the things we love the absolute treats and treasures that we would not give up

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separate the mediocre crap from the really really good things and my personal thing is I like a

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medium dairy queen blizzard Reese peter buttercuff flavor and i have it on saturdays after i train

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and i get to look forward to it and because i know i get that that is a million times better than

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any mediocre rubbish i could have in the cupboard and because i enjoy my regularly cooked meals i'm

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actually quite fulfilled i know i get to look forward to this real treat and i get to enjoy it. I sit down, I turn everything off and I just like slowly eat it. I'm not rushing through while I'm driving. I'm not distracted. I literally just to savor it and it's an experience that I treasure and no other amount of mediocre crap can compare to it. And I feel no shame and no guilt. And sure, it's maybe easier for me to say because I have a life dedicated fitness. I have a lot of muscle mass. I have a higher metabolic rate, but I still build its calories into my weekly calorie amount and I stay active in order to be able to preserve muscle mass, burn more calories so the way I can create room for that. But I think anybody can create room for the things they love. Get clear on the things you love. And you can't love it all. You can't have chips every night. You can't have two glasses of wine every night. What's your name?

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Uh, anybody can create room for the things they love. Get clear on the things you love. And you can't love it all. You can't have chips every night. You can't have two glasses of wine every night. What's your name? Carrie from Sex and the City and their lifestyle. You know that like live, that apartment she lives in? Like I know there's this article somewhere on the internet that talks about all of the apartments, a place like the friends cast live in in New York and their salaries and how, like, realistic or unrealistic, all these things are.

3:44.8

Like, Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and City, totally unrealistic.

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Just like a false sense of reality, what's possible.

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You can't have these martini lunches and two glasses of wine or whatever and still also look

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