To get everybody started, and in special consideration of my good buddy @Jonathan Mendoza, I'd like to give you guys a very dependable, effective, and proven fat loss paradigm before we get into anything more complicated or goal-specific. Up until the very last few years, the "Slo-Carb" diet, created by Tim Ferriss, and based on very sound physiological principles, was the most effective 'fad diet' in the world. By 'effective' I mean both producing fat loss dependably AND being easy to stay committed to, because the most important consideration when designing a fat-loss nutrition plan is preventing non-compliance. It's very simple, for every meal, and for whatever quantity you like, you can eat any meat, any green, leafy vegetable or pepper, any cheese, and any bean, seasoned any way you like. You MUST have some source of meat at every meal, and once you had had a fair serving of protein (eight ounces approximately) you may then fill yourself up on vegetables and beans. You may NOT eat any grains, breads, tortillas, sugars, fruits, starchy vegetables like potatoes or carrots, sauces, or anything breaded, fried, or sweetened. You can have as much coffee, tea, diet sodas, or any other non-nutritive drink you like. No liquid calories. Once a week, pick a day, and eat whatever you want all day. Don't go crazy with the amounts of food, obviously, but satisfy all your cravings. You will be amazed at what you look like in a few months eating this way. You will never be hungry while doing this, and there are essentially thousands of recipes that you can make with meat, cheese, vegetables, and beans, so you will never be bored. (I have attached a link with 5 pages of recipes that fit into this diet perfectly) This diet WILL encourage fullness and fat loss over time. This diet WILL NOT alleviate most health issues, or necessarily encourage performance in the gym or development of strength and muscle without tight macronutrient control, but we will get into that more later.

Hey everyone! I've asked us all to do an intro post, so here's mine! I'm Jarrod Schaefer, husband, father, coach, etc. My fitness goals now are a 600lb deadlift, 500lb squat, 405lb bench and 315lb press with visible abs! (one day lol) The one food I would punch a stranger for is pan-fried beef short ribs....