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Hi Fred Thank u 4 this article. I had post workout for you and Zuzana. It is on yesterday workout. I had just check out the yesterday workout today. Tell me what you think about my workout

Dear Zuzanna and Fredrick,
You know what? I think you and Zuzana (i prefer Zuzana because she’s female) should record what you eat and when you eat it in a journal or something, and post it on here. I think it would help a lot of people. I know that all our bodies are different, but if you do this then we could somewhat base our diet off of yours. It would help a lot! For me at least.. If you could possibly consider this, it would be greatly appreciated. = ]

Thanks for the tips; I can totally relate! Being a healthy eater, I still feel perplexed and bewildered when I see children drinking diet coke, eating prcessed crap, not being offered fresh fruit and vegetables, etc. It seems like such a challenge to get the parents’ awareness…I feel like I’m preaching, which I don’t want to do, but I do feel concern for the kids…so yeah, it’s baby steps, little drops of information. The irony is that usually, the kid GETS it! They see that eating healthy can keep a grown up energetic, slim, strong (or as the kids say “tank”!) and they respond well to the healthy choices. The movie Food, Inc was incredible. My husband and I got our 13 year old son to watch it with us, and he was able to see that it’s not just his “crazy, organic Mom” (lol) that talks about this – I don’t actually make this stuff up! I think that movie should be in everyone’s homes – maybe turn off The Simpsons some night and watch Food, Inc. Anyway, cheers and keep on eating clean and I love your articles and of course Zuzanna’s workouts!

great article, frederick. i feel like whenever i am around skeptical relatives i seem to fall short of words. i am going to watch food, inc right now!

Thanks for the tips on how to share our “wisdom”….I am blessed to have come from a family of very clean and healthy eating (Mediterranean) but often encounter skepticism when people see that I totally avoid certain “food” items, and also teach my 13 year old son to make better choices. I have often felt at a loss for words when questioned as to why I don’t let my son drink diet pop, or eat certain chips and salty snacks loaded with MSG, etc etc ad nauseum. But now I think, hey, if they ask, I will answer! I try to keep it un-preachy, but why be ashamed of explaining what is my truth (and your truth, thank you!) I cringe when I see children (toddlers, even) guzzling a diet coke and chomping on a bag of Doritos. The lack of real, fresh, vibrant, ALIVE food in some of these childrens’ diets makes me sad. The movie Food, INC was amazing! I think it should be in all households. Turn off South Park or The Simpsons one evening and pop in Food,INC. Our son watched it with us and it was refreshing for him to see in high def that it’s not only his “cooky, granola head” Mom who thinks this way. Hey, I have my bad habits and naughty snackies too, but the idea is 80% of the time eat clean, then once in a while when you have something not so great, at least you know that your body has a good supply of real nutrients and immune boosting vitamins and minerals. Thanks for the very well written articles, the great workouts from Zuzanna, the stunning photography, etc. Keep on spreading the word!

Love this article!! Perfect timing and great explanations as always :D

Most of my family already knows how i eat because when i came back from a trip to France/Italy AND Malta, i did tons of research on how they eat because i wanted to know how they keep thin. I have wanted to be a dietitian for a while and love all aspects of food and whatnot–i love your website for this aspect! My aunt that was battling cancer was probably the only one interested in my views on eating since i cook so much and she always asked what i was making and what i used. I also have a cousin that is always trying to ‘get healthy’ and asks how i cooked things& when i tell her what im making she used to try and suggest store bought items to ‘make it easier’ on me. But one of my fave parts of cooking is using real ingredient and seeing&knowing what i am eating. I started eating/cooking this way before i found your site but you have helped me discover stuff like quinoa and the only health store in a 30 mile radius as well as the seasonal farmers market in the city near mine! I have been lazy lately and havent been cooking with my real ingredients as much but i do know that when i gradually go back, i know what im doing and love to inform others of my knowledge–gradually and usually with tidbits of information rather than bombarding them with facts like i used to with my aunt haha she enjoyed listening to me anyways and seeing how eduacated i was with my interests.

