Fitness Influencer Bill Maeda Reveals Shift in Diet & training after Years of Overdoing It
Los Angeles, CA - Bill Maeda, the 56-year-old fitness influencer known for his popular Instagram and TikTok workout content, has detailed a significant overhaul of his diet and training regimen, attributing the changes to burnout and a focus on longevity. Maeda, who gained a following by documenting daily workouts during the pandemic, now prioritizes recovery and balanced nutrition after realizing his previous approach was unsustainable.
Maeda admits to a penchant for unconventional snacking, enjoying taro chips and dried apricots for their combination of sweetness, saltiness, and texture.Though,he acknowledges this is a “weird combination” he indulges in moderation,a marked improvement from his previous eating habits.
previously, Maeda experimented with intermittent fasting for approximately a year, but discontinued it after noticing a negative impact on his blood sugar and a subsequent increase in sweet cravings later in the day.”Whatever benefits I might have been getting by not eating the first six hours of my day, then on the back end, in the afternoon or evening, I was bringing in a lot more sweets,” he explained. He now finds that starting his day with eggs, simple carbohydrates, and butter stabilizes his blood sugar for extended periods, leading to more reasonable food choices throughout the day. He’d previously been proud of enduring long periods without food, only to “blow it the rest of the day” and rely heavily on caffeine for energy. Blood work had even prompted medical professionals to advise against intermittent fasting for him.Maeda also connected his dietary struggles to chronic sleep deprivation.”If your body can’t get enough sleep, it does the next best thing to get energy somewhere else, and so it gets it calorically,” he stated. Improving his sleep has, in turn, made reducing his caffeine intake easier.The influencerS training schedule underwent a similar transformation. After three years of daily workouts, beginning in 2020 and peaking in 2023, Maeda found his body “completely broken.” He announced a change in his content strategy, reducing his posting frequency to prioritize sleep and recovery. He now works out two days a week, dedicating a third day to mobility work. “I’m also not working out every day…something real light,” he said. This shift reflects a broader focus on training for longevity rather than simply pushing his physical limits.
