Looking at dieting as one big picture can be incredibly stressful. Let’s break that big picture up into three more manageable pieces. We’ll call them phases: the post-show phase, the reverse dieting phase, and the meet prep phase.

There is so much information about nutrition that it can be overwhelming. Rather than getting caught in that swamp, I suggest you stop reading and start dieting with some basic knowledge. I’ll provide the info, but you’ll have to do the rest.

The food looks better on the table than it feels in the stomach, or so this unfortunate man discovered.

Ask anyone on the street what a calorie is and most will know at least something.

It’s time to attack one of my personal favorites, the saying that a calorie is a calorie.