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The Low Carb Craze and Other Dieting Mistakes
By Bill Belfert
Dear BMTers,
Low carb this and low carb that…that’s all you hear nowadays. Kinda reminds me
of something that was the craze a few years ago…The Low or No Fat Craze…Can you
remember where that got us? Still Fat!!!
Well my friends this Low Carb Craze is going to bring us to the same exact
place…Yep…Still Fat!
Listen, anyone who tries Low carb dieting will experience some Short Term
success…but it’s only short term.
I know some of you are tired of hearing me repeat myself but any diet or
exercise machine in and of itself will not work!
A successful Fitness Program must incorporate 5 Strategies:
1. A Compelling Reason to Change
2. Proper Nutrition
3. Progressive Resistance Training
4. Moderate Aerobic Exercise
5. Consistency
If you’re missing any one of these strategies you will not experience the
success that you crave.
Why the Low Carb diets without Progressive Resistance Training will not work in
the long run.
We need to build lean muscle on our bodies.
Why do we need to build lean muscle on our bodies? Building lean muscle will
boost metabolism and that is what we want to achieve.
You’ll even start burning more calories even while you rest. Right now I’m going
to let you in on one of the biggest secrets on burning fat ever revealed:
Lean Muscle Burns Fat!
And, the more lean muscle you have, the more fat you will burn. That is a
statement that you can take to the bank! I guarantee it!
Listen, all these people that go on these Fad diets are really losing water and
lean muscle weight.
They Are Not Losing Any Fat Whatsoever!
How can they be if I just got finished telling you that in order for us to lose
any fat,(and I did mean any fat!) you must have lean muscle tissue for the fat
to go be burned up in?
Our bodies are smart; our fat just can’t go away it must be burned up in a
muscle cell.
And if you’re not doing any Progressive Weight Resistance Training, well then,
you’re not building any new lean muscle tissue.
Which means, you guessed it…you won’t be burning fat any time soon!!!
Don’t you see? The people that go on these Fad (starvation) diets turn into
“skinny fat” people. Sure they lose weight, but they lose the wrong kind of
weight.
Since these people usually don’t perform any weight resistance training and are
only probably taking diet pills, and doing hours of aerobic exercise, they are
losing water (from the low calorie, low carb diet) and lean muscle (from doing
to much aerobic exercise and not having the right amount and the proper ratios
of food in their bodies).
So what is left?
FAT!!!
They have no muscle tone whatsoever! What these people should be doing is
learning how to lift weights and get stronger progressively! The only way to do
that is…
Get A Little Stronger Each And Every Workout If you’re not getting stronger each
and every workout than you are doing something wrong!
Then all you have to do is add: A Compelling Reason to Change, Proper Nutrition,
Moderate Aerobic Exercise, and Consistency to be Successful
A great example of dieting the wrong way in my opinion is Anna Nicole Smith’s
recent “weight loss”.
From a distance she looks great! But get closer and clear the smoke and you will
find that she transformed herself into what I explained before a “skinny fat
person”.
Did you hear her interviewed lately on shows like Larry King Live and Regis and
Kelly?
She says she takes Trim Spa’s Ephedra Free Diet Pills. And she eats like only
once per day if she’s lucky. And I would bet my life, kids, wife, and the house
that she never ever does a workout with weights on a consistent basis!!!
So let’s see what happened…
Most people think that to lose excess body fat, they must stop eating
altogether. This is where they are totally wrong. Starvation…(what else would
you call not eating?) triggers a metabolic response where, your metabolism will
actually slow down and become more efficient in order to preserve body tissue
in the case of a shortage of future nutrition.
This is precisely what we don’t want. Another way people think they’re “eating
right” is having fruit & coffee for breakfast, a salad for lunch, and a
bowl of pasta for dinner. – Nope, that’s not the answer either. Some people
don’t eat anything the whole day and “save themselves” for a big huge dinner!
That’s not the answer either.
To find the answer, you have to think back to caveman days. Back then, there
were no supermarkets or convenience stores to easily get whatever you want and
whenever you want it.
