Story of failure: Electrocuting myself while changing a light fixture.

Tony Castillo’s journey began as an overweight middle schooler. This continued throughout high school until he decided to jump on a “diet.” Unfortunately, this resulted in unsustainable weight loss. His weight fluctuated in college due to lack of nutrition knowledge, but this inspired him to understand how nutrition played a role in the human body.

Tony’s passion today is to teach others how healthy lifestyle modifications optimize performance in ALL areas of life. After working at the University of Florida and then with the Toronto Blue Jays, Tony focuses on helping you to become an elite performer. Being an elite performer in your field can take many forms, whether you’re the owner of an investment firm or a professional athlete trying to become an MVP. Tony’s plan is to teach his clients how to sustain their weight goals without counting calories or macros.

Tony graduated from Florida International University in Miami with a B.S. in Biology, B.A. in Chemistry, and an M.S. in Nutrition and Dietetics. He is credentialed by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics as a Registered Dietitian. Tony continues to hone his practice and regularly mentors with colleagues and professionals such as Tony Stephan, RD and The Dietitian Mentorship program.

And did you know? Tony’s parents are from the Dominican Republic, and Antonio is fluent in both English and Spanish.

In today's episode Tony talks about:

- his story of why he got into nutrition
- getting checked out by a female doctor
- leaving the urologist confused and frustrated
- working through mental health issues
- losing weight and gaining confidence
- trying all the diets and working out
- breaking his foot dancing after malnutrition
- learning about nutrition and getting a masters
- what are the secrets to athlete’s nutrition?
- having a good relationship with food
- working at the Toronto Blue Jays
- teaching kids how nutrition can impact performance
- building a plate composition
- long term habits for eating
- reframing how he saw food
- bodybuilding.com forums and weeding through information
- premium or regular gas?
- feeling confident through food
- Paul Landrum as a mentor
- crying in front of another man
- mentor from the Toronto Blue Jays - Stephanie Wilson
- waiting for a smoothie machine until 2 AM
- failing to prepare for presentation and working through it
- selling himself short because he didn’t feel like he was ready
- only Spanish speaking kid in 1st grade
- being told he would never be able to speak English
- his dad working through med school barely speaking English
- hating reading and writing because he was forced to do it
- always being a fighter
- never, never, never give up
- going to english school instead of going to baseball
- getting an A in English in college
- only speaking Spanish in the house, but you still need to learn English
- feeling weak after failing
- “Always be prepared.”
- “If we can ask better questions, we can get better results.”
- asking questions and getting feedback
- helping athletes learn
- keeping up with the latest challenges of the sports world
- the power of ‘I don’t know’
- being open and honest
- the courage of saying I don’t know
- branch chain amino acids
- making a protein with 20 amino acids
- lucine amino acid
- would you water your plants in the middle of the rainstorm?
- bird feathers supplement
- being open to chaining his opinion as long as the research backs it up
- seeing a therapist
- Cam Hall - Leadership Consultant
- “Are you doing it to them, for them, or with them?”
- never being taught how to run a business in school
- reforming the way he asks for help
- why am I eating this way?
- pausing before he speaks
- overly communicating with yourself
- how and why?
- just doing what you’re told
- the intimidation of writing a book and lunching a podcast
- helping build authority
- Christiano Ronaldo choosing water
- wanting to work with athletes that have a great opportunity to promote good change
- not being inhibited by my typing skills
- you made it, you survived
- not coasting, but achieving