A Spin On The 90% Rule

So, I've been doing some thinking about free meals lately. As you likely all know, I'm quite the stickler when it comes to dietary adherence.

So, the number you'll often here me (and many other diet coaches) throwing around is 90%; meaning that 90% is generally the lowest acceptable level of dietary adherence that doesn't lead to too much in the way of compromised results. The more you fall below this 90% figure, the greater the likelihood that your progress will stall or simply be non-existent.

So on a 42 meals-per-week plan (simply assuming 6 meals/day x 7 days for the same of argument), that basically means 38 of the 42 meals have to be perfect... read more 4 comments