Muscle for Life with Mike Matthews - What Really Makes People Fat?

Starting point is 00:00:00 Stress does not make people fat. Eating too much food when stressed makes people fat. Bad gut bacteria, they don't make people fat either. Feeding gut bacteria too much food makes people fat. Eating from large plates and bowls, nope, that does not make people fat. But eating too much food from large plates and bowls. Yep, that makes people fat. Hormones do not make people fat. Eating too much food when hormones are pumping up appetite, though,

Starting point is 00:00:33 certainly makes people fat. Genetics do not make people fat. Eating too much food with genes that can encourage overeating makes people fat. Slow metabolisms don't make people fat. Eating more food than their metabolism burns, that makes people fat. Eating too much insulinogenic food does not make people fat, despite what many quote unquote experts claim. Eating too much food makes people fat. Drinking alcohol. Nope, that doesn't make people fat. But eating too much food with all of the alcohol. Yes, that makes people fat. One more for you. Undereating does not make people fat. Eating too much food under the delusion that they are under eating makes people fat. I've worked with tens of thousands of people over the years, and the biggest thing I see with the people I have helped the most is they're often missing just one crucial

Starting point is 00:01:42 piece of the puzzle. And if you are having trouble reaching your fitness goals as quickly as you'd like, I'm going to guess it is the same thing with you. You are probably doing a lot of things right, but dollars to donuts, there's something you're not doing right. And that is what is giving you most of the grief. Maybe it's your calories. Maybe it's your macros. Maybe it's your exercise selection. Maybe it's your calories. Maybe it's your macros. Maybe it's your exercise selection. Maybe it's food choices. Maybe you are not progressively overloading your muscles. And whatever it is, here's what's important. Once you identify that one thing, once you figure it out, that's when everything finally clicks. That's when you start making serious progress. It's kind of like typing

Starting point is 00:02:27 in your password to log into your computer. You can have all the letters, numbers, and symbols right, except just one. And what happens? You can't log in, right? But as soon as you get that last remaining character right, voila, you're in business. And I bet the same can be said about the body you really want. You are probably just one major shift, one important insight, one powerful new behavior away from easy street. And that's why I offer VIP one-on-one coaching where my team and I can help you do exactly that. This is high level coaching where we look at everything you're doing and we help you figure out that one thing that is missing for you. And it can be a couple of things too, that's fine. There's no extra charge for that. But once we figure it out, that's when you start

Starting point is 00:03:18 making real progress. That's when you start looking better and feeling better. So if you're ready to make more progress in the next three months than maybe you did in the last three years, and yes, that has happened for many of our clients, head on over to muscleforlife.show slash VIP. That's muscleforlife.show slash VIP and schedule your free consultation call, which by the way, is not a high pressure sales call. It's just a friendly chat where we get to learn about you and your goals and your lifestyle, and then determine whether our program is right for you. Because sometimes we do speak with people who just aren't a good fit for our service, but we almost always have other experts and other

Starting point is 00:04:02 resources to refer those people to. So if you are still listening to me and you are even slightly interested, go schedule your free consultation call now at muscleforlife.show slash VIP. Well, I hope you liked this episode. I hope you found it helpful. And if you did, subscribe to the show because it makes sure that you don't miss new episodes. And it also helps me because it increases the rankings of the show a little bit, which, of course, then makes it a little bit more easily found by other people who may like it just as much as you. episode or about the show in general, or if you have ideas or suggestions or just feedback to share, shoot me an email, mike at muscleforlife.com, muscleforlife.com, and let me know what I could do better or just what your thoughts are about maybe what you'd like to see me do in the future.

Starting point is 00:04:59 I read everything myself. I'm always looking for new ideas and constructive feedback. So thanks again for listening to this episode and I hope to hear from you soon.

Muscle for Life with Mike Matthews - What Really Makes People Fat?

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