The Smart Nutrition Made Simple Show with Ben Brown

Having spent years in the perpetual dieting roller coaster of losing and gaining the same weight, Jaylynn was ready for a change. She was tired of diet pills, aggressive 500-calorie eating, and HCG plans, and she realized that she was using food as a coping mechanism for managing stress. Now, 14 months into the Smart Nutrition Coaching Program and down over 70 lbs, Jaylynn is eating close to 2,000 calories per day, she enjoys the foods she wants, has a much healthier relationship both food and with her body, is much better able to cope with stress and is continuing to improve her skills around nutrition and exercise for long-term success.  I'm excited to be able to share Jaylynn's success with you and the way our Smart Nutrition Coaching Program set itself apart through the science of data collection, the psychology of behavior change, and through the art of coaching. If you want to see if our coaching program is right for you, you can schedule a free nutrition strategy call at https://www.bslnutrition.com/free-strategy-call/. Here's my conversation with our client Jaylynn. I hope you enjoy.   RESOURCES: Grab our FREE Fat Loss Fix Guide: https://www.bslnutrition.com/fat-loss-fix-guide/ Connect with Ben: Join our Nutrition Community: https://www.smartnutritionmadesimple.com Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: www.SmartNutritionMadeSimpleTV.com Connect with us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bslnutrition  

What does an Olympic wrestler know about life, nutrition, and fitness? Well, In Jake Herbert’s case, quite a lot …as you’ll hear in this awesome conversation.   Jake Herbert is an Olympian, Business Coach, and self-proclaimed ninja.  As a 9X US National Wrestling Champion, 3 X World medalist,  wrestling, hard work, and being learning based has taken him to over 356 different countries, competing, meeting, and working with rock stars, celebrities, billionaires, and presidents.      After Jake retired from competitive wrestling and moved his wrestling mat to the business world,  he has helped to launch and create 5 different businesses since 2014 as well as coach and consult leaders around the world and their teams.      Jake is happily married to his wife Janelle and together they have 3 amazing children!  Currently Jake dove into the Dad's Edge Master where he and his team help dads create extraordinary marriages and epic connections with their kids while continuing to scale their business.    Jake's mission is to challenge your beliefs, inspire you to take action, and work with you to bring out the best in you, for your family, community, and most importantly yourself.   In this conversation Jake and I break down:   > How to prioritize your time based on your values > The value of coaching, accountability, and establishing awareness > The difference between willpower and environment and how your daily decisions are actually serving you > How to leverage an athlete mindset to set yourself up for success   As you’ll hear, Jake and I are speaking the same language in so many aspects of life, health, and personal growth.   Let’s go ahead and jump into my conversation with Jake - I hope you guys enjoy   Connect with Jake: jake.herbert1@gmail.com jakeh@thedadsedge.com   RESOURCES: Grab our FREE Fat Loss Fix Guide: https://www.bslnutrition.com/fat-loss-fix-guide/ Connect with Ben: Join our Nutrition Community: https://www.smartnutritionmadesimple.com Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: www.SmartNutritionMadeSimpleTV.com Connect with us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bslnutrition As always, if you love what you hear on this show, then do me a favor and subscribe, leave a positive rating and review and share this episode with a friend or loved one whom you think could benefit. AND, if you want to talk about working with me personally, I’d love to chat, just schedule your free nutrition strategy call over at https://www.bslnutrition.com/free-strategy-call/

Have you ever been in a situation with your kids where you feel yourself losing control?   What about when you say no a thousand times only to have them completely ignore you and do it anyway?   My personal favorite is when I find myself yelling at my kids to stop yelling.   Is it normal for us parents to feel like we don’t know what the heck we’re doing and find ourselves in a constant power struggle with our children?    Today I’m excited to get some answers from Dan Peterson, a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Advanced Trainer for the Nurtured Heart Approach™.   Dan’s zone of genius is coaching parents who are at their wit's end because no matter how hard they try or what approach they use, their child's behavior is not improving.  After 25 years of working as a child therapist, he created a 90-day parent coaching model to transform their child's difficult behavior and master the following 3 things, which we discuss in today's episode:   Decrease drama, conflict, and power struggles Create a positive connection with their child while helping them become values-driven Utilize a discipline model that focuses on increasing self-control, skill development, and accountability, as opposed to, escalating consequences that do not work   Dan’s vision is to train and coach teachers and parents so that they can in turn provide all children with the best possible environment to flourish. He is committed to bridging the gap between home and school. It is Dan’s belief that the Nurtured Heart Approach™ not only uncovers the greatness within every child but also provides him or her with an internal “compass for life.”   I have to tell you that just in the last few weeks of leveraging some of the tools that Dan shared in this conversation, I’m being much more intentional about how I show up as a parent to be able to give my kids the skills and tools to function like the children I know they can be and have absolutely seen a change in their behavior because of it.   If you’re a parent that has found yourself struggling with how to effectively discipline your kids, then this episode of the smart nutrition made simple show is for you.   I hope you enjoy.   Connect with Dan: www.thecompass4life.com dan@thecompass4life.com 630.448.2843 https://www.facebook.com/Compass4Life   Connect with Ben:   RESOURCES: Grab our FREE Fat Loss Fix Guide: https://www.bslnutrition.com/fat-loss-fix-guide/ Connect with Ben: Join our Nutrition Community: https://www.smartnutritionmadesimple.com Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: www.SmartNutritionMadeSimpleTV.com Connect with us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bslnutrition As always, if you love what you hear on this show, then do me a favor and subscribe, leave a positive rating and review and share this episode with a friend or loved one whom you think could benefit. AND, if you want to talk about working with me personally, I’d love to chat, just schedule your free nutrition strategy call over at https://www.bslnutrition.com/free-strategy-call/