Thanks again for the article! I was hoping you guys may have a soup recipe :D i onyl know how to make tomato bisque/minestrone and fr.lentil :/
*sorry for the babble*

Great article!
I find when I mention ‘clean eating’, people assume that is it very difficult to follow and they will be starving so they refuse to try it. I wish they would JUST try it! They don’t realize that real food is very satisfying. So much so, that the small portion your suppose to eat is REALLY enough food for one meal! It’s the sugars in processed foods that get your appetite going! I can eat a hamburger and fries and still feel famished! Or I can eat 1/4 cup of oatmeal with soy milk and some nuts and feel completely satisfied! Clean eating naturally keeps your calories low, feeling healthy and is great for the waist line….People would realize it’s the best life style choice………if they would just try it! :)
Thanks for listening!

Hi Zuzana/Frederick,

I think you guys are doing a tremendous job with this site. Not only are the workout videos intense and challening for all kinds of fitness levels, but your section on Diet/Nutrition is realistic and easy to follow. I do have a question. What do you guys think about the popularity of “health” supermarkets like Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s? I’m in California so they are the popular choices here. The prices are really high and I’m not sure how much healthier they are. Thanks.

-Son

Hi Zuzana and Frederick,

i read your article and i must say that it’s difficult for me to follow the clean eating diet because i live at my parents’ house and my mum always buys biscuits every saturday. she thinks she makes us, my little brother and me, happy. she actually does but then it’s quite difficult for me to stay disciplined all the time.
my brother found a way to loose fat fast. 2 years and a half ago he weighted 89 kg for 153cm. well, when i left to london, he was very big. 6 months ago when i came back from SA, i found him different. he weights 61kg for 170cm. so 2 years and a half ago, he decided to stop eating at breakfast and dinner time. so he lost 28 kg in that time. i tried to tell him that it was better to follow the clean eating diet but he is so satisfied with his way of loosing weight that he doesn’t wanna listen. to be honest, some days i fell like his way of loosing fat is good and i wanna do like him…
it’s difficult for me to stick to the clean eating diet because of my dad too. he cooks for us when he is at home and he can not cook without butter, but not just a little piece of butter to keep the food from sticking to the pan, he uses a huge piece of butter!! because i always finish working 2 hours after him, when i arrive at home the food is ready and if i don’t eat what he made then i fell guilty because he is upset and not answering me when i talk to him. so you see i love my dad and i don’t wanna see him upset. that’s why it’s difficult.
when i’m alone at home, i follow the clean eating diet perfectly but as soon as there’s someone else at home, it becomes more difficult.
in 20 days exactly now, i’m going to South Africa, i’m gonna try to teach my fiance how to eat clean and i know that it will be easier with him for me to follow the clean eating.

well, that’s all, hope it’s not too boring. LOL

with love, LisaG

Hi LisaG, did you try to talk to your parents about a healthier way of eating together?

Hi Frederick & Zuzana!

Nice article again. I discovered your website few weeks ago and it’s fantastic. I have been improving my healthy lifestyle like two years now and this site really brings all things together. Really nice job.

I noticed some usability issues with the links on this site, the links don’t pop up. Link are really hard to see and thus people don’t discover them. In #2 there are links but honestly i missed them. Could you style them little differently, mayby underline and make them different color visually. Good guidelines can be found-> “Guidelines for Visualizing Links” http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20040510.html

Have you guys thought about implementing more social asbects to the site. There is really good community following this website and interacting through comments isn’t very efficiant. A forum would be really good improvment in socialising, if thought thoroughly and done right. Some content management solutions allow interaction via. comments that are interacting with the forum software- so comments and forum are connected which would be ideal.

Ok, done with the geek stuff. I just think this site has really good potential to be one of the leading healthy lifestyle website in the internet.

all the best and merry xmas /m

Hi Both

We get extemely frustrated by friends and family – they tell you you look great and/or ask for advice and then seem to rubbish everything you’ve said to them (most the time I think because people want results from little or no effort). I have on two occassions had my father all but shout at me about my food choices (yes and I am 39 years old so should be past being shouted at by now) and how stupid I am, yet there he is with a heart problem and bad knees etc.

