Eating Properly Really is a Full-Time Job

Mike Robertson of Robertson Training Systems and Indianapolis Fitness & Sports Training puts out a great newsletter, and, in the most recent issue, he interviewed fat loss nutrition expert Leigh Peele. Check out the response Peele gave to one of Mike's questions below:

MR: So if a client came to you with the New Years Resolution to drop some serious body fat, how would you help them do that?

LP: The first thing I would do is send their butt to target and have them buy two things. A journal and a food scale. It will be the most enlightening and eye opening experience of their lives. I would make them log their daily dietary habits of what they are still doing. Give them a big eye opener into how much food they are really eating, and then from there help them map out a plan.

The problem with most people is they expect it to be easy. No thought, no work. That is great and all if you are eating nothing but chicken breasts and lettuce. It is a bit different if you want to have any variety of food or lifestyle in your diet or training. Lazy tracking breeds lackluster results for the majority of people. You have to understand what you are putting in your body, then and only then, will you know what to take out.

I thought this was a great answer, and really drives home the point that if you are serious about getting your diet in line and losing body fat, nothing comes easy. You really have to work for it and put in the effort. I get frustrated with people who assume proper nutrition "just happens". Look, as Leigh Peele pointed out above, you have to monitor and track your food intake. You have to get to the grocery store each and every week to buy the proper food. You have to read labels, measure out servings, weigh food, etc. in accordance with your calorie requirements. You have to research menu items ahead of time if you are going to be dining out. It just doesn't "happen". Tracking and monitoring become even more important if you want a lot of variety in your diet. THIS IS A FULL-TIME JOB...ONE YOU BETTER BE PREPARED TO COMMIT TO!

As new year's day approaches, don't fool yourself into thinking you can make a small change here and there and try "to eat healthier" and get the results you want. You better be prepared to commit to this stuff full on. A lot of people will see "I can't do all this monitoring and tracking...it's just not practical." That's fine...just don't bitch about not getting any results. If it was easy and didn't take any planning, sacrifice and effort, 2 out of 3 people in this country wouldn't be overweight or obese.

The Problem with Weight Loss: Your Body Will Do The Opposite

Really great article below by CA based trainer Alwyn Cosgrove on weight loss. With New Year's Day almost upon us, there are a lot of great principles and concepts to weigh and consider if you are considering a "weight loss oriented" New Year's Resolution. Enjoy!

PJ Striet

The Problem with Weight Loss: Your Body Will Do The Opposite.
By Alwyn Cosgrove http://tinyurl.com/6yyx5z

Homeostasis is the property of a living organism, that regulates its internal environment so as to maintain a stable, constant condition.
When you don't drink enough water in the short term -- often the body retains water. It attempts to maintain homeostasis by counteracting the stresses we put on it.
When you drink a lot of extra water - your body excretes more water to maintain balance.
When we weight train -- we actually break down muscle tissue. And the body responds by building new muscle. It attempts to maintain homeostasis by doing the reverse of the stimulus we placed on it.
When a male takes supplemental testosterone -- the body shuts down its own production in a bid to maintain homeostasis.
When we immunize children against disease -- we actually inject them with a small dose of that disease. The immune system recognizes the vaccine as foreign, destroys it, and 'remembers' it. When the virulent version of an agent comes along, the immune system is thus prepared to respond. In order to prepare the body to defend against a disease - we expose it to the disease - and it responds by doing the opposite - it destroys the disease.

In almost every situation I can think of, the body tries to maintain homeostasis by "doing the opposite" of the stimulus.
How does this apply to weight loss?
Now we know that while you are doing it -- low intensity exercise burns primarily fat.
Higher intensity exercise actually burns more carb stores than fat.
But in every head to head comparison, high intensity exercise results in more fat loss than low intensity exercise - even though the more intense work may burn a lesser percentage of fat during the exercise session.
Burning glycogen results in a larger amount of fat lost than burning fat directly.
The body responds by "doing the opposite"...
Break down muscle to grow more muscle. Burn glycogen to lose more fat.

I designed Warp Speed Fat Loss training program to specifically take advantage of this ‘law’ of nature so that when your body “does the opposite” you’ll end up with faster and greater fat loss.

About the Author/More Info:

Warp Speed Fat Loss is a complete 28 day diet and training system crafted to help you lose 10,15, or 20lbs of body fat in just 28 day. To start losing weight fast visit http://tinyurl.com/6yyx5z. Alwyn Cosgrove, M.S., C.S.C.S. is a nationally renown fat loss expert whose work has appeared in magazines such as Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Muscle & Fitness, Maximum Fitness, Men’s Journal, Self, Oxygen, and Muscle & Fitness HERS. His Warp Speed Fat Loss system is a complete Done-for-You A-Z Fat Loss Blueprint that gives you exactly everything you need to eat and exactly what to do for exercise to lose weight in record time.




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