With type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and America’s waistline bulging to frightening highs, it is clear that what we think we know, and what we’ve been led to believe about fat loss, is not only wrong, but completely backward.
That’s right. Your difficulty losing weight is truly not your fault. You have been misinformed for years about healthy eating (i.e., fat makes you fat; replace fat with carbs). You have been misinformed about exercise’s role in reducing body fat. And, you have been bombarded by celebrity messages that claim, “This worked for me, so it will work for you.”
At The Exercise Coach®, we make it our policy not to cave in to popular fitness trends, but rather to go wherever the science of fat loss and exercise leads us. It is our hope that you take the time to read, understand, and pass along this information to as many people as you can.
Share it with others so together you can maximize your fitness and fat-loss efforts while enjoying total freedom from time-consuming and defeating conventional approaches. You can enjoy maximum fitness and fat loss results with just 20 to 40 minutes of exercise per week – and I will tell you how. First, let’s start tearing down the myths.
MYTH #5 I’VE TRIED EVERYTHING!
The good news is you can discover the truth for yourself at The Exercise Coach®, where we maximize your fitness and fat loss with just two, 20-minute workouts per week. Come in and meet one of our friendly, expert personal coaches. Until then, let me give you a brief explanation of some key components of The Exercise Coach® approach.
SECRET #1 EATING FOR IMPACT
The Exercise Coach specializes in cutting-edge exercise concepts. It’s our passion. So, we know very well what exercise can do and what exercise cannot do. We know that exercise is vital for optimal fat-loss results. However, we are aware (and you need to be too), that when it comes to weight loss, the formula is: EXERCISE + PROPER NUTRITION = HEALTHY WEIGHT LOSS
More specifically, whole-effort exercise + whole-food nutrition = a whole new you. It’s to this end that we constantly educate our clients and empower them with convenient nutrition solutions. Our aim is to help our clients understand that food no longer has to be the enemy. In fact, food can become your greatest wellness and weight-control ally.
Everything you eat has a powerful effect on your physiology. You just need to understand the effect that various foods have. Once you do, you can eat for the positive contribution to your efforts that food can make.
Nutrition can be confusing and intimidating, so we like to narrow down your focus to four areas that will give you the biggest bang for your buck. I’ll give you a brief summary here to get you thinking about how you are doing in these areas.
- Hunger Control: Make no mistake about it. You cannot eat an excess of calories or carbohydrates and expect to lose weight. However, I think that biology has a lot more to do with your ability to stay the course than willpower does. There are several strategies available to help you achieve an outstanding degree of satiety from your meals. Maybe the single most important strategy is consuming adequate (not excessive) amounts of protein at the right time throughout the day. Start by looking at your breakfast. Most people don’t eat protein for breakfast, but it can have a huge impact on satiety if you do. Remember this: Carbohydrates grow in the ground and proteins are things that move around. Make sure you eat protein as part of your breakfast and at every snack and meal throughout the day.
- Insulin Control: Insulin is a storage signal. It tells your fat cells to keep storing more and more fat. The more insulin you have in your bloodstream, the stronger the signal. The best way to keep insulin under control is to eat the proper kinds and amount of carbohydrates. The easiest way to do this is to stick with fruits and vegetables.
- Fatty Acid Control: Fatty acids make up cell membranes and are also the building blocks for a type of hormone known as an eicosanoid. Two very important fatty acids are Omega-6 and Omega-3 fatty acids. Research has shown that people who consume these in appropriate ratios are much healthier and have a better chance of losing fat. This is due to reduced inflammation in the body and more hormonally responsive cells
- Damage Control: From a wellness and longevity point of view, your body is always trying to strike a balance between damage and repair. For most of us, better damage control is what we need. This can be achieved by eating lots of green leafy vegetables and dark-colored berries. Today there are also many good products on the market that provide concentrated amounts of the phytochemicals found in these foods.
Coming next month Secret No. 2. In the meantime, the choice is yours to make and at The Exercise Coach®, we can help.
Make TODAY the day to start on that road to better health and fitness! Let our caring and knowledgeable Certified Coaches get you started. Call, text, or visit us online for your complimentary Initial Consultation and 2 FREE Sessions! (480) 716-6080 or visit the website exercisecoach.com/north-mesa.