How do we really lose weight in a sustainable and healthy way, both physically and psychologically?   In a world of weight loss ferver, we find ourselves constantly bombarded with wild nutrition claims, haphazard and overly restrictive dieting protocols, and nutritional pseudoscience lurking around every social media corner… just waiting to grab our attention at the most desperate of times.   Today it’s time to drown out the noise with an evidence-based approach to eating and exercise with my friend Alan Aragon, author of the new book, Flexible Dieting: A science-based, reality-tested method for achieving and maintaining your optimal physique, performance, and health.   In this conversation, we discuss a number of dieting-centric topics, including:   What is Flexible Dieting and why does it matter Why you gain weight and what to do about it The ONE universal diet that is right for everybody [Hint: there’s not] The importance of lean muscle mass and the influence of obesity on metabolism.   Having spent years in academia, I have a strong appreciation for Alan’s approach to nutrition and weight management. It’s not sexy, it’s not dogmatic, and he’s not out making ridiculous claims as much of the industry is relegated to… but it is rooted in evidence and it actually works.   I hope you enjoy and let’s dive in. Connect: Alan Aragon's Research Review Newsletter Flexible Dieting Book | AlanAragon.com Alan Aragon's Website   Connect with Ben: RESOURCES: Grab our FREE Fat Loss Fix Guide: https://www.bslnutrition.com/fat-loss-fix-guide/ Connect with Ben: Join our Nutrition Community: https://www.smartnutritionmadesimple.com Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: www.SmartNutritionMadeSimpleTV.com Connect with us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bslnutrition As always, if you love what you hear on this show, then do me a favor and subscribe, leave a positive rating and review and share this episode with a friend or loved one whom you think could benefit. AND, if you want to talk about working with me personally, I’d love to chat, just schedule your free nutrition strategy call over at https://www.bslnutrition.com/free-strategy-call/

Daniel is the director of education at Kabuki Strength, a strength and hypertrophy coach, and a competitive powerlifter.   Connect with Daniel here: https://www.stackedstrength.com/ https://www.instagram.com/daniel_debrocke/   Connect with Ben: RESOURCES: Grab our FREE Fat Loss Fix Guide: https://www.bslnutrition.com/fat-loss-fix-guide/ Connect with Ben: Join our Nutrition Community: https://www.smartnutritionmadesimple.com Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: www.SmartNutritionMadeSimpleTV.com Connect with us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bslnutrition As always, if you love what you hear on this show, then do me a favor and subscribe, leave a positive rating and review and share this episode with a friend or loved one whom you think could benefit. AND, if you want to talk about working with me personally, I’d love to chat, just schedule your free nutrition strategy call over at https://www.bslnutrition.com/free-strategy-call/

