Can't Out Exercise A Bad Diet!

 YOU CAN'T OUT EXERCISE A BAD DIET!

A phrase commonly heard in relation to weight loss is “Calories in vs. Calories Out”. It was once thought that as long as you burn more calories than you consume that you will lose weight. Once upon a time that may have been true but thanks to the processing of foods, food chemicals, skipping meals and larger portion sizes this isn’t always the case. What you put into your body and when you put it into your body is just as important as how much you put into your body! 

Over the past 8 years I have assisted over 1000 clients with their weight management efforts. I have worked with middle schoolers all the way to senior citizens, multiple different nationalities, genders & body types. Weight loss for EVERYONE is different! I have had women participate in my classes who worked out twice as hard, made more dietary changes, were the same age, nationality & body type as another participant who barely broke a sweat, ate what they wanted and still lost more weight! It is unfair but its life!

So, if the theory that calories in vs. calories out was true than those clients who worked harder should have had the better results! Right?

Truth is all of our bodies are different and all of our bodily needs are different so now the question is how do we know what we need???

It’s simple really? LISTEN TO YOUR BODY!!!!

Think of your body as if it were a car. When all of your fluid levels are filled, you’re feeding your car premium gas, and its getting regular maintenance it runs smooth! When your fluid levels get low, or you leave it sitting too long, put in cheap watered down gas then it doesn’t run as smooth. As the driver you can feel the difference right? Then what comes next: the lights come on: check engine, oil light, gas light, etc. these are the warning signs right before the car breaks down! The same thing goes for your body: as long as you are feeding it throughout the day (5-6 small meals) then you are full, feed your body organic nutrient dense whole foods (premium gas) and exercise (regular maintenance) then your body will be in optimum condition. When you don’t do these things than the lights come on: obesity, diabetes, stomach aches, joint problems, etc. before you shut down!

Your body knows exactly what it needs so that you don’t even have to count calories. Counting calories can be exhausting! Your body has a set point weight which is best for you. Everyone doesn’t have to be a size 2 to be healthy. If you feed your body enough nutrients than it will naturally return to its set point.  My set point weight is between 125-130lbs. When I eat a well balanced diet I maintain between 125-130lbs. When I cut up like I have this summer: drinking multiple times a week and eating out multiple times a week I have maintained 138lbs. Even though my exercise regimen actually increased from instructing 4 classes a week to instructing 7 classes a week. I still gained weight!

So if we’re not county calories how will we know when we are feeding our body enough? Once again, listen to your body! Hunger is a sign your body is not getting enough nutrients if you are eating nutrient dense meals multiple times a day you won’t ever get hungry! On the flip side if you are feeding your body sugar laden, chemically processed, man- made foods than your body is not going to get the nutrients that it needs.  One of the main reasons we overeat is because we’re not getting enough nutrients from our foods.

Focus on these few factors and you WILL lose weight, body fat, feel more energized, and most importantly be HEALTHY!

1.       Feed Your Body: Food is energy! Taste is just a bonus! The purpose of food is to give us the energy we need to maintain & the nutrients we need to survive. If you do not adequately feed the body (for example, skipping meals or consume very low calorie diets of 1200 calories or less daily) than instead of burning calories throughout the day your body will hold on to most of the calories storing them as fat for energy. You should consume 4-6 small meals a day. This will boost your metabolism, burn more fat throughout the day, and give your body the nutrients it needs to fight off illness.

2.       Alkalize Your Body: Alkalize your body refers to shifting the pH of your body. When you eat a lot of processed foods, sugars, meat, and other acid forming foods you must balance them out with more alkaline forming foods such as green vegetables & fruit.

The body has a hard time handling high levels of acid. It may store acid in fat cells making a person over-weight, it may line the walls of your arteries with cholesterol which leads to heart problems, or it may leach calcium out of your bones to neutralize the acid. Since, body fat is there to protect your organs from toxicity.  Some people will find that they will lose weight on a more Alkaline Diet mainly due to the system being flushed out better from drinking lemon water and alkaline foods as we rid our bodies of excess acids.

3.       Avoid Chemicals in Food: Chemicals in foods such as Aspartame (artificial sweetener), High Fructose Corn Syrup, Food Dyes, Preservatives, Additives, Olestra (a fake fat commonly found in fat free products), Nitrites & Nitrates, Trans fats, etc. all have ill effects on the body. First, many of these chemicals cannot be properly digested in the body so they stick around in our colon and create several problems. They cause hormonal imbalances which lead to weight gain, they are cancerous, create blood sugar issues which also cause us to overeat, and so much more. It is best to go Organic as much as possible. I have had clients not make any changes to their exercise program but simply switched to an organic diet and the weight fell off!!!!

4.       Serving Sizes: The body can only properly digest about 400-600calories per meal. When we consume these large meals containing 1000+ calories the body has no choice but to store it as fat. Some of the undigested food will linger in your stomach causing stomach pains, due to the lack of fiber & water in some meals some of the food will stay in the colon for days, weeks or longer creating what I like to call “swollen colon syndrome” or a “pot belly”.  Instead split that meal in two so your body can take the nutrients that it needs from it and eliminate the rest!

5.       Supplements: The same way “Calories In vs. Calories Out” was based on the old days so is the common misconception that you can get all the nutrients you need from your diet. This may have been true in the 50’s but in 2012 its better safe than sorry. Even when you go Organic, choose only the “Healthy” brands, eat fruits & veggies unless you’re farming everything yourself you can never be 100% sure what is going into your foods. There was a rumor (or maybe the truth) a few months ago that Kashi (one of my favorite brands) was genetically modifying the soy in its products. Truth is you don’t know who to trust! So I like to think of my Multivitamin as my insurance policy. If I’m not getting all of the nutrients I need from my diet hopefully I’m making it up with my multivitamins. 

    

      Warning: Dietary supplements are not a very well regulated industry so for the best on the market visit www.VitaBarOnline.com (All supplements from the site are All Natural, Mostly Organic & Approved by me!)

     This all can be a lot to take in! I KNOW!

     You probably heard of some terms & chemicals in your food that you never heard of or thought to look for, right?

      The Food Industry counts on you not knowing about these dangers and they hop on the new “health kick” by plastering things such as “Fat Free”, “0 Trans Fat”, “Whole Wheat”, “High Fiber”, “Low Sodium” and “Sugar Free” all over the boxes but unless you know how to read your nutrition labels for yourself you could be eating all of the dangerous & fattening chemicals listed above.                       

      

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