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PLT Nutrition provides nutrition coaching for all ages, for all walks of life and all backgrounds. We believe in food freedom and enjoying a balanced approach to nutrition. We don't believe in the excessive tracking approach other companies use but instead a relaxed fluid approach. We don't ask our clients to track everything or to track to a single number, we use calorie ranges to allow our clients to find their daily hunger balance. We are a global company in over 37 countries with a staff of over 30 coaches in USA, Europe, the UK and South Africa. Our community is like no other, its free from shame, free from restrictive or excessive beliefs, its supportive and diverse.

Imagine if building big muscles was that easy.We’d all be huge. We’re not.Muscle growth is a glacial paced pursuit. Not ...
04/05/2026

Imagine if building big muscles was that easy.
We’d all be huge. We’re not.

Muscle growth is a glacial paced pursuit. Not something that just “happens.” You can definitely add more muscle in year 1 of lifting but even then it’s it sufficient to claim being bulky.

So what actually happened:
• You ate more (training ramps appetite)
• Your body stored more glycogen
• You overestimated calories burned
• You mistook a pump or water for size
• You didn’t match your food to your goal

You don’t accidentally get jacked. Strength training will actually make you smaller because as you add muscle and lose fat, muscle takes up comparatively less size.

If your clothes are getting tighter, it’s the bites, not the barbell.

This month we celebrate 8 years of PLT Nutrition Coaching. PLT was created to be different. Not with a trend.Not with a ...
04/03/2026

This month we celebrate 8 years of PLT Nutrition Coaching.

PLT was created to be different.

Not with a trend.
Not with a “method.”
Not chasing what was popular at the time.

We started it with a belief:

That if people focused on their health… truly focused on it… they could change how they feel, how they live, and how they age.

Over the years, we’ve worked with tens of thousands of clients.

And what stands out isn’t perfection.
It isn’t quick results.
It isn’t some secret approach.

It’s this:

The people who succeed are the ones who stay.

They stick to the basics, to the PLT Foundations.
They focus on their health, not just numbers.
They build habits that actually fit their lives.

Sleep improves.
Stress is managed.
Strength increases.
Confidence grows.

And over time, their bodies respond.

This photo isn’t about us, it’s about what’s possible.

Eight years in, and we’re just as committed to this work as we were on day one.

Because we’ve seen what happens when people stop chasing and start staying.

And it never gets old.

There’s a growing belief that if something isn’t complicated, it can’t be effective.So people keep searching.More protoc...
04/01/2026

There’s a growing belief that if something isn’t complicated, it can’t be effective.

So people keep searching.

More protocols.
More supplements.
More complex explanations.

I see this especially with women in midlife.

Being told they need ‘menopause-specific’ training.

Being told cortisol is the reason they can’t lose weight.

Being led to believe their bodies suddenly require something completely different.

But the fundamentals haven’t changed.

Strength training still matters.
Cardiovascular exercise still matters.
Daily movement still matters.
Nutrition still matters.
Sleep still matters.

Hormones play a role, yes.

But they don’t replace the basics.

What I’ve seen, over and over again, is that the women who get results aren’t doing something more advanced.

They’re doing the simple things… consistently.

Simple works.

Most people just don’t stay with it long enough to believe it.

Most people think they’re inconsistent.They’re not.They’re very consistent with the habits that keep them where they are...
03/31/2026

Most people think they’re inconsistent.

They’re not.

They’re very consistent with the habits that keep them where they are.

The same meals.
The same weekends.
The same patterns.

Change what you repeat and the results will change with it.

03/30/2026

One of the things we’ve seen over the years with our clients is this:

The women & men who see real, lasting change stay.

They don’t jump ship or go looking for the next new ‘shiny’ thing, and they don’t abandon the process the moment it feels hard. They stay with it.

They stay when progress is slow, when life gets busy, when they feel like motivation dips. They stay through the weeks where things feel a little off, when the scale doesn’t move the way they hoped, when they’re not feeling their best in their training.

They don’t do everything perfectly, and they’re not expected to.

But they keep going.

They don’t disappear for a few weeks and then come back and start over. They don’t undo everything on the weekend and feel like they have to “reset” on Monday. They just keep showing up, in a way that’s steady and sustainable.

And that’s the difference that brings meaningful results.

It’s not a better plan or more effort. It’s staying long enough for the work to actually produce long-term results.

