{"id":9670,"date":"2013-05-16T15:55:09","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T22:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/?p=9670"},"modified":"2021-07-21T07:05:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T07:05:10","slug":"guest-blog-four-weeks-20-lbs-and-new-direction-on-the-dolce-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/guest-blog-four-weeks-20-lbs-and-new-direction-on-the-dolce-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"GUEST BLOG: FOUR WEEKS, 20 LBS AND A NEW DIRECTION ON THE DOLCE DIET"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/mikedolcemma.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MyDolceDiet.com<\/a> member Travis Reynolds began his journey not too long ago at 265 lbs and is now 244.5! He lost an additional 5 lbs after writing the blog post below. That&#8217;s more than 20 lbs obliterated so far following The Dolce Diet Principles! Here&#8217;s a glimpse into his experience thus far. Enjoy!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9671\" alt=\"waldorf-salad\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/waldorf-salad.jpg\" width=\"566\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/waldorf-salad.jpg 566w, https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/waldorf-salad-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>by Travis Reynolds<\/em><br \/>\nFour weeks later, fifteen pounds down and all the big lifts remain stable.<br \/>\nSince I picked up the Mike Dolce books, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/13zSL3Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Living Lean<\/a>\u201d and the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/13zSRZk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Living Lean Cookbook<\/a>,\u201d this guy has drastically cut down fast food intake and almost completely eliminated junk food. I haven\u2019t experienced success like this since the first weight cut back in \u201909 and I can\u2019t stress enough how helpful those books have been.<br \/>\nLunch changed from two to three burritos at Taco Bell (!) to something like the green leaf lettuce\/tomato\/apple\/walnut salad seen above. Dinner has changed from more Taco Bell to homemade stir fry with grapeseed or coconut oil. Delicious food for a fraction of the calories, people.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s not that I didn\u2019t know how to do it, as I\u2019ve lamented before. It\u2019s just that I always felt so aimless in how to put things together. The Dolce Diet isn\u2019t so much a template with day-by-day instructions as it is an inspirational set of principles; it doesn\u2019t hold my hand in the process, only puts the way on display in big, broad strokes.<br \/>\nIt isn\u2019t easy, not when I\u2019m surrounded by quick, cheap and hyperpalatable options on all sides and at all times. But it\u2019s fulfilling, and that\u2019s important. It isn\u2019t easy when there is a metric butt-ton of cake on consecutive days at the office, or when friends and family make jokes about my food choices or pressure me to eat the same processed stuff they do. But rising above all that feels good, feels righteous.<br \/>\nI still have a long way to go, starting at 265 and shooting for 200. I weighed in at 250 on Thursday. I\u2019ve come too far already to turn around and give up.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/strivingfor200.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/07\/four-in-fifteen-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Travis&#8217;s blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MyDolceDiet.com member Travis Reynolds began his journey not too long ago at 265 lbs and is now 244.5! He lost an additional 5 lbs after writing the blog post below. That&#8217;s more than 20 lbs obliterated so far following The Dolce Diet Principles! Here&#8217;s a glimpse into his experience thus far. Enjoy! by Travis Reynolds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[173,627,628,629,18,6,34],"class_list":["post-9670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-post","tag-gain-muscle","tag-how-to-gain-muscle","tag-how-to-lose-10-pounds","tag-lose-fat","tag-lose-weight-fast","tag-mike-dolce","tag-the-dolce-diet"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>GUEST BLOG: FOUR WEEKS, 20 LBS AND A NEW DIRECTION ON THE DOLCE DIET - The Dolce Diet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/guest-blog-four-weeks-20-lbs-and-new-direction-on-the-dolce-diet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GUEST BLOG: FOUR WEEKS, 20 LBS AND A NEW DIRECTION ON THE DOLCE DIET - The Dolce Diet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MyDolceDiet.com member Travis Reynolds began his journey not too long ago at 265 lbs and is now 244.5! 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