component of a good fat loss program.
"But," you say, "Nutrition is so confusing. Why can't the
experts agree on just one nutrition program?"
Well, first, let me say that I believe diets DO work, and
that there are so many of them because we all have such
different personalities and likes and dislikes for foods,
that it really shouldn't come as a huge surprise that a
bunch of different diets can work.
That said, I'm not a huge fan of extreme diets. I don't
think you have to restrict yourself of carbohydrates. After
all, that's never going to work if you've been raised to
eat an apple and a banana everyday.
To tell someone they need to stop eating fruit to lose fat
is ridiculous. Almost all foods can be incorporated into a
healthy fat loss plan.
So I'm about to give you my preferred nutrition plan. It's
not extreme. It's not crazy. It's not about denying you any
healthy foods. You can eat meat, carbohydrates, and healthy
fats on this program.
It's really all about eating whole, natural foods. In fact,
I sometimes joke that my plan should be called the "dental
floss diet", because almost every food in the plan requires
you to floss after eating it (apples, nuts, meat, oranges,
broccoli, etc., etc.).
So live a healthy lifestyle, eat whole, natural foods, and
avoid fast food. Its that easy.
After all, there's a saying in the fitness industry, "you
can't out-train a bad diet", and that hold's true almost
100% of the time (and especially as you get older).
Fortunately, I also believe that good nutrition for fat
loss is very simple. And here are my 5 steps to building a
fast fat burning diet.
1) Find out how much you are eating now. Use fitday.com.
2) If you are not losing weight, eat less.
3) Eat fruits, vegetables, nuts, and good protein sources.
Don't eat junk from a bag or a box.
4) Give yourself one treat meal per week to look forward to
- not a treat day, just a treat meal.
5) Plan ahead. Prepare your meals (spend 1-2 hours on the
weekend getting your meals and meal plan ready for the
week). Identify obstacles and come up with solutions to
avoid them.
That is it.
Very simple. Most people do pretty well on 1-3 and even 5,
but mess up on number 4. I often hear how well someone did
all day long, but then while making dinner they snack on
upwards of 500 calories of their kid's treats, or other
processed carbohydrates they have lying around the house.
The little things can add up to big time problems. So take
a good long look at everything you eat.
And all of this can be avoided if you follow rule #5.
Combine my five simple nutrition rules with three short
workouts per week of resistance training and interval
training, and you have a very manageable fat loss plan that
can fit any busy lifestyle.
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