Jonah Mitchel the Founder, Co-Owner, & Head Coach of Phoenix Fitness & Nutrition.   “My passion for health and fitness started when I was young and grew up witnessing my single-mother struggle with her weight & self-image. I ended up copying a lot of her same behaviors of punishing myself for never being good enough with my appearance or performance in sports, which led to years of poor self-esteem & unhealthy weight loss attempts to lose over 40 lbs before I realized that I didn't want anyone else to suffer the way my mom and I had to in order to live a healthy, happy life.   I started my coaching career training athletes, which led to becoming a personal trainer at a 24-Hour Fitness. Wanting to help take my clients' success a step further, I got my nutrition coaching certification from the Nutritional Coaching Institute.    I launched Phoenix Fitness in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and now I get to do what I love with my lovely wife, Hannah by my side!”   Jonah is proud of his ability to adapt and pivot to be the best coach and company for the people we serve. To see personal growth have a direct impact on business growth. Empowering lifelong dieters to take back control over their health and their lives through simple and effective means.   Connect with Jonah: https://www.phoenixcoaching.fit/ https://www.facebook.com/jonah.mitchell.752 FB Group: The Total Mind Body Transformation   Connect with Ben: Join our Nutrition Community: https://www.smartnutritionmadesimple.com Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: www.SmartNutritionMadeSimpleTV.com Connect with us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bslnutrition As always, if you love what you hear on this show, then do me a favor and subscribe, leave a positive rating and review and share this episode with a friend or loved one whom you think could benefit. AND, if you want to talk about working with me personally, I’d love to chat, just schedule your free nutrition strategy call over at https://www.bslnutrition.com/free-strategy-call/

How do you define success?   I think it’s fair to say that each of our definitions will vary while we can probably all agree that attaining success will require similar efforts and values…   Around commitment, perseverance, ownership, trust, and certainly discipline.   Often when we think of success around dieting, its invariably related to visual changes, in body composition, in muscle mass, and in scale weight, and while those certainly can be valid, I’d like to challenge you to think a little bit deeper around the intrinsic and internal changes that have to take place to drive change.   If you don’t know who I am, my name is Ben Brown and I’m the owner of BSL Nutrition, an online nutrition coaching company that helps you change your belief system around what it means to be healthy…   And in this conversation with my friend and client Casey Strunk, we discuss the transformation that he’s undergone over the past 2 years having worked together.   While visually significant and remarkable, the depth of transformation that has transpired below the surface is that much more commendable and exactly what I want to share with you today.   Before success happens on the surface, it has to happen in the mind, and for Casey, it was simply a matter of acknowledging that he wasn’t living up to his potential, deciding to make a change, and then striving to get better every single day.   I hope you enjoy this conversation and don’t hesitate to let me know if you’d like to discuss working with us to help you do the same.   RESOURCES: Grab our FREE Fat Loss Fix Guide: https://www.bslnutrition.com/fat-loss-fix-guide/ Connect with Ben: Join our Nutrition Community: https://www.smartnutritionmadesimple.com Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: www.SmartNutritionMadeSimpleTV.com Connect with us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bslnutrition As always, if you love what you hear on this show, then do me a favor and subscribe, leave a positive rating and review and share this episode with a friend or loved one whom you think could benefit. AND, if you want to talk about working with me personally, I’d love to chat, just schedule your free nutrition strategy call over at https://www.bslnutrition.com/free-strategy-call/

Do you know how nutrition experts always talk about how weight loss is about more than just calories in vs calories out? Well, in this episode we dive into exactly what that means and why our behaviors around food are actually the biggest limiting factors to our success.   If you don’t know who I am, my name is Ben Brown and I’m the owner of BSL Nutrition, an online nutrition coaching company that helps you change your belief system around what it means to be healthy…   Today I’m catching up with my friend Jared Hamilton, CEO of Hamilton Trained to discuss why your beliefs around food are getting in the way of your success.   In this episode, we talk about many of the deep and foundational factors at play for why we can have such a hard time losing weight despite “knowing what to do” and some of the powerful strategies we can employ to both identify and overcome these root behaviors. Connect with Jared: Hamiltontrained.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/fatlosssimplified/?ref=share_group_link Instagram.com/realjaredhamilton https://www.tiktok.com/@realjaredhamilton?lang=en https://www.youtube.com/jaredhamilton https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dieting-from-the-inside-out/id1349300090 Connect with Ben: Grab our FREE Fat Loss Fix Guide:  https://www.bslnutrition.com/fat-loss-fix-guide/ Join our Nutrition Community: https://www.smartnutritionmadesimple.com Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: www.SmartNutritionMadeSimpleTV.com Connect with us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bslnutrition As always, if you love what you hear on this show, then do me a favor and subscribe, leave a positive rating and review and share this episode with a friend or loved one whom you think could benefit. AND, if you want to talk about working with me personally, I’d love to chat, just schedule your free nutrition strategy call over at https://www.bslnutrition.com/free-strategy-call/