We see it over and over again. The people who get there aren’t doing something wildly different; they’re just not leaving when things get a little uncomfortable.

They don’t chase.
They commit.

“Hunger isn’t an emergency.”Most people have just lost their tolerance for it.As kids, we’d go hours without eating and ...
03/28/2026

“Hunger isn’t an emergency.”

Most people have just lost their tolerance for it.

As kids, we’d go hours without eating and it was normal. Now the second hunger shows up, we react. Snack, graze, pick at food.

Over time, that becomes automatic.

Calories creep up without meals ever really changing.

The reality is, hunger is just a signal. Not something that needs fixing immediately.

Sometimes it’s just about pausing, giving it 20 minutes, and letting it settle.

Not ignoring your body. Just rebuilding tolerance.

This is also why I have a concern with GLPs.

If you spend 6–12 months with almost no hunger, you never actually learn how to handle it. So when it comes back, even slightly, it feels overwhelming.

Fat loss doesn’t require you to suffer.

But it does require you to stop reacting to every signal.

Diet drives fat loss. That part is clear.But exercise is often what holds everything together.It improves sleep, helps m...
03/25/2026

Diet drives fat loss. That part is clear.

But exercise is often what holds everything together.

It improves sleep, helps manage stress, and gives structure to your week. It changes how you feel day to day. And when those things improve, your food choices usually do too.

Most people who lose weight can follow a diet for a period of time. The ones who keep it off almost always have some form of consistent activity in their life.

Not because it burns a huge number of calories, but because it supports the behaviors that actually matter.

If nutrition is the driver, exercise is the foundation that keeps it moving in the right direction.

People need to look further than mechanistic data and stop pushing narratives that aren’t factual in the real world. Wha...
03/22/2026

People need to look further than mechanistic data and stop pushing narratives that aren’t factual in the real world.

What happens in the moment in our bodies is often not what happens in the longer duration.

There are many examples of where mechanistic facts do not play out to anything meaningful and without education and understanding it’s easy to be scared by misinformation and fear mongering.

You’re closer to the solution than you realize…
03/20/2026

You’re closer to the solution than you realize…

The American College of Sports Medicine recently updated its position on resistance training after about 17 years.Resear...
03/16/2026

The American College of Sports Medicine recently updated its position on resistance training after about 17 years.

Researchers reviewed data from more than 30,000 participants, nearly half of whom were women. The findings reinforce something that is actually quite encouraging. Many different forms of resistance training work.

Free weights, machines, elastic bands, home based training, circuit training, and power focused training can all improve outcomes when performed with enough effort and progressive overload.

A few patterns stood out in the research.

Muscle growth tended to improve with higher training volumes, generally more than about 10 sets per muscle group per week.

Strength improvements were greatest when some work was performed with heavier loads, typically above about 80 % of maximum, even if it was only a couple of sets per week.

Power improvements were seen with moderate loads, roughly 30 - 70 % of maximum, performed with controlled volume and explosive intent.

The practical takeaway is fairly simple.

A program built around moderate loads and moderate weekly volume will improve strength, muscle growth, and power for most people.

If maximizing strength is a specific goal, adding a few sets with heavier loads near maximal effort can be useful.

The bigger message is that there is no single perfect way to resistance train. What matters most is consistent effort, progressive overload, and a program you can stick with.

An anti inflammatory diet is where you eat lots of fruit and vegetables and limit highly processed foods and alcohol.Str...
03/14/2026

An anti inflammatory diet is where you eat lots of fruit and vegetables and limit highly processed foods and alcohol.

Strangely, that is just a healthy diet.

Funny how a healthy diet now needs a marketing term and something you are told you need to pay someone for.

Eat mostly whole foods.
Eat plenty of plants.
Keep ultra processed foods and alcohol in check.

That has always been the foundation of a healthy diet.
It never needed a label before.

Eating well does not need a label.You do not need a special “anti-inflammatory” diet to improve many health issues. In m...
03/14/2026

Eating well does not need a label.

You do not need a special “anti-inflammatory” diet to improve many health issues. In most cases, it simply means eating in a way that supports overall health.

A balanced diet that is plant forward.
Plenty of whole foods.
Fruit and vegetables.
Lean protein.
Less ultra processed food and less alcohol.

Nothing exotic. Nothing complicated.

Just the basics that have supported good health for a very long time.

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