Can You Trust A Skinny Chef (How I Lost 60 Lbs)

they say never trust a skinny chef but what does that mean if you're not overweight you don't know anything about good food or how to make it chefs have to give up a lot their weekends seeing their friends and family is often their stress levels are through the roof all because of their dedication to making great food balance can go out the window matter of fact I have an example for that that was me 8 months ago balance didn't exist for me and how can balance especially in your diet exist for somebody who works with food every single day kind of hard right after many easy to use excuses that's when I realized you have to create balance saying never trust a skinny Chef is a cliche to me it kind of creates a reason and excuse for people to not have balance and honestly it's more telling of what Society thinks about balance so why are we talking about this because I think a lot of people are struggling with this and if I can find balance so can you especially when it comes to he and I'm going to help you with that a lot of people asked for this video and we weren't going to do it but we decided you know what let's just do it I'm going to tell you what happened and I'm going to give you some of the recipes that helped me along the way that I came up with let me be completely honest here I'm going to be transparent for a second two things number one I already noticed that I wanted to trim down okay I was getting comments like this and my decision to trim down happened before these comments but the comments definitely added a little fuel to the fire for sure but if I'm being really honest my whole thought process wasn't that much deeper then I want to get shredded and I want to get to 9% body fat after trimming down for about 8 months I started at 240 lbs now I'm at somewhere around 178 175 and now I'm about 1 to 2% away from the body fat percentage goal that I set for myself in the beginning remember when I said earlier about the comments I was getting now look at the comments I'm getting see that isn't that funny and ironic a lot of people don't ever see the back end of what we look at all the time but we see all the comments and there's a whole lot of hypocrisy that people don't realize is going around sort of like a damned if you do damned if you don't it doesn't bother me but one thing I think people can learn about is hey guess what maybe just do what you want to do but it did get me thinking about releasing this video I'm going to give you very detailed specifics on everything I did but before I dive into that let me just say something real quick everything I'm about to say can be distilled down into two key points number one identify whatever the goal is commit to that and number two and this is the most crucial part you just got to do the things you're supposed to do every day to get there that's it that's it I know that that might sound a little overly simplified and maybe you don't have the exact answers right now of what you need to do but that's all you have to do there's no secret and this applies to everything in life a goal you want to achieve career-wise or family relationship wise or body anything now for the details of my training 6 days a week I do a full workout get up at like 4:30 or 5: in the morning that's the only way I have time to do it because it takes a long time it just does I do 60 to 80 minutes of weight training depending on what weights I'm doing I do push pull legs 3 days one rest day and then another Push Pull legs which is a different variation of the previous Push Pull legs and then I alternate that PPL back and forth 3 days PPL 1 rest day and then another PPL 2 everybody's going to need something different right the specific weight movements that you do are going to be different depending on where you need to build your body you will have to observe your body and see what you need to do look up a push pull legs workout program online there's tons of them you can start with and play with once I'm done after my 60 80 minutes I do typically 40 minutes of cardio my heart rate needs to be at 150 constantly throughout the entire workout minimum uh and I'll usually do that on the stair master or I'll go do a run this made one of the biggest differences of all time no walking legit cardio oh I don't want to do that I didn't want to do it either I pushed it off for a long time once I started doing it I started seeing results don't skip cardio trust me trust me trust me it will be worth it you can do it I promise you it's only 40 minutes you probably scroll Tik Tok for longer than you'll be doing this cardio if you're looking for a secret that's the secret do not skip cardio do not skip your workouts do not negotiate with yourself skipping the work means skipping the progress as long as you can do that and have commitment and rigidity to the diet plan you will see success failure only happens when you deviate from that and that's kind of like a beautiful thing if you think about it it's reassuring to know something will happen as long as you don't deviate from the plan stick to the plan now the other Cornerstone the diet so the diet is let's say 50% of the equation if you will you need to have both rigidity on the workouts as well as the diet