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Healthy Fat loss – The Scientific Way
The Challenge…
While at the CHEK Institute last weekend I was confronted yet again with the importance of nutrition and the role that it plays in our goals of dropping body fat. Since becoming a personal trainer so many of my clients have struggled with this over the years so I’m going to make it REALLY simple. I’m reducing all of our diets…yes, I am doing this as well…to the bare minimum – To the macro and mirco-nutrients that we need to survive and operate at our peak level, and nothing else. Paul Chek talks about the 3 choices we always make: the optimal, the suboptimal, and the indifferent.
-The optimal always produces the best outcome for everyone involved.
-Suboptimal often produce what we want, but create friction in relationships with others. They cause pain, but they are still useful choices because they produce life experience, which is necessary if we are to evolve.
-The indifferent choice is choosing to do nothing. It is almost always the worst decision we can make because it halts our own self evolution.
So for the month of June I am choosing to only eat meats, eggs, above ground vegetables, olive oil, coconut oil & avocado. Organic is preferred and HIGHLY recommended. Veggies served raw are also HIGHLY recommended (although I’m sure I’ll cook some as well).
The results you will experience will be greater than you expected. How you feel and the energy you will have will be off the charts. What we are doing is eliminating all of the common food allergies and detoxifying our bodies by focusing on what it REALLY needs and not filling our bodies with things that harm it. No gluten. No grain. No soy. No dairy. No caffeine. No alcohol. No corn.
Just try it…
If you’ve been struggling with getting rid of fat, it’s probably because your way isn’t working. It’s time to try my way. What’s the worst that could happen??
I challenge everyone reading this blog to participate with me and see how great your body can look AND feel in just 30 days. But I’m guessing that after the 30 days are up you will want to continue to eat this way because of what great strides you have made in your health. If you want to eat any of the “banned substances” after 30 (or more) days then we’ll reintroduce ONE AT A TIME to see if you are intolerant to it AS WELL AS show you how your body reacts to it. Right now you can’t tell how it reacts because it’s been desensitized over the years.
Your gut wall will be in better shape making food more digestable by the body. You won’t experience dips in your energy (like after lunch) as often. Your sense of smell and taste could even improve!
The two other things that are necessary that I’ve preached since day one is:
1. Drink 1/2 your bodyweight in ounces of water per day! (So if you’re 150lbs you drink 75oz/day. (More on days you work out) )
2. Be in bed AND ASLEEP by 10:30pm. NO EXCEPTIONS, ALLISON & SHIREESH! (and me!!)
Please pass this blog along to anyone who you think would want to join us…
Let’s all get lean, healthy and strong this month and let’s do it together!!!
Phil Gephart PICP, CHEK
Does aerobic exercise or weight training suppress my appetite more??
I read an article recently that was news to me and I thought I would pass it on. It has to deal with working out and the affect it has on your appetite. It focuses on two hormones for the study, GHRELIN & PEPTIDE YY.
But what do these hormones play in affecting my body you ask???
Here ya’ go…Ghrelin is the only known hormone to stimulate appetite while Peptide YY suppresses appetite. There are several others that help regulate appetite but the study & subsequent article focused on these two.
The levels of these hormones of the participants were measured periodically throughout the study. The results confirmed that anaerobic exercise (weight training) caused the Ghrelin levels among the participants to increase but there wasn’t a signficant change in the levels of Peptide YY. So appetite was definitely suppressed after the workout…
However…
The aerobic exercise not only caused an increase in Ghrelin, but also a decrease in Peptide YY. Since Peptide YY is an appetite suppressant, appetite was reduced that much more after an aerobic exercise bout.
As I mentioned in some previous posts, weight training should be the first hurdle when dealing with weight loss and fat loss. But as the study clearly pointed out, aerobic exercise can clearly help you reach your health & fitness goals in more ways than just burning calories.
To see the actual scientific results, check out this link
That’s it for me this time around. Keep working out and staying fit Orange County!
