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# A Year of Precision Nutrition
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/201472a-year-of-precision-nutrition/
- Published: 2014-07-03T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:25:10.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Life, #DashHouseCom, #wp

Charlene and I have been clients of [Precision Nutrition’s coaching program](http://www.precisionnutrition.com/coaching?ref=dashhouse.com) over the past year. Charlene actually qualified as a finalist. I wasn’t a finalist, but I experienced some great changes.

I didn’t start off impressed – in fact I was fairly cynical about this program when I first heard about it. Charlene joined PN in a support role, which didn’t make me any less suspicious. I was wrong: I’m now impressed.

Some things I’ve been learning over the past year:

- I love working out with my wife. It’s a marriage builder. Why didn’t I start years ago?
- Restriction doesn’t work. Not only isn’t it fun, but it backfires. So much for most of the approaches to weight loss out there!
- There’s a lot more to this subject than eating and exercise. There’s a huge emotional and cognitive component. Health is about more than food. It’s about mindset.
- Food is a gift. I think we eat less food overall, but much better food, and we’re also more thankful for it.
- Habit-based approaches, using small habits, work a lot better than trying to change through willpower or by making sweeping changes.
- Common grace is amazing. We have lots to learn from others.

![](https://www.dashhouse.com/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img202.jpg)

The program caps off with an optional photo session. We were surprised how much we enjoyed it. Here’s a sample of one of the over 500 (!) pictures we had taken.

This isn’t an ad; I get nothing for it. But I am grateful that we went through their coaching. I highly recommend the program, or something like it. It’s been good for our marriage and our health. [Check it out](http://www.precisionnutrition.com/coaching?ref=dashhouse.com) if you’re interested.

If you want to do something on your own without signing up for their coaching program, you can check out their [Precision Nutrition System (a book)](http://www.precisionnutrition.com/books?ref=dashhouse.com) for a fairly low cost. I also found a few other books helpful in the past year as well: [*Foodist*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0062201255/dashhouse-20?ref=dashhouse.com) and two Michael Pollan books (*[The Omnivore’s Dilemma](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0143038583/dashhouse-20?ref=dashhouse.com)* and [*Food Rules*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0143124102/dashhouse-20?ref=dashhouse.com)).

![A Year of Precision Nutrition](https://www.dashhouse.com/content/images/v7/dashhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img202.jpg)