Contestants on Khloè Kardashian‘s “Revenge Body” may be thrown into an intense workout routine on Day 1, but their diets require just as much attention.
One of the show’s nutritionists, Dr. Philip Goglia, talked to Page Six about how establishing healthy eating habits and hitting the gym work as “a brotherhood” that ensures a successful weight loss journey.
“You can do all the sit-ups in the world but if you’re eating pizza every night, it’s never gonna show,” he said.
“If you are training hard and consistently, you better have your foods right.”
Goglia, who’s also responsible for the chiseled physiques of “Avengers” stars including Chris Evans, and contrarily helped Christian Bale pack on the pounds to play Dick Cheney, credits their camera-ready results to quality diet and sleep.
“What changes your physique is your kitchen and bedroom,” he explained. “That’s where your aesthetics change, that’s where your performance changes, that’s even where your cognitive focus changes.”
And when it comes to the common misconception that skipping meals translates to losing weight, Goglia who’s career spans over 30 years, says under eating is overrated.
“Everybody thinks that undereating is the thing to do, but if under eating worked, people wouldn’t be fat,” he said. “Really it’s all about eating, not, not eating.”
The health guru who works with “Revenge Body” trainer Gunnar Peterson on and off the show, has also taken on the Kardashians — even Kanye West — as clients throughout the years. He’s been involved with the Khloé-hosted spin-off for all three seasons.
“It just kind of feels like family and home to me,” he said of working on the E! show. “It feels great because Khloé is fantastic and she was a patient, and I take care of her entire family, it doesn’t even feel like a TV show, it just feels like doing things with friends and family.”
However, when “Revenge Body” contestants — who embark on a 12-week lifestyle overhaul with the help of a celebrity trainer and prepared food — walk into his office, he gets down to business.
“I think every trainer and every nutritionist has their ‘shtick’ but mine is very consequential,” he explained. “We look at labs, we look at lipid profiles, and these lipid profiles, they type you, [for example] if you are protein and fat-deficient or if you’re carbohydrate-deficient, it just doesn’t lie … Once [patients] start to really see that, they really dive in.”
The contestants he works with are provided with Sunfare meal delivery during and after their time on the show. But when it comes to making decisions around food that’s not in a perfect package, Goglia cracks down on making sensible decisions, especially after an intense workout.
“Really, the conversation is [about] self-care,” he added. “Is self-care beating the s–t out of yourself in the gym? Or is self-care training smartly and strategically in the gym and then refueling yourself correctly? People are so confused about refueling.”
Fortunately, when it comes to cheat meals he allows one a week, advising clients to “go after it.”
But when “Revenge Body” clients aren’t shedding the weight or inches they set out to lose, Goglia says the lack of following a diet is the result of a client being ironically stubborn to change.
“They’re just not trusting enough because they’ve judged themselves to such an extreme that they’re afraid to change because where they’re now they’re familiar with it,” he said of clients stuck in a rut. “You tell me you don’t want [the weight] but you’re doing everything to keep it because its a condition [that’s] familiar even though it’s dysfunctional.”
One client Peterson and Goglia worked with this season was fired from the show for not committing to the process.
“What you get in, you get out,” he said of the clients time, that culminates with a reveal glam enough for Khloé herself.
Goglia explained that, for anyone looking to follow a healthy routine, showing a little weakness is okay.
“They have to be vulnerable,” he said. “They have to be willing to screw up a little bit to get coached, but people don’t want to be that because then they’ll feel judged.”
Several trainers that spoke with Page Six in the lead up to the show’s third season, that premiered in July, echoed the sentiment that the series provides lifelong results if done right.
“The messaging is all about sustainable results and not a quick fix for reality TV, it’s more like a fix for your reality so that you understand that everything has a consequence,” Goglia agreed. “An apple pie is not an apple, a skipped meal is just as bad as eating pizza.”
“Revenge Body” airs Sundays at 10 p.m. on E!