I am forty, I am lean and in better shape then I was when I was 20. Seems like it is backwards?? Well that’s not how I used to think when I was 20. In fact, I attended college full time, worked evenings at the fire department, competed in bodybuilding, served in the reserves, and maintained a healthy social life. I was in great shape! The reality is, I never really slowed down. I established a nutritional philosophy that focused on sustainability rather then short lived successes. I don’t diet. Most diets are silver bullets and cookie cutter blueprints that are adopted by many to achieve the same goal. The problem is, that every single person is different. Every single person has different reactions to food and nutrition. While some diets may change someone momentarily, results usually diminish after any significant amount of time because it is not sustainable. A person’s nutrition has to be tailored to themself, their lifestyle, their goals, etc. It has to be a habitual action that becomes muscle memory rather than a chore or task. It has to become a lifestyle. Think of nutrition as a lifestyle rather then a diet. I dont eat bad food 95% of the time because I have made it part of my lifestyle. The other 5% of the time, I can leave up to human error and balance without feeling guilty. This is sustainable. Following some mundane cookie cutter regiment that tells me what to eat 100% of the time is not sensitive to human error and interested in keeping your life balanced. This is not sustainable.