No Sugars, No Grains from America’s Angriest Trainer

Last Updated on March 27, 2019 by Amanda Brooks

I’m feeling very dumb right now.

You see, I’ve heard of “America’s Angriest Trainer” for years and rather intentionally avoided anything to do with him because well…I thought he was angry. I thought this was a in your face drill sergeant kind of trainer and that’s just not for me.

Then I listened to one of my favorite podcasters {Rich Roll} talk with this guy named Vinnie Tortirich who seemed to have a lot of great info and yes a stop giving yourself excuses kind of attitude, but he certainly wasn’t an asshole…sorry just being honest that’s what I thought he’d be!

A little while back Vinnie reached out with an offer to checkout his new book Fitness Confidential: Adventures in the Weight-Loss Game and I was immediately on board.

I wanted to get behind the scenes of his 20-year career training Hollywood’s hottest, while also being an amazing endurance athlete in his own right and find out what really makes him tick, what could I learn, what could I apply to my own life…I didn’t agree with it all, but I got a lot more than expected.CUT THE B.S.
Let’s be honest at least once you’ve seen some fabulous trainer and thought either “well of course they’re fit, it’s their job” or “they must have great genetics”.

Vinnie loves it when you show up with these little BS reasons for not hitting your goals. I’m not going to lie, I have certainly used them as reasons for not hitting my own fab ab goals and damn if reading this book didn’t slap me upside the head.

I don’t want to giveaway the stories because seriously this is a great read! You’ll find yourself in his clients and it’s like having him give you a kick in the butt to rethink what you’re doing.

I finished it within a couple days because his life has been fascinating from starting as anything but a buff kid to battling disease to breaking through the BS with clients. It’s not your normal fitness book.

NO SUGARS, NO GRAINS
The key to weight loss according to Vinnie: no sugars, no grains.
Simple, clear cut and no BS.

I felt my brain immediately agree with his assessment and subsequently knew it would be nearly impossible for me to follow. Each time I’ve gone on a food strike of any kind, I start to think about it non-stop.

“Don’t think about white elephants” – yeah we’ve all heard the study and it seems each time we do a “X FREE” challenge that’s part of why we end up cheating.

So while I don’t disagree that we need to cut the crap in our diets, I’m going to continue my personal focus on veggies and fruits and…my recent 6 week bout with focusing on high protein didn’t work at all, I started seeing results when I upped my carbs…so as always I think there is a process of finding what works for you.

Further Reading:
Sugar detox tips
Sugar detox emotional cravings
Confessions of a sugar free failure

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