Hey,
I am in constant contact with people all the time and it never fails. I get some of the same questions over and over again. “Well I’ve been exercising for X amount of time, but the weight just won’t come off, what should I do?” “Well I actually eat pretty healthy? I just don’t know why I can’t lose weight?” “I’m looking to lose 40 or more lbs but I do eat healthy, I just need to exercise.”
There’s a few things I want to share with you today. First, I must remind you of this very important thing:
*If you need to lose lbs and your Dr keeps telling you do so, then you need to change some things that you’re currently doing and make it happen.
* If you really truly want your body to change, then figure it out! It’s really not rocket science, nor is it a Step 3 on a Boards Exam (This is to my beautiful wife who is taking her final test as we speak! I know you can do it baby 
Second, You’ll never outtrain a lousy or poor diet! Many people really believe they can eat whatever it is they want simply because they exercise 3, 4, 5, even 6 days a week. Well here’s the cold hard truth. If you aren’t eating the right things at the right times, even if you’re exercise intensely for extended periods of time, that scale won’t move.
Here’s a quick video of an example how you can never outtrain a what it is you eat. This is a funny video and it’s very informative and a great tool to show you the difference between the amount of calories one can consume in a matter of minutes. Also, it’s important to notice how hard the guy is working, yet how the amount of energy expended is only a few. And since the Superbowl is this Sunday, you may want to rethink how many slices you plan on having while watching the game
What a shocking truth that was right? Now you should have a better understanding of just how important of a role nutrition plays in regards to weight loss, changing your body composition and losing ugly unwanted fat.
Lastly, Here a full days worth of my meals while I am on this rapid fat loss program. After you check it, compare it to yours. Now mind you, my weight may be different than yours. So trying follow along with my exact meal, that may NOT work for you. The point here is I want you to notice the frequency of meals, the amounts of foods I am taking in and to notice for the most part, sugars and processed foods are kept to a minimal…..
Also, this is one of my high carb days. And my week goes like this. I’ll cycle through a high carb day, a normal carb day and a low carb day. Then repeat that cycle 6 out of 7 days in the week.
Upon the first 15min of me waking up!
Meal #1
2 Scoops of Protein, Walnuts & 1/2 cup of blueberries
and my krill oil supplement.
Meal #2
2 sticks of sting cheese
snow peas
Meal #3
6oz Grilled chicken breast (chopped) 2 Cups broccoli
3 tsp EVOO 1 tsp Butter
Meal #4
1.5 Scoop Protein Powder 45 Grams Carbs (The 45 g of carbs is simply a 20oz gatorade 15min prior to my workout to give me enough energy to get through my workout.
Meal #5
Salmon spinach salad (mushrooms & onions)
Olive oil
Meal #6
1.5 Scoops Protein Powder (Chocolate)
1/2 Cup Blueberries
2 tsp Peanut Butter
Talk about a Total No Brainer
*All the liquids besides the gatorade pre workout are solely from water. I walk around with a mini half gal jug and fill that up multiple times in a day. I’d imagine I’m drink close to 3 gal per day.
As you can see, this was more of a busy day. I had 3 protein shakes and 2 meals consisted of chicken.
No I am not eating chicken everyday of my life. I mix it in with other lean meats (Ie flank steak, pork loin, salmon/tilapia, tuna, turkey, shrimp etc.)
There were 6 total servings of fruit and veggies. As you can see I looked to eliminate the starches and I stayed away from fruits that were a bit higher in sugar.
You may also notice there was quite a bit of fats included. Now you may be thinking, why in the world is he taking in fats, if he’s on a Rapid Fat Loss Program? Well the reason being I’ve consumed a good amount of good healthy fats, but I also wasn’t afraid to add butter and or cheese to the program. There reason being is I’m using these fats to as energy (remember this is a high carb day, but there’s not really ANY carbs…the highest carb amount came through my gatorade).
So now that you’ve seen my meal for the day, how does yours compare?
Are your meals considered incomplete if you don’t have rice, pastas and or bread with your meals? If so,
why is that?
The protein supplement http://tinyurl.com/y9jxn8l and krill oil supplement http://tinyurl.com/yemvztj I use comes from Prograde Nutrition. They provide the best quality essential fatty acid and protein mix blend. You can find them both here http://tinyurl.com/y962w4r
And the rapid results warp speed fat loss program I am following is http://tinyurl.com/y9jxn8l Quite honestly, I haven’t found a more complete program from top to bottom. A done for you meal plan, even if time is a factor they address that and the workouts are out of this world. I’m almost ready to reveal to you my final after pics and some video of the workouts that have been leaving me with endless energy.
Enjoy your day!asssssssssssss
February 3, 2010 at 8:52 pm |
Meal one: one and a half scoops of protein powder and one and a half servings of oatmeal.
Meal two: a cliff bar a coffee
Meal three: 2 chicken breasts and a potato
Meal four: One fruit, one veggie, and another large piece of either fish, chicken, or other lean meat.
Meal five: half a cup of milk and a protein drink mixed with a night time snack or two.
Meal five:
February 12, 2010 at 11:37 am |
*** Reflections ****
On February 8, I turned 50 years old. Everyone says, I don’t look my age and that’s partly do to working out and eating healthier. I do not eat fried foods. I avoid white products (bread, rice, potatoes, etc), I eat lots of fruit and vegs and drink plenty of fluids. Generally, when it comes to food, I graze rather than gorge.
I have been training hard and doing the cardio for years but have not achieved my ultimate goals. Only now am I beginning to realize how important diet really is in achieving my weight training goals. It is almost 80% of it.
For years, I lived under the delusion, that it didn’t matter how much I ate because 1) the foods I ate were healthier than the standard fare, and 2) I could always do a little extra training or cardio. Now, I clearly see that this was a counter productive strategy because the amount of calories burned during any normal cardio session could not keep pace with any form of overindulgence. I was shocked to learn that I burn realtivley small amounts of calories during cardio sessions relative to what I was eating (even though I eat healthier foods than many of my peers). I learned that to compensate for just alittle bit of over indulgence, I would have to do a Herculean amount of cardio.
Conversely, I learned that I don’t have to kill myself working so hard that I get numerous muscle pulls throughout the year. When that happens, I cannot workout for at least 2 weeks. It’s counterproductive. It is far easier to just control what I am eating and the amounts. As such, I realized that going off my diet for even one meal could lead to a cascade effect where I start slowly abandoning good dietary habits.
The problem for me was that I had good dietary practices. What I need are better dietary practices.
Looking back, it makes perfect sense now. Like most people, I believe I know what I had to do. Despite continuous collage of conflicting health information, I believe that we all have a general ideal of what we should be doing and what we should avoid in order to achieve our goals. The question is, are we willing to make the changes necessary to break through? In my opinion, most are not. I know in the past, I have not. But, that has changed.
January 1st, I skipped the high calorie New Years’ festivities and declared 2010 my year, the year I make progress – no resolutions only solutions. I have rededicated myself to working smarter not harder to achieve my goals.
I hope I didn’t ramble on too much….