[ 🍽️ ] Understanding Diet Expectations, with EC Synkowski

Chasing Excellence

Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings

Self-improvement, Selfimprovement, Education, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Goalsetting, Health, Attainability, Fitness

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

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We’re sharing a special crossover episode from the Consistency Project podcast, which focuses on the critical differences between expectations and reality in the context of diet and nutrition.

EC and Patrick talk about why diets often fail - reasons like unrealistic caloric targets, misconceptions about what a healthy diet looks like, the importance of sustainable change, and the patience required to see long-term results.

⌚ TIMECODE:

00:00 Introduction to the Episode

00:31 Introducing the Consistency Project

00:51 Expectations vs. Reality in Diet and Nutrition

03:46 Understanding Caloric Targets

10:44 What a Healthy Diet Really Looks Like

14:25 Sustainable Change Takes Time

20:02 Thanks to our Sponsors: Momentous & OneSkin

22:29 The Reality of Seeing Results

32:32 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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❤️‍🔥 ABOUT THE SHOW

We answer listener questions about health, fitness, fulfillment, and what it takes to chase what truly matters. New episodes on Tuesdays & Fridays.

🤙 ABOUT US

📍 Ben Bergeron is a best-selling author, coach to 7 CrossFit Games champions, and founder of CompTrain. Find him on Instagram.

📍 Patrick Cummings is a long-time CrossFitter, writer, and podcaster. Find him on Instagram.

Transcript

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0:00.0	And the Hello and welcome back to Chasing Excellence, a show about Chasing What Truly Matters.
0:22.3	My name is Patrick Cummings here with just a quick introduction to the
0:25.8	episode this time around. We've got something a little different, a little special. I think
0:30.0	you're going to like it. As many of you know, because you've reached out and told me, you also
0:35.3	listen to a podcast called The Consistency Project, which is one that I produced and co-host with a friend of the
0:40.5	show, E.C. Sinkowski. Well, if you don't now, first of all, go check out the consistency
0:45.0	project, podcast, wherever you're listening to this or watching this. I think you will like it. If you like
0:49.2	Chasing Excellence, you will like the consistency project. So what we've got today is actually an episode from the consistency project all about expectations and reality and why sometimes our expectations around our diet, our nutrition is in fact what fails us. I thought this was a great episode that
1:06.0	EC and I just did over there and I really wanted more people to hear it.
1:09.3	A couple reasons why. Couple reasons why this is on my mind. One I happen to be in the midst of really
1:14.4	dialing in my lazy macros lazy macros for those folks who don't know is
1:18.8	he sees sort of brilliant approach at measuring what matters or measuring the most important things
1:25.6	before you get into measuring everything. So it's 800-gram challenge, 800 grams of fruits and vegetables
1:32.1	every single day and then it's tracking on your protein targets.
1:35.5	The second reason, and it's related to that, is that she's about to launch her next master
1:39.9	class.
1:40.9	It's the last one of the year.
1:41.7	It starts on a September 11th, I believe.
1:45.0	So check out her masterclass. OptimizeMenutrition.com is the way is where you can learn more.
1:50.4	Follow her on Instagram, optimize me nutrition.
1:53.0	I can't recommend her enough.
1:54.4	I can't say enough good things about her.
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