Accountability: The Wild Diet

Hello!

This sprint I've been reading 'The Wild Diet' by the Fat Burning Man, Abel James. I've listened to James' podcast; Fat Burning Man Show on and off for the past year or so. James is an engaging host with a friendly presentational style so it makes it an easy listen.

Sometimes his guests have made questionable remarks and he hasn't challenged them on their points, something he addressed recently and said he would be more proactive with in the future. It was following the show he had some anti-vaxxers on I gave the show a little rest and wasn't sure if I was to return to it, however Abel himself seems to be an intelligent guy who doesn't say anything crazy so I thought giving his book a go would be a good thing.

It has been.

Abel is an engaging writer, writing in a charismatic and simple way. He writes as if he's speaking to you having a few beers at a bar and not preaching. So what is Abel's plan?

 

Abel follows the paleo approach but instead of being hardcore in its execution Abel allows for real life to happen and encourages us to make smart choices when cooking and eating.

In the screen grab above you can see the typical plate make up of Abel's plan. Half of it should be vegetable based, quarter protein with the rest made up from natural sugars, starches and fats. Abel's main gripe is processed and 'unnatural' foods.

Most diets fail because they don't take into account real life. Of course you'll lose weight if you do the Beyonce thing of only drinking lemon water with cayenne pepper, but what happens when your friends invite you out for food? You'll put it all back on and then more. Abel's approach is much more simple.

His recipes all sound great and you can see why they would be healthy, because they're made from REAL food!

I'll likely refer back to this book in future posts, but so far I can endorse it and look forward to trying some of the recipes!

Thanks for reading!

AT