The caveman didn’t know when his next meal was coming. He only ate when he made
the big kill and would literally gorge and overstuff himself until he couldn’t
move! Why? Because he knew that he might not eat again for days or even
worse…weeks.
What this did was make our bodies very bad at processing our food. Since our
bodies didn’t know when we were going to eat next, they were forced to revert
into something known as…
“Survival Mode”
Whenever you eat, your digestive system converts most of your food…(especially
large amounts of carbohydrates) to glucose (blood sugar). It’s a very
complicated process but I’ll do my best to sum it up in a nutshell…
Anytime we eat while were in “survival mode,” because of the molasses-pace the
metabolism is at, the body converts most of the glucose…in conjunction with the
hormone insulin…to fat. This is why people who constantly starve themselves can
gain weight while eating only once a day!
We’d like to speed up our metabolism, but unfortunately over thousands and
thousands of years our bodies haven’t changed much from the days of the cave
man. Every time we eat, our bodies are already automatically going to convert
it to fat…even if it’s fat free! Where’s the justice??? So how do we change our
body from fat storer to fat burner? We have to learn to use proper nutrition.
So the question is…what is proper nutrition? OK… in a nutshell, my idea of
proper nutrition is 4 to 5 portion-controlled, balanced meals about every 3
hours throughout the day.
By eating this way throughout the day, you’ll effortlessly speed up your
metabolism. Think of it this way. If you have a campfire burning and you don’t
add wood to the fire, eventually the campfire will burn out.
But if you add a little wood every few hours, the campfire will continue to
burn, and burn nice and hot! So you see, the human metabolism is like the
fire…never or rarely feed it, and it will slow down. Feed it every few hours
and it has no choice but to speed up.
What Is A Portion-Controlled Meal You Ask?
A portion-controlled meal is sensible portion of a lean protein, a sensible
portion of a starchy carbohydrate, and a sensible portion of a fibrous
carbohydrate.
Lean protein foods:
- Skinless chicken breast
- Skinless turkey breast
- Tuna fish
- Most fish in general
- Egg whites
- Protein powder
Starchy carbohydrates:
- Sweet potato
- Potato
- Rice
- Pasta
- Oatmeal
- Whole grain wheat bread
Fibrous Carbohydrates:
- Corn
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Asparagus
- Peppers
Here are a few examples of a portion-controlled meal:
Chicken breast with corn & rice
Lean steak with potato & broccoli
Fish with rice & salad
Chicken pita sandwich
Egg white omelet with mushrooms & oatmeal or farina
A "typical" day of eating on Bare Minimum Training might be :
7:00am: egg white omelet and oatmeal
10:00am: yogurt with cottage cheese
1:00 pm: tuna pita sandwich
4:00 pm: mushroom turkey burger on a whole grain bun
7:00 pm: Salmon with rice
8 8-ounce glasses of spring water (throughout entire day)
So you see if Anna Nicole Smith does not start to implement Proper Nutrition and
a sound fitness program like Bare Minimum Training…
She’s setting yourself up for Failure…sure she has short term success but
eventually she’ll gain all the weight back!!! I hope she doesn’t gain the
weight back…but she must change her ways if there’s any hope for long term
success.
Take care,
Bill Belfert
Copyright 2004 - 2005. Bill Belfert, Managing Member Bare Minimum Training LLC.
All rights reserved. No liability is assumed by Bare Minimum Training LLC., Nor
the author for any information contained herein. This text does not provide
medical advice. Specific medical advice should be obtained from a doctor. Bare
Minimum Training LLC. advises all to consult a physician and gain medical
clearance before you begin any new nutrition, exercise, or dietary supplement
program
Bill Belfert, THE World’s #1 No-B.S. Body Transformation Specialist, Shows Busy
People How To Get EXTRAORDINARY Results FAST With His Breakthrough Weight
Training Program & Total Fitness System By Only Going To The Gym Twice Per
Week For 20 Minutes Or Less! AND, What’s More, You Only Need Moderate Cardio 3
Times Per Week For Only 18 Minutes!
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