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Sam Forget

High protein pudding

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

Almost a year ago now, I helped my buddy Adam Martin host a wellness retreat in Noosa, Australia.

Since then, we've stayed in touch via a WhatsApp group chat: one of the only group chats I haven't muted notifications on.

(Did I say that? Whoops.)

The conversations range from life (most typical), to roasting each other... to health and fitness. I suppose that's inevitable for three fit pros with 52 years combined experience!

Last week, specifically, Adam brought up "healthified" recipes. Here's his highly relatable, hysterical story:

I'm confident we've all been there:

Trying so hard to NOT have the "real thing"... that we crack and not only have the healthified thing, but the actual splurge we originally wanted, too.

This isn't to say that healthier or lower calorie versions of certain foods don't have their place. Thus why Adam even considered the high protein pudding.

But in general, all three of us are fans of:

  1. Eating mostly single ingredient, nutrient-dense foods
  2. NOT banning or cutting out your favorite foods entirely (This just creates a "Don't push the big red button!" scenario)
  3. Eating the latter in moderation

This makes it infinitely easier to consume those in moderation when you do.

Tom actually does a weekly baking session with his wife and two girls: something that may seem "unhealthy" in isolation... but takes splurges off their pedestal, and makes it easier to be moderate with them throughout the week.

The lessons here?

  1. Don't put me in a group chat unless you're a handsome, witty Australian named Adam or Tom
  2. Trying to avoid splurging entirely is well-intentioned... but often backfires
  3. Proactively incorporating foods like these in moderation is—ironically enough—likely the path to reducing your overall intake (on a larger scale)

​Click here for the exact four-step system I use to work splurges to my plan.

Then email me if you have questions!

Sam

P.S. Seriously: email me if you need anything at all! That's what I'm here for.

Sam Forget

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