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Posted on 05/10/2022 12:30:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
PHIL MICKELSON has looked remarkably trim in recent times - a far cry from his former self.
The 51-year-old rolled back the years to win the PGA Championship at Kiawah Island last summer and capture his sixth major.
'Lefty' cut a rather portly figure in the mid-2000s - as he has personally acknowledged - but has cleaned up his diet with remarkable results.
After piling on a few too many pounds, the American has put considerable effort into streamlining his physique in recent years.
A diagnosis for psoriatic arthritis in 2010 is partly credited with alerting Mickelson of his need to change.
And he is now fully invested in a six-day fasting routine, during which he subsists on only water and a special coffee blend.
The mixture features Ethiopian Yirgacheffe coffee, almond milk, cinnamon and coconut MCT oil.
Mickelson has become a huge advocate for 'Coffee For Wellness', which he talks up regularly on social media, after teaming up with performance consultant Dave Phillips.
Despite being at the top of his game in the mid-2000s, the golfer began to feel his body and his performances decline.
He previously stated: "I wasn’t playing well and I wasn’t feeling good about myself.
"I wasn’t recovering as fast as I wanted to after the rounds and I was feeling tired and not focused towards the end of the round.
"I felt that the first step in getting that back was getting in better shape — getting lighter, and what I’ve noticed is that I’ve recovered faster."
But the diet plan is not exclusively a weight loss technique, with Mickelson feeling the overwhelming 'wellness' benefits too.
He remarked in 2019: "I didn't fast to lose weight. I fasted to heal."
Mickelson is looking as good as he ever has out on course and he has acknowledged that such a change was vital if he was ever going to recover his best form.
And the results also showed as he stormed to victory at Kiawah Island.
Mickelson was named in the field for the 2022 PGA Championship at Southern Hills later this month.
He is scheduled to defend his trophy despite a year of controversy around his support for a rival Saudi Arabian-backed league.
In one Twitter video endorsing the plan last year, Mickelson said: "I haven’t felt good about myself and the way I’ve been playing, and so I haven’t done anything or wanted to be in public.
"The last 10 days I’ve done what I call a hard reset – a change to try to make things better.
"I don’t know if it’s going to help me play better or not, but I’m willing to do whatever it takes to try to get my best back."
Also in 2019, he noted: "I’m going to continue to make it a lifestyle change.
Fasting, if you look at it, it’s a hard reset, but the body gets rid of the bad stuff and covets the good stuff.
"I’m going to continue to eat better, eat less, work out more, just stay committed to it.
"It won’t be as drastic or quick, but I would anticipate over the next one to two years I would continue to tick down a little bit [in weight]."
Performance consultant Phillips has described the fasting routine as fairly common among athletes.
He said: "It’s not a drastic as everybody thinks it is.
"In the performance space, there are a lot of athletes that do this kind of thing.
"Fasting, if you look at it, it’s a hard reset, but the body gets rid of the bad stuff and covets the good stuff.
"The body goes into flight or fight. Sometimes you need to do that."
Wellllll.....where are the before/after pics?
That’s why we’re here ;-)
You can’t eat when you lose 40 million gambling.
Owes it all to the Fat-a-way diet pill.
Starvation, Triple Caffeine and MCT oil will do wonders for your weight loss.
Tried the Butter and MCT in coffee Keto thing.
Rather use Cream.
Just avoid the half-n-half, lots of carbs.
Several years ago, I noticed that I lost a lot of weight even though I wasn’t dieting. Come to find out that it was the six cups of caffeine I drank each morning. I was happy to lose the weight. The problem was my blood pressure was 180 / 100.
A good friend of mine started fasting. Lost 80 pounds in 6 months. Only ate every other day. Sipped bone broth on the off days.
Lost his CPAP, and his blood pressure med. He was able to get the FAA to get those off his medical cert which is no small feat.
Gain ten years of life here and lose ten years of life there.
At then end of it all, I expect to break even and live my entire expected lifespan.
He had tits…
I do cocaine, drink Tab, and smoke Marlboro Lights.
Dolph has a Masters in ChemE.
Let me know when he gets cut like Greg Norman. Thx.
Get with the 2020s - You need to do meth, drink trulys, and smoke American Spirit…..and change your music to anything autotune. Otherwise, there’s no way you’re going to fit into those skinny jean capris.
I fear coconut oil would blow right through me.
Dolph has a genius IQ, around 160 if I recall correctly.
Yes, it is called the Anxiety Diet.
You have to force yourself to eat.
Are you sure you got that right?
Most people find half and half to be a great creamer for their coffee and tea because it's not too high in calories or sugar.
Like its name suggests, half-and-half is simply equal parts milk and cream. Whereas heavy cream is just, you know, cream. The real difference lies in the fat content: Half-and-half is 10 to 18 percent fat, and heavy cream falls between 30 and 36 percent.
I don’t like the extra pounds, but losing weight makes you look worse in the face unless you are a real honker, then you look horrible and need surgery after.
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