everybody's diet is going to be different I've lost tons of weight with a trainer and without a trainer it's not a necessity to have one I'm going to be completely transparent with you I had a trainer for this they checked in with me once every two weeks to see what I was looking like and if I needed to make any small adjustments my protein would go up my carbs might go down just a little bit a couple grams here and there and he made small adjustments over time but you can easily look up your body weight and body composition and use an online calculator to determine where you should start with your macros calories protein carbs and fat and you can start there and go up or down as needed every two weeks check in and see if you should bump those numbers up or down depending on your progress but be patient if you want to know what I'm eating right now my exact daily macros currently are 2,460 calories 320 g of protein 60 G of fat and 160 G of carbohydrates now for some people that's going to be too much for others it might be too little really depends on your body so I'm not saying you should copy what I'm doing I'm just saying that's what I'm currently eating and that's the diet the last thing that there really is I mean those are the only two things that really matter the most but I do take a few supplements and this is what I take one omega-3 fish pill vitamin C pills beef liver pills vitamin D am men's multivitamin and then as I started getting leaner I started taking about 7 G of creatine and 10 grams of el glutamine every day with my protein shakes I I put it in my protein shake and would split it between two shakes cuz it tastes disgusting and for all the tastings that I do on this channel like Josh how are you supposed to manage only having one cheat meal every 14 days while also doing all this training and dieting when you got to taste food on camera all the time I guesstimated and put it in my macros I probably over guesstimated a little bit but I still ate it I I can't somebody take this away from me I'm going to die but let me be really clear here before I say anything else I'm not saying that you need to do what I did and I'm not advising anybody to do any of the things that I did whatsoever it's purely up to you how you choose to go about handling your own thing you got to decide what you want for yourself not anybody else so disclaimer last thing I'm going to say because I know a lot of people are going to have questions people are going to say things like what if I don't have time to do this I have to go to work really early in the in the morning that makes it really hard it does make it hard I'm not saying that people's excuses aren't necessarily valid in order for me to work out 2 hours a day I need to work about 4:30 that was my way to change and balance that out right go to bed earlier get up earlier so whatever it is that you need to do whatever excuses that pop up in your head because you are going to have challenges to get this done you have to prioritize this and mold your life around it just be realistic about it and be chill about it and find your own personal balance and the way to do that is again identify the goal do the steps that are needed to get there and then move things around in your life like move yourself around I have to work with food every day I have food around me all the time just because you're eating on diet or eating a specific type of food or cutting out certain foods for a short period of time doesn't mean you can't sit down and make food that tastes great that is quality and nice don't get me wrong I'd love to throw a pat of butter on something and let it melt and eat that sure sure but cooking properly comes from technique not from just ingredients that being said let me give you three recipes and these aren't all of them I can have more you let us know if you want more that have helped get me through this because you will have cravings and this will help solve them okay so the Burger this is a high protein low calorie friendly version of my favorite burger this will make around three burgers out of a pound and a half of beef more specifically 96% lean BR beef this actually popped off pretty decent on YouTube shorts thank you for that but I want to dive a little deeper on it so we're going to start with the sauce very basic I want flavorful sauce and I want a little bit of creaminess but I want to keep the calories as low as possible okay there's a negligible amount of fat when you divide this amongst all the burgers so for three burgers you've got 1 tbspoon light mayo tablespoon of yellow mustard and 2 tbsp of Sasha not ketchup trying to keep the carbs a little lower here mix together till combined add a little salt a little bit of pepper to taste of course obviously sauce done that's how quick here's the key to keeping this low calorie do not use an oiled cooking surface use something non-stick or use a really well seasoned carbon steel pan like in this case highly recommended to use nonstick though oh don't cook with high heat on nonstick how about just be undyed anyway each Patty is 3 oz but you could go up to 4 o medium high heat beef goes on on we're making smash patties take a Smasher you can use parchment to keep it from sticking to your Smasher smash it flat got full