So you’ve been on an energy-boosting diet as of late, and people are beginning to notice. They can see that you’re losing weight, but gaining strength and endurance. You’re no longer the mopey, quiet and tired person you were just a few scant weeks ago. Today, you’re full of pep and vigor, and of course, the people around you want to know how you did it. What is your secret?

Now, your energy diet is no big secret – it is all about selecting the right foods to give your body the energy that it needs to thrive all day long. But people aren’t going to believe you when you tell them that. Just eating the right foods? That’s boring, and anyone could do it. But you are the only one who seems to have mastered it – so clearly, you know something they don’t know. You hold the secret to eating for energy, and they want to know what it is. So, what can you tell people who want to know your energy diet secrets, but won’t be satisfied with the truth?

What you give them is the truth with a heaping helping of fancy and sexy. No lies – just overblown statements about your amazing diet plan.

For instance, telling people that you are cutting back on processed sugars is not going to wow them. Sure, we all know that those glucose/fructose enriched foods are bad for us, but people want to hear your fancy answer for what you could possibly replace the sweets with (and no, going without something sweet is simply not an option – it’s practically cheating).

What you can tell them is that the world of fruit has some amazing sweets waiting for them, but a proper energy diet won’t simply ask you to down bowl after bowl of boring mixed fruits. No, you can tell them about the exciting variety of smoothies available for people who eat for energy; you can share your recipes for all-raw, one-ingredient frozen banana ice cream; and you can wow them with information about how strawberries are calorie negative, meaning they actually use up more calories to consume, digest and pass than they provide as fuel, and how this helps your body to learn to burn it’s own fuel reserves – your fat.

Another important area for eating for energy is hydration, but no one wants to hear about how you should be drinking so many glasses of water every day. Instead, you can tell them about your super-hydrating watermelon smoothies; impress them with your abstinence from the diuretic effects of caffeine; and tell them how you can jazz up a glass of water with citrus, without adding a lot of empty calories.

And when your friends want to hear about where you’re getting all of your new, raw energy from, they don’t want to hear about how simple it is to tailor the energy diet plan to their own likes and dislikes; they want to be told that what you are doing takes effort and intellect, but with a little coaching, they too could be on the path to eating healthier, and gaining more energy.

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