I have been competing in natural bodybuilding for over 20 years. I have eaten a few meals cold out of a tupperware container. Probably a few thousand. Thats just what you do. You make a plan, and you stick to the plan.

I am now 10 weeks out from my next competition and I have been “sticking to my plan” for quite some time now. As a matter of fact yesterday I had lunch after my workout at a well know pizza joint in town, just as planned. I know what your thinking. “oh that must be your cheat meal” or something to that effect. Well it wasn’t. It was just a regular day that we had just happened to plan to go out for lunch. The key word there is plan.On Friday we decided we would go for lunch after working out on Saturday. I took a few minutes Friday night to pull the nutritional information for some restaurants off the internet. That is the nice thing about large chain restaurants. They all post their menu info online. Because I know how many calories and what breakdown my average meals are, I was able to skim through this information and in a very short time knew exactly what I could order. I did not even have to look at the menu when I got there.

When I am discussing fat loss plans with clients the issue of planning ahead always comes up. It has to. It is the single biggest thing that will determine if you will succeed or not. Planning ahead does not mean you are sentenced to a life of solitary eating, shunned by the rest of society. You just have to take those extra few minutes and plan your restaurant meals the same way you plan your home meals. The only difference is someone else does the cooking! What could be better than that? And before I sign off I just want to say to those of you that are going to claim you don’t have time or the technical savvy to find the food information, bullshit! If you can figure out how to find this blog (and I am glad you did) you can find the restaurant info. Happy dining.