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Inside Phil Mickelson’s Impressive Weight Loss and Body Transformation Thanks to Fasting and ‘Special Coffee’
The Sun (U.K.) ^ | 10 May 2022 | Marc Mayo

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."


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Sports
KEYWORDS: diet; fasting; health; philmickelson
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To: nickcarraway

I thought maybe gambling away $40 million ate at him.


21 posted on 05/10/2022 1:33:36 PM PDT by Old Yeller (A nation of sheep, produces a government of wolves.)
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To: Mastador1

Eating fat doesn’t make you fat. It is the carbohydrates in milk, sugars, starches etc. If you are eating starches, you MUST balance them with fiber.


22 posted on 05/10/2022 1:35:11 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts ((“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer,)
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To: Glad2bnuts

I still haven’t gotten used to Mike Pompeo’s face change.


23 posted on 05/10/2022 1:37:20 PM PDT by Old Yeller (A nation of sheep, produces a government of wolves.)
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To: Glad2bnuts

Eating fat doesn’t make you fat. It is the carbohydrates in milk, sugars, starches etc. If you are eating starches, you MUST balance them with fiber.

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This is actually true, but very hard for most people to conceptualize.

When you learn that fat is created by metabolizing blood sugar in the presence of insulin, and that fat (lipids) in the blood is actually not stored in the cells as fat, it blows your mind.


24 posted on 05/10/2022 1:37:33 PM PDT by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: nickcarraway

Diets and fads don’t work... Common sense, exercise and moderation do.

I always love the Big Mac, large fries and half gallon diet soda crowd...


25 posted on 05/10/2022 1:42:57 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: nickcarraway

Isn’t coffee supposed to kill ya?


26 posted on 05/10/2022 1:45:22 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Macoozie

i do the same

good for energy boost too


27 posted on 05/10/2022 1:48:40 PM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: Hyman Roth

😂😂


28 posted on 05/10/2022 1:52:39 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: nickcarraway

Fasting is a wonderful thing for your health. Most of your hunger or need to eat is simply habit. Hard to comprehend but true.

You won’t die or suffer if you don’t eat on a regular basis. After the third day, I’ve found hunger pains go away. So does pooping. Hunger habit pains will sometimes be present but a glass of water will take care of that.

Personaly, I lose about one pound a day on average, some days nothing at all and I have a strenious lifestyle. It won’t affect your work or your workouts either. I had no problem running six miles a day other than an occasional lightheadedness which was banished by a short rest.

Hunger- the actual hunger will return on your bodies schedule, usually around fourty odd days or so.

BYW, the world record for fasting is a little over a year—look it up.

TM


29 posted on 05/10/2022 1:53:42 PM PDT by A thermonuclear marshmallow (If democrats had another brain, it would be lonesome.)
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To: A thermonuclear marshmallow

You are referring to Angus Barbieri - 382 days?


30 posted on 05/10/2022 2:06:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: z3n

If you fast, your body releases a lot more growth hormone.


31 posted on 05/10/2022 2:08:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: cranked

Greg Norman is cut from his extensive workout of choking?


32 posted on 05/10/2022 2:09:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Has anyone tried apple cider vinegar? I’ve started it during Lent and it seems to be working, along with 18hr fasts.


33 posted on 05/10/2022 2:25:35 PM PDT by stevio
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To: Hyman Roth

If you plan to lose $40 million, lose it in a casino where you get comp meals. You might be poor again, but you won’t be hungry.


34 posted on 05/10/2022 2:26:22 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (It took 2000 mules to elect one dumb ass.)
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To: stevio

I tried apple cider vinegar once and I wanted to die.


35 posted on 05/10/2022 2:27:00 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (2.66 million active users on Truth Social)
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To: SamAdams76; stevio

You aren’t supposed to drink it straight. Put a shot in a pint of water.


36 posted on 05/10/2022 2:30:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Nobody told me! I’ll try that next time.


37 posted on 05/10/2022 2:34:08 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (2.66 million active users on Truth Social)
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To: z3n

That particular coffee is supposedly using beans that have ‘passed through’ a special feline animals alimentary tract.


38 posted on 05/10/2022 2:45:03 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: nickcarraway

Yes. He’s the one I should have referenced by name. Of course, to fast for a year it should be mentioned that he was severely obese to begin with.

TM


39 posted on 05/10/2022 2:45:29 PM PDT by A thermonuclear marshmallow (If democrats had another brain, it would be lonesome.)
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To: Repeat Offender

I wear linen dress pants and jackets, with teal or pink t-shirts.
I have Human League, Pat Benatar, and Flock of Seagulls on loop…


40 posted on 05/10/2022 2:46:26 PM PDT by EEGator
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