From somebody who got down from approx. 15% body fat to about 6% body fat just to get the shredded male model look: there is only one tip that actually works for nutrition (because it's all about nutrition): experiment and journal.
We are extremely different and what works for me might be a disaster for you. Just some examples:
- friend of mine is almost a complete carnivore and it works great for him. When I tried going in that direction I was always bloated and my poop was so hard it tear up my intestines and had quite a bit of blood in my stools.
- I tried low carb diets which again, work great for some: zero energy, zero libido, bad mental states.
- my family has a thing with high triglycerides and cholesterol levels. We where always advised to limit fat intake. Well, it turned out that for me a high fat diet (about 50% of calories) gave me the first normal blood tests and it happened at 40 years old. I felt best too on this diet. Will it work for you? Probably not.
- there are foods out there that will make you feel great but you just can't eat long term. I could not touch chicken breast at all for about 4 years after eating lots of it. It made me gag just thinking about it. So what good does a food do you if you just can't eat it?
I could go on and on, but you get the point. Stop looking for shortcuts, stop copying what other people do (you can't even copy what you did last year, might not work anymore).
We are extremely different and what works for me might be a disaster for you. Just some examples:
- friend of mine is almost a complete carnivore and it works great for him. When I tried going in that direction I was always bloated and my poop was so hard it tear up my intestines and had quite a bit of blood in my stools.
- I tried low carb diets which again, work great for some: zero energy, zero libido, bad mental states.
- my family has a thing with high triglycerides and cholesterol levels. We where always advised to limit fat intake. Well, it turned out that for me a high fat diet (about 50% of calories) gave me the first normal blood tests and it happened at 40 years old. I felt best too on this diet. Will it work for you? Probably not.
- there are foods out there that will make you feel great but you just can't eat long term. I could not touch chicken breast at all for about 4 years after eating lots of it. It made me gag just thinking about it. So what good does a food do you if you just can't eat it?
I could go on and on, but you get the point. Stop looking for shortcuts, stop copying what other people do (you can't even copy what you did last year, might not work anymore).