Exercise is important but nutrition is what’s going to make you either happy with your results or frustrated. The problem it seems is, at least from the outset, nutrition for fat loss seems complicated. It doesn’t however need to be and that’s what we’ll try to simplify here in this post.
Our main clientele here at Body Health and Fitness come to us for fat loss, or at least changing their body shape. Our very first step in helping with that is to have them keep a food diary to give us a snapshot of current eating habits and timings, so over the years we’ve seen some pretty big commonalities. For some people small incremental changes are all that’s needed, but for the vast majority we try to help them understand that they need to simply feed themselves back to good health.
Our main clientele here at Body Health and Fitness come to us for fat loss, or at least changing their body shape. Our very first step in helping with that is to have them keep a food diary to give us a snapshot of current eating habits and timings, so over the years we’ve seen some pretty big commonalities. For some people small incremental changes are all that’s needed, but for the vast majority we try to help them understand that they need to simply feed themselves back to good health.
HAVE A READ OF THAT LAST SENTENCE AGAIN, BECAUSE DESPITE HAVING ACCESS TO MORE INFORMATION THAN EVER BEFORE ON NUTRITION, MOST PEOPLE STILL SEEM TO THINK THEY NEED TO UNNECESSARILY RESTRICT THEMSELVES OF CERTAIN FOODS OR FOOD GROUPS OR SIMPLY JUST MASSIVELY CUT CALORIES. YOUR NUTRITION (AND TRAINING) OUGHT TO ENHANCE YOUR LIFE, NOT DETRACT FROM IT.
THE MECHANISMS FOR FAT GAIN AND/OR OBESITY ARE MORE COMPLICATED THAN SCIENCE CURRENTLY DEMONSTRATES, HOWEVER I DON’T THINK THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT WOULD ARGUE IT’S PRETTY EASY TO CONSUME CALORIES MUCH FASTER THAN YOU COULD EVER HOPE TO BURN THEM OFF, ESPECIALLY IF MOST OF YOUR DAY IS SPENT SITTING AT A DESK, IN A CAR, ON THE COUCH OR A COMBINATION OF ALL THREE. CONSUME MORE CALORIES THAN YOU EXPEND = WEIGHT GAIN, CONSEQUENTLY CONSUME LESS THAN YOU EXPEND = WEIGHT REDUCTION…DESPITE ARGUMENTS AGAINST THIS IT’S NEVER EVER BEEN DIS-PROVEN IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND ALWAYS PROVEN UNDER RESTRICTED CIRCUMSTANCES.
MOST PEOPLE HAVE A CAREER, A FAMILY, OR BOTH SO LIFE IS BUSY AND CONVENIENCE IS EASY. CREATING TIME TO MAKE A PLAN IS THE START OF MAKING LASTING CHANGE AND SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS. CREATING TIME FOR SHOPPING, STOCKING YOUR KITCHEN AND COOKING ARE KEY IN GETTING YOUR PLAN UP AND RUNNING. LEAD THE PATH FOR THIS IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD, IF EVERYONE IS ON BOARD THE CHANCES OF SUCCESS RISE.
THE SIMPLEST METHOD WE’VE FOUND ORIGINATED AS FAR AS I KNOW IN 1996 WHEN BILL PHILLIPS RELEASED HIS ‘PORTION SIZE METHOD’ AND HERE IT IS.
4-5 MEALS OF THE FOLLOWING…
• PALM SIZED SERVING OF PROTEIN
• CUPPED HAND OF CARBOHYDRATE
• FIST SIZE OF VEGETABLES AND/OR FRUIT
• THUMB SIZED SERVING OF FAT
THAT’S IT, THAT’S AS SIMPLE AS IT GETS! THE REAL DIFFICULTY THOUGH, AS WITH ANYTHING IS THE ‘DOING’. AS THE PHRASE GOES “IT’S SIMPLE…BUT NOT EASY”, IT’S STILL GOING TO TAKE PLANNING, PREPARATION, SOME TIME AND DISCIPLINE BUT GET IT RIGHT 80% OF THE TIME AND RESULTS WILL FOLLOW.
THIS IS A SELF-LIMITING DIET, IN THAT A SMALL FEMALE WILL BE EATING LESS THAN A LARGE MALE DUE TO DIFFERENCE IN HAND SIZES. IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR A ENDLESS COMBINATIONS AND FLEXIBILITY OF FOODS AND RECIPES.
POSSIBLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART THOUGH IS THAT IT BRINGS US BACK TO WHAT A PORTION IS ACTUALLY MEANT TO LOOK LIKE AND HOPEFULLY GETS YOU EATING REAL FOOD.
THE MECHANISMS FOR FAT GAIN AND/OR OBESITY ARE MORE COMPLICATED THAN SCIENCE CURRENTLY DEMONSTRATES, HOWEVER I DON’T THINK THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT WOULD ARGUE IT’S PRETTY EASY TO CONSUME CALORIES MUCH FASTER THAN YOU COULD EVER HOPE TO BURN THEM OFF, ESPECIALLY IF MOST OF YOUR DAY IS SPENT SITTING AT A DESK, IN A CAR, ON THE COUCH OR A COMBINATION OF ALL THREE. CONSUME MORE CALORIES THAN YOU EXPEND = WEIGHT GAIN, CONSEQUENTLY CONSUME LESS THAN YOU EXPEND = WEIGHT REDUCTION…DESPITE ARGUMENTS AGAINST THIS IT’S NEVER EVER BEEN DIS-PROVEN IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND ALWAYS PROVEN UNDER RESTRICTED CIRCUMSTANCES.
MOST PEOPLE HAVE A CAREER, A FAMILY, OR BOTH SO LIFE IS BUSY AND CONVENIENCE IS EASY. CREATING TIME TO MAKE A PLAN IS THE START OF MAKING LASTING CHANGE AND SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS. CREATING TIME FOR SHOPPING, STOCKING YOUR KITCHEN AND COOKING ARE KEY IN GETTING YOUR PLAN UP AND RUNNING. LEAD THE PATH FOR THIS IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD, IF EVERYONE IS ON BOARD THE CHANCES OF SUCCESS RISE.
THE SIMPLEST METHOD WE’VE FOUND ORIGINATED AS FAR AS I KNOW IN 1996 WHEN BILL PHILLIPS RELEASED HIS ‘PORTION SIZE METHOD’ AND HERE IT IS.
4-5 MEALS OF THE FOLLOWING…
• PALM SIZED SERVING OF PROTEIN
• CUPPED HAND OF CARBOHYDRATE
• FIST SIZE OF VEGETABLES AND/OR FRUIT
• THUMB SIZED SERVING OF FAT
THAT’S IT, THAT’S AS SIMPLE AS IT GETS! THE REAL DIFFICULTY THOUGH, AS WITH ANYTHING IS THE ‘DOING’. AS THE PHRASE GOES “IT’S SIMPLE…BUT NOT EASY”, IT’S STILL GOING TO TAKE PLANNING, PREPARATION, SOME TIME AND DISCIPLINE BUT GET IT RIGHT 80% OF THE TIME AND RESULTS WILL FOLLOW.
THIS IS A SELF-LIMITING DIET, IN THAT A SMALL FEMALE WILL BE EATING LESS THAN A LARGE MALE DUE TO DIFFERENCE IN HAND SIZES. IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR A ENDLESS COMBINATIONS AND FLEXIBILITY OF FOODS AND RECIPES.
POSSIBLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART THOUGH IS THAT IT BRINGS US BACK TO WHAT A PORTION IS ACTUALLY MEANT TO LOOK LIKE AND HOPEFULLY GETS YOU EATING REAL FOOD.
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