We also went to friends a couple of weeks ago and told them that we wouldn’t be having takeaway food with them so they said they had got some healthy food for us. This turned out to be onion rings, battered prawns and some sort of chips and dips which were emptied out of a box straight into the cooker. It scared me that they deemed this as healthy food. They then asked us why we’d want to deny ourselves nice food and asked if we thought we were fat. Needless to say we gave up for fear of offendng them as they are our good friends. Obviously everyone makes their own food choices but it really annoys me when people critisise ours.

I also have another friend who is seriously overweight and asked for my help on several occassions, eventually she went down the Lighter Life route which cost her £65 per week. She lost the weight (and the money) then has put most of it all back on again.

Thanks for the article – we’ll try it on boxing day when we go see the family!!!

Samantha

I greatly recommend reading kevin trudeau’s book “natural cures they dont want you to know about.” he explains in depth the dangers of processed foods,from additives,growth hormones,antibiotics,pesticides ect. he goes on to show how these not only make you fat but give you illness and disease. He even talks about the dangers of microwaving food. Its a great book and it forever changed the way i look at food, and health!

hi Zuzana,

yes i tried to talk to them but my dad was born in France and his mum was cooking like this. i guess it’s just difficult for him to understand that veggies do have a nice taste even when it’s cooked just in boiled water. but i’ll keep telling him about it and we’ll see what he says.

have a nice day

take care, LisaG

Hello
nice article again :)
is it possible PLEASE for you to post your typical daily diet like in december 2008 ???
thank u again

Hi, It’s weird that there’s another Marianne posting, but just wanted to clarify that I do not require you to post a meal diary. I mentioned in an earlier post that this was not necessary, as your food diary may not suit everyone’s physical needs. But it’s important that we find what works best for us.

I had also mentioned that I had started keeping a food diary (out of interest). It has revealed a lot. Now that I record everything, it’s anywonder I’d put on so much size, was clocking up 2000 kcal or more per day, still good foods, but too many and portions were way too big. Now that I’ve been more aware, I have reduced the kcal and spread my calories out into smaller, more frequent meals. Hopefully I will notice a difference soon:)

I’ve recently decided to go vegan, it has done wonders for me. I was suffering from gastritic and the consumption of meat and other foods made it very difficult for my body to process, so I was told by my physician to try a vegetarian diet. I have never like dairy products so that was quite easy for me the transition was painless. Eating well and healthy is the main objective to being healthy from the inside out.
Thank you love your site…very inspiring

Great article…too bad i wont be home for christmas…guess i have to settle for this army food…hey fred we still waiting to see you get on the videos…zuzana u r still awesome…love u guys…o yea…check out my perverted punisher on yesterdays work out :)

My parents eat better than I do! They’re vegetarian and try to skip as much processed food as possible! I bought them a food dehydrator for x-mas :)
Of course I will use it! Mmmm Dehydrated fruitssssss! And homemade herbal tea!!!

Now I’m off for my walk to work (in the snow) I hope they cleared the sidewalks, otherwise I’ll have to run!

Great article and everything you sad is so true. I have been a healthy eater for the past ten years and have also experienced the “over preachy” dilemma when trying to tell people about eating well, even though they ask for advice. I think one of the biggest problems is people really don’t know where to start. It can be overwhelming to start eating well if you’ve never done it before, there’s so much to learn. I try and give little tips and if a friend or colleague takes it then I find they’ll come back and ask for more advice. Eventually they start doing their own research and reading and develop good habits themselves.

I gave Michael Pollan’s book to everyone I knew who would read it, and anyone who did were affected, positively. Another great book is “Animal, Vegetable, Mineral” by Barbara Kingsolver. A great website for food nutrition is http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php

I have many dinner parties at my house and people who come always ask me about the food. However when I start to tell them about oragnic food, humaely raised animals etc, I can see them tuning out. So what I do now is give them the recipe and tell them where to buy organic foods. It’s an easy way for them to try something new if they wish.

It can be very daunting for people to change poor food habits. I think sites like this one, who give a well rounded approach, by providing good physical routines and good nutrition advice will positively impact many people. Great job.

Frederic, your articles are very informative. Thank so much!
I have converted my Parents, they started a clean diet, should say lifstyle and both are 62.
They are using a treadmill finally! I have lost 15kg since April converting myself.
I need you Guys!!! Keep writing, training, posting and motivating us!
Best wishes!
m

Thanks for the tips, Fred! I have always struggled explaining to my friends why I eat the way I do.

