@Mel: Love you, miss you, thinking of you. Can’t wait to catch up in Austin.

@Kevin and AT: Your stories are EXACTLY what we handle in our consulting practice. You’re working hard, thinking you’re doing everything right, and yet you’re still not seeing the results you want. The thing is, nutrition isn’t ALWAYS the limiting factor. It can be hard to triage all of the factors in your life, determining what is holding you back more than others.

Unfortunately, there’s no magic bullet here. I can’t just tell you what you’re missing, what to tweak or what to change. I will say if you’re not eating 100% squeaky clean, it’s time for another Whole30. And if your training volume isn’t in line, recovery isn’t adequate, sleep isn’t solid and other life stressors aren’t manageable, handle those as well. I wish there was something more solid I could give you, but your situations are why our consulting practice takes six weeks of your life, and requires both Dallas and I to review a whole bunch of your personal life factors.

@TSTone: Check out the book, “Lights Out – Sleep, Sugar and Survival”. It talks about the importance of sleep, which will force you to prioritize good sleep above pretty much all else. Unplug an hour before bed, sleep in a cool, dark room, make sure your environment is completely dark (like, DARK) and blow off pretty much anything and everything to get those 9 hours. It makes a HUGE difference, and it’s worth the effort.

Best,

Melissa

I am female, 5″7, currently 136lb, In order to lean out a little, I was thinking about keeping my protein at 100g cutting my fat consumption down a little (it is currently about 50g a day), and sticking to Blood Type friendly paleo choices (which as an A Blood type is pretty much fish , turkey, chicken, and no red vegetables or nightshades) and experimenting with this for 30 days to see if there is a difference. I am a little lost at the moment as to what I should do, and don’t know if I am over thinking this.

@Tstone: Just gotta do it! Also remember that sleep timing matters. Sleeping from 10p-6a is NOT the same as from 2am-10am.

Mark Sisson did a great post on this called the “Definitive Guide to Sleep”: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-definitive-guide-to-sleep/

Any tips on getting 8-9 hours of sleep a night???

As always, another timely post!

It also remind me of the South Park episode where they go in search of the magic cure to “fix the internet”. After world wide panic and confusion when the internet stops working, one of the boys goes into a secret government bunker where the “world’s modem” is located. He walks up, unplugs it, and plugs it back in. He saves the day.