What if I told you that there were no rules when it comes to weight loss?   How would it make you feel if you knew you could eat literally anything you want and still make progress?   And what if I said the problem isn’t the food, it’s the way that we’re thinking about the food?   You’d probably say I was full of it…   If you don’t know who I am, my name is Ben Brown and I’m the owner of BSL Nutrition, an online nutrition coaching company that helps you change your belief system around what it means to be healthy…   And in this conversation with my friend Mike Millner, owner of POP, peak optimization performance, we discuss exactly why our Mindset plays such a pivotal role in our long-term weight loss success.   Mike shares with us his background and personal experience with yo-yo dieting and the all-or-nothing mindset and how his experiences and frustrations with the nutrition industry propelled him into a successful career helping other men and women, like him, change their relationship with dieting, with food, with their body, and with their unrealistic expectations around what healthy weight loss and body composition change actually looks like.   I hope you find this conversion as enlightening and motivating as I did. Connect with Mike: http://www.neurotypetraining.com http://www.Instagram.com/coach_mike_millner https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mind-over-macros/id1450288507   Connect with Ben: Grab our FREE Fat Loss Fix Guide: https://www.bslnutrition.com/fat-loss-fix-guide/   Join our Nutrition Community: https://www.smartnutritionmadesimple.com Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: www.SmartNutritionMadeSimpleTV.com Connect with us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bslnutrition As always, if you love what you hear on this show, then do me a favor and subscribe, leave a positive rating and review and share this episode with a friend or loved one whom you think could benefit. AND, if you want to talk about working with me personally, I’d love to chat, just schedule your free nutrition strategy call over at https://www.bslnutrition.com/free-strategy-call/

It’s back to reality for many of us parents… And thank goodness for that! As much as we enjoy the ability to spend time with kids, travel, and eat and drink galore… The lack of consistency and structure can get old, real quick. I think I’ve had alcohol and ice cream every single day over the past month. And as much as I’ve enjoyed summer and had the opportunity to relax mentally, physically, and dietarily, I just don’t feel very good. Literally, I feel like crap… I’m putting on body fat, my sleep sucks, I’m more anxious, and I don’t feel like I’m living in congruence with my role as a coach. So, now that I’m back from vacation, it’s time to get back into my routine…. And I thought you might like to join me? Nothing fancy here, just re-establishing some of the structure that I know from years of experience will get me feeling better and start to move the needle. Most importantly tough is NOT an all-or-nothing mindset around this process… Just some daily behaviors that will allow me to literally check the boxes on my calendar to drive momentum: Sleep routine: go to sleep and wake up at the same time daily Movement: 10k steps per day Hydration: more water, less tequila Nutrition: 3-4 meals daily with no snacking in between (focus on protein at each meal) Don’t get me wrong, for the beginner, each of these in and of themselves can take a significant amount of time to develop the skills to master, so perhaps just pick one. The point here isn’t to overwhelm you, but to simply share that I too am just a regular guy who also has to give myself a good kick in the ass from time to time… Despite what you might think, or see on social media, It’s not easier for me, I just have more practice than most. But truly, these are the daily behaviors that I prioritize to help me “get back on track”. There’s nothing magical about the process, other than actually committing to showing up daily. Again, the importance lies in daily consistency, not dietary extremism. You don't need to go keto, or gluten-free, or go crazy with your bootcamp classes, but you do have to do something different! So regardless of how much travel you still have left, or the myriad of events that you want to let loose for, or that you just want to wait until the right time to get started… Just know that you CAN still build momentum daily, even if it’s just a few daily behaviors to drive consistency above all else. Subscribe to get the best (proven) tips from the worlds leading experts in health, fitness, and nutrition: https://goo.gl/DUuyC6 Helpful FREE Resources: Fat Loss Fix Guide - 3 Simple Steps to Build your Unique Fat Burning Blueprint: https://bslnutrition.clickfunnels.com/optin-457843251610024749214 9 Best Pre-Workout Meals Guide - Boost your Energy and Stimulate Faster Fat Loss: https://www.bslfuel.com/9-meals-for-energy Ben Brown, Head Coach - BSL Nutrition ben@bslnutrition.com www.bslnutrition.com Here's Where You Can Find Us Online: Join our Smart Nutrition Made Simple Community where you can finally learn how to build a better body and create the energy to invest in your family without restrictive dieting through our Pure Science. Proven Results(TM) Process. JOIN HERE: https://www.facebook.com/groups/smartnutritionmadesimple Website: http://www.bslnutrition.com Supplement Shop: https://www.bslnutritionshop.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bslnutrition Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bslnutrition As always, if you love what you hear on this show, then do me a favor and subscribe, leave a positive rating and review and share this episode with a friend or loved one whom you think could benefit. AND, if you want to talk about working with me personally, I’d love to chat, just schedule your free nutrition strategy call over at https://www.bslnutrition.com/free-strategy-call/ BSLNutritionSmartNutritionMadeSimple