Great article once more! I like Marianne’s idea, it would probobly help people out a great deal to have a sample, consistent diet to follow. Neat thought. Anyway, my husband grew up on cheap instant mac and cheese, chicken noodle soup, poptarts, sugary cereal , you get the picture. He claims that his food is what everyone eats and it’s affordable. He grocery shops with me and raises cane when I buy organic or healthier items…I’m always going off on him about this but it’s one of those things where there is no changing him or his views of food. I think it’s great you both share this passion for healthy, real food. ANy suggestions? We are raising 2 boys and I don’t want them to grow up like he did and eating like his family. A lot of them were overweight and make fun of fit, slender people and call them “scarecrows” It’s frustrating and always makes me peeved when I am around them…

Thank you very much for such a wonderful and informative article.
I wanted to ask if you can suggest some more good reading
(besides the ones mentioned here) about exercise, diet, and lifestyle.

Thank you in advance,

Naila

Hi. i like your site. very good workout and tips. however,what is the lastest time frame that a person can have dinner. im usually one who eats late in the night. and what should i eat to be healthy and lose some pounds.

Haii Zuzana I have 1 Question

Are you eating something after 18o´clock?

And how often you eat in a day?

Mfg

Kadir

Frederick,

Excellent point on the “overdoing it” you can call it on trying to convert. For me, having had the WORST diet in the history of creation, (notice the key word HAD), it was a huge revelation for me to finally find something that I can stick to. For years, and I’m saying oh about 20 of them, I pretty much only ate meat and cheese. Fatboy heaven. Revamped and rejuvinated, I’ve found a plan that I can stick to. That alone has made the biggest difference. Changing the diet is the best thing anyone can do. These workouts you and Zuzana come up with are just icing on the cake. By icing I do mean- kick in the ass,regret you ever started but so grateful after you’re done for sticking with it.

Thanks for all you guys do. Between you and Zuzana, other visitors to the site, and this newfound enthusiasm, (hopefully longlasting), I’ll be able to get down to my goal weight.

14 lbs. in 2 weeks!!!!! 20 more to go! Those last ones aren’t going to come free….

Ive noticed that there is alot of direction in the way of eating healthy and whole foods to weight loss. Like in LisaG’s comment her brother doesn’t want to try that diet because he is happy with the diet he is on because he has lost weight. Well just because he has lost weight doesn’t mean that the insides are healthy and functioning great. Our diet should be focused on what is healthy for us and nutritious and is going to give us longevity. Because skinny people die from heart attacks and strokes too. Maybe they didn’t overeat but were they eating the right things? Anyways, I just feel if you are eating a certain way just to be a certain weight you are missing the point and focusing on the wrong thing. What are you going to do when you reach that goal? Still eat right? Start to slip and go back to your old ways? That is what normally happens, because focusing on weight loss is the wrong strategy. It should be to live healthier, which is a life long journey. Just my opinion.

Hello, Zuzana

1) When I eat 5-6 small portions my total caloric intake is 800, 1000 or 1100 calories per day. I usually don’t count calories but sometimes I do it just because I’m surprised that I fell so satisfied with only just few calories, few food … But I’m afarid that my metabolism could slow down… How we can enjoy eating less without slowing down the metabolism? What is your opinion about?

2)and once a week, just one time, I need to eat more in quantity (aprox. 1700-2000 calories). I don’t know what it happens, it seems that my body “demands” just one meal to be more “consistant”. Is this happens to you: to be ok with meals about 90% of time and sometimes to eat different (in quantity or quality)?

3)I used to train with weights but it was sooo booring… until I discovered your workouts!!! Since then, I’m so in love with these workouts that I’ve completly forgotten about weights and my ancien routine. I do want to train with my bodyweight only but I’m afraid that my body will adapt to this training with its “own weight”. What do you think about?

Thank you X 10000000000 for being part of our lives (and changing them :-)))
Ana

Hi Ryan,
Good luck with those last 20!

Hi Guillermo,
Maybe in the New Year (jk). Where are you stationed?