contact with the surface and on top of that evenly displaced it's going to cook quickly season it with a seasoning of your choice this is just like a garlic seasoning whatever you can also make your own seasoning it's fine we're trying to stay on diet here okay switch up the seasoning switch up the flavor sometimes I do salt and pepper sometimes I do seasoning this will cook fully in less than 2 minutes you need to move quickly I'll show you you want to flip this early you see how there's a band of gray that's already about 60% of the way up through the burger that means that we're close to cooking this all the way through when I flip this it will overcook very quickly it doesn't have a lot of fat to hold on to we want to cook this hot and fast so flip I'd rather it be juicy than dry as boot leather okay this is 96% lean it will go dry fast now that I flipped it immediately one slice of cheese please American cheese oh that's not healthy who gives a it's macro friendly but it's also lower fat all right I'm going to place this over here to melt immediately my next Patty press it out season it I'm going to get my buns I'm going to lightly toast them with no butter no nothing is it going to get a perfect toast no you can put it in a toaster though and and it will I don't have to toast it right now this is great for a meal prep because all the other ingredients you can make ahead and keep in the fridge and then when you're cooking the patties just cook as many as you want cook six of them cook 12 of them and keep them in your fridge reheat in the microwave with a slice of American cheese in between the two put them on the toasted buns with sauce and pickles and enjoy you got lunch over and over and over this burger is just about ready to flip I'm going to flip this guy too boom Oh a little better color on that I can't complain buns are going to go down these patties are finishing heat off and we're going to lightly sauce about a teaspoon of sauce both sides Patty on top of cheesy patty just like like that two nice thick pickles and then you take your burger cheesy Patty take your bun place on top I mean that looks like a burger if I've ever seen one it's actually quite nice it's juicy because I just barely cook the patties it's really hard to get a medium rare or even a medium smash Patty but with these if you cook them fast enough you'll get just slightly above medium and you'll still retain a lot of juice when you try this it's going to be an epiphany moment because typically when you eat something that's on diet you kind of know it's on diet even if tastes good but this my brain is going that's a burger that's a great burger tastes awesome it's a little meater than usual but I still really like it it's excellent for this being on diet and that's nuts but this isn't the only recipe moving on to the next tacos these are GOI Jang charred fish tacos with a spicy chili salsa we're going to make this very simple cod loin this is average you're going to cut it into sort of batons essentially pieces kind of like this 2 and 1/2 in rectangles that's going to get marinated in goou Jong that has a little bit of carbs we did calculate that in the macros that's right I pay attention to that little Sriracha shirashi water rice vinegar Ginger grated of course garlic always garlic and a generous pinch of salt and you're just going to whisk that together it smells Smoky spicy add your fish in toss till thoroughly coated you can leave this in the fridge overnight if you like or you can use it right away it doesn't matter but this is essentially a marinade you can grill or broil we're going to do broil this time but grilling is also awesome if you're broiling get a wire rack on a sheet tray set out your pieces of fish you could cook half and marinate the rest all you need to know is about 5 to 6 ounces of fish is one serving so this recipe will make around three to four servings one serving is four tacos for these macros pop this fish make sure it's one layer under the broiler of your oven until just cook through now we can get the rest of our stuff set up it's going to take like 5 to 10 minutes for the sauce very very simple to me this is kind of a non-negotiable but everybody likes the little creamy green sauce with the taco I feel like although it's not necessarily traditional in many senses it is delicious and it does make diet easier so we have some charred jalapenos going in this sauce can be used on literally anything chicken taco steak taco you could also just throw this on some grilled chicken and it's really good four cloves of garlic and then this is kind of a weird but secret ingredient a/4 cup of a low-fat cottage cheese oh cottage cheese Josh why two reasons number one protein but number two when you blend cottage cheese super fine it kind of creates a creamy texture in the mouth without almost any fat at all and it achieves creaminess like yogurt never could into the blender salt to taste a little bit of lemon or lime juice got a tablespoon 2 tablespoons you can go more if you want it more acidic and then you're going to blend that on high until as smoooth as possible using water to loosen once that's relatively Smooth you're going to stop for a second add in a half bunch of cilantro tablespoon or two of non-fat yogurt so the yogurt's still going in blend on high again until smooth it's vibrant green creamy salty it's acidic taste and adjust salt levels as needed that's your sauce the Cabbage you can do straight raw cabbage thinly sliced that's totally fine you'll have even slightly very slightly less calories than this version but if you want to make a little bit more of a SLO you take 2 tablespoons of light mayo pop that in there light mayo you're not even going to use all this you're only going to use about a quarter or a third of this anyway you can also skip that and like a tiny tiny bit of your sauce don't season this with salt yet you're going to season it with Malden just before you put it on if you put salt on it now it'll draw the water out and it'll get all gross toss it dry until nicely dressed this has only been another Broiler for like 6 minutes they're beautifully cooked charred they're just cooked through just cooked through just pretend that didn't happen all right right there we go we're ready to assemble a taco so to heat up the tortillas literally just pop them over a direct Open Flame just until hot and they've got a little bit of char piece of fish another piece of fish this is a loaded taco and that's totally fine a light drizzling of your sauce touch a SLO right over the top and then just a little bit of flaky salt that is your taco you can add some fresh red onion pickled onion throw CA if you have the room in your Macros for it even not on diet this is an excellent Taco so let's taste I don't even know which one I want to eat I mean they all look so yummy cheers there's something about these that every time I eat them immediately I'm like how is this that good this should not be that good this is this is a cheat goe and you could replace this fish with chicken beef lean pork like a pork loin if you cook the fish perfectly it is so moist it's tender it's seasoned nicely it's salty it's a tiny bit sweet from the goou Jang spicy Umami it's got all the flavors you want there and then that nice refreshing crunchy cabbage which has a little bit of creaminess to it just ever so slight and then you have that acidic spicy slightly cre creamy green sauce it's herbaceous this is what a taco is supposed to be on to the final but absolutely easiest recipe protein cereal bowl I love cereal I've found a way to keep it in my life you can use any type of yogurt you want but I would recommend some sort of a protein yogurt or a non-fat yogurt mixed with whey protein large bowl minimum of a 5.3 Oz container of ratio protein yogurt goes down on one side whey protein it's a little sweet I don't love it but when you combine it with these ingredients it's quite nice three wishes cinnamon cereal one cup you can also crush this up if you want to half a tablespoon of honey drizzled on lightly you going to do one to two strawberries sliced or quartered and then a few blueberries I mean look realistically any Berry is fine you got blueberries great you got raspberries grap put a berry in there fiber it helps you poop then just a touch refreshment that's it and then you just mix this all together and eat it I made it look nice most of the time I just throw the together in a bowl and I shovel it into my mouth this is the best set of tasting ever done I actually got to eat it and and I'm on diet yeah immediately I'm getting like a few different Vibes at once Vibe one I'm eating cereal with milk Vibe two I'm eating a yogurt parfait Vibe three it's sort of like a granola and fruit Vibe what more do you want I will say if you've never had this yogurt before it's going to be a little bit shocking flavor wise it's not great the yogurt that you choose heavily impacts the flavor and the macros so pay attention to that but whatever you choose this bowl will deliver it's fruity it's crunchy you get a little bit of cinnamon from the three wishes cereal which has got great macros and honestly surpris in ly good for something made out of pea protein that's not a sponsored ad or anything so they owe us something and then the fruit just freshens it up a little bit of minty freshness some tart slightly sweet strawberry the burst of a blueberry in your mouth this is a fun Bowl you want to know what's even more fun not b-roll actually it's being on diet so Josh what are you going to do now what happens for the rest of your life are you dieting forever no of course not I'm going to find a new type of balance if you want more balance in your life all you have to do is Define a goal and then do the required steps it is to create the outcome that's really what this video is about I just wanted to pass along what I learned through this journey and guess what the journey never ends and one last thing we see the comments we know that you guys are missing the single recipes and we want to bring them back ultimately our whole goal is we want to grow and extrapolate the content that we're doing on here we don't just want to do recipe videos forever in one place but I do miss the recipe videos myself as well and I've got good news for you we are going to be bringing the recipe videos back I can't wait to share them with you there's a whole plan to supply that for you so that's coming soon just keep your eyes peeled you won't miss that but uh it's coming subscribe bye I love you