Hi Samantha,
I have been in the same boat as you – giving up for fear of offending people – it’s a very frustrating place to find yourself in!

I’d love to convert my family if only to stop them arguing with me over how I choose to eat.

My mother will ask (she’s morbidly obese, to the point where she can’t walk more than 20 metres without sitting down) and I’ll explain something like “It’s tradtional food from tradition ingredients and you only eat portions based on the size of your hand” and she’ll shut off, then make a bitchy remark.

I think I might be getting through to my Dad though, he’s measuring smaller portions for them bothand she’s not noticed. I can’t wait for the lecture if she does start to lose weight…

So I guess I’d say if you’re talking to people about how you eat, keep it really, really simple and quick.

Hey Frederick,
i wrote in yesterday on this very thing! thanx for the artical!this little break down was exactley what i was looking for!!!CHA Cha..

whats up fred…im stationed in dallas Tx but right now i am serving in Doha Qatar…few moths left before i get home…nd ill wait for the new year if thats what it takes…later

excelente informacion la que nos da gracias por sus consejos , rutinas y su alegria

Hi,

u know this is such a big problem for a lot of people. in my house, im the only one who tries to eat “clean”. it’s true that i struggle with it sometimes, but what makes it worse is that no one else supports me. my sister always bring the most tempting food home n when i ask her why…she says, “u dont have to eat it…” but u know, when u r pushing urself so hard one way and everybody around u is pulling u back, its so much harder to stick to anything.

ps. i agree with marianne, it would be very helpful if u could post ur diet log (for a day or two at least) on the site. i also know that everyone is different, but we could really use ur way as a starting point and taylor it as we need to. plz, consider this. i know so many of ur “fans” will love that :)

This is a really great article. I recently graduated from school and am still living with my parents. I really want them to start eating healthier but everything I say seems to fall on deaf ears because all of them are naturally thin, and they don’t care to change their eating habits because they don’t feel as if they need to. I think I have been trying to charge in head-first. Maybe if I do make small adjustments –adding steamed veggies to every meal– they might come around.

I love reading your articles! thanks for sharing =)
i have a problem with my husband about food and exercises, he knows it is good to eat healthy and be fit but he says it is boring! he believes that exercises are good only when it has some benefit, not for the sake of exercising and looking good, he is talking about fishing and hunting as a good example of exercise+benefit (although he doesn’t do anything of that)
I gave up on him, talking about nutrition and exercises drives him nuts haha but its very hard to live with somebody who is so different=(

Hi,

Nice article.

I am continuously trying to convince my father and my mother to eat the right food, but they think fad diet are the one sollution, despite I got really significant change on my shape since I do regular sport pratice, and since I eat the healthy food. All my family member do several fad diet, without good result, only bad result, and they continue to do fad diet.
The problem I think that they don’t want to be different that other people, and now I don’t know what I can do to convince them.

Cédric

HEY (:

Just wondering is there such thing has having to many fruits and vegetable in one day?

I messaged you on youtube but I don’t know if you read it. I asked 2 questions but then I came back and read your blog on diet again and I think that I get it. So you eat healthy as you can with not to much sugars and fats and fat calories. I see that you are talking about real foods and not stuffed with junk foods. So I hope I got it. Thanks

To have a good body you have to eat a certain way. I was wondering if you have a meal plan that helped you get the body you want and if you could share?

Thanks

Here’s a thought: how about just living our lives the way we want to live them, and NOT pushing our food ideas on others, no matter how well intentioned??

The absolute #1 biggest selling point for the “real food” ideals is being a model of glowing health & fitness yourself. The people who are INTERESTED in how you got that way will then ask questions. Those who are not… leave them alone to live their lives how they see fit. Even if you think it is in ignorance.

Zuzana would not have attracted thousands of followers had she not MODELED what eating clean and working out hard looks like. Like the classic writer’s motto, “show, don’t tell”.

The thing is, it’s really NOT that complicated. As Jack LaLanne used to say, “if Man made it, don’t eat it”.  If it didn’t grow out of the ground or have a mother, leave it alone. Eating “clean” is really about just eating real, unprocessed food. It’s not a hard concept at all; people like to overcomplicate it.