The Weight Loss Secret
No matter what religion you are, or what you believe in, there is one undeniable fact about human beings; we are mammals. Just like all other animals, who or whatever created us, intended for us to be efficient machines. We are like automobiles. We require several different types of nourishment to operate efficiently. If we don't get the required nourishment, our body's systems won'trun properly.
If you don't put gas in your car, it won't run. If you don't put oil in your car, your engine is going to burn up. If you don't give your body what it needs, you're not going to be healthy.
In spite of such an obvious fact, it seems as if all popular diets tell you that malnourishing your body is the proper way to lose weight. Starve yourself! Don't eat carbs! Don't eat fat! Replace food cravings with water! Wow. Would you drive your car without oil? I didn't think so. These concepts are all ridiculous, unhealthy, and only temporary solutions. Practicing most popular diet methods usually creates an unstable weight loss.
Once people get to their desired weight using these techniques, they have two options. They continue the diet and continue losing weight, or they become satisfied and go back to their old habits. To be stable at a healthy weight, you must give yourbody everything it needs, and nothing more or less.
The closest thing I could find to a healthy diet was the Hunter-Gatherer Diet. This diet consists of only eating what you would eat if you lived in the wild. Caveman style! Fruits, vegetables, nuts, meats, etc.. You cannot eat anything that has been processed. This includes- well, it includes just about everything that makes food taste good. In today's society 99% of the food we eat has been processed in one way or another. Most people don't have the time or desire to grow their own gardens and raise their own meat; making this diet about as impractical as it gets.
As I sat there at 310 pounds, with no energy, I began to get frustrated. There has to be an easy way! The convenience of our society made it easy for me to stay fat. There has to be a way for me to leverage the power of that convenience, and shift it towards a healthy lifestyle. Without a set plan, I began that instant. Looking back, that was the turning point of my life. The first week was tough, but I felt better every day. My body felt lighter. I had more energy. Results! These were results. I didn't own a scale, so I didn't know if I had lost any weight since the last time I had gone to the doctor, but my body felt good. My life was starting to feel good.
After the first week, I realized this was going to be one of the easiest things I had ever done. The odds that I would fail or give up were beginning to diminish. This new found healthy lifestyle took no extra time out of my normal routine. I still ate three meals a day. I still went out to eat for lunch every day. I still did everything. I just changed my activities to healthy activities.
Instead of eating bad, I replaced unnecessary foods and drinks with healthier alternatives. I replaced 10-15 minutes of my leisure activities with running or biking. Yes, I love sweets, and I love laying around and being lazy, but I don't need it! After the first week, I didn't need it anymore.
My Mother is a Pastry Chef, so of course I indulge on a regular basis, but I don't constantly crave unhealthy foods. After the first week of my journey, I even started to crave the healthy stuff. I could not believe myself. I went from eating three chocolate cupcakes and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for breakfast, every morning, to having cravings for fruits and vegetables and boneless, skinless chicken breasts.
When I was fat, my routine would be as follows: eat until I was going to puke, go take a huge dump, take a heartburn pill, then go sit or lay down until my tummy ache went away. After the first week on the healthy path, I couldn't believe how good I felt. I would eat a meal and it would make me feel energized! I then realized the obvious; food is fuel! In today's society, we can't be hunter-gatherers, but for the mostpart, we need to use our meals to energize us; not to make us tired.
By practicing this concept, my body began to adapt and another realization hit me. This is what my body wants! When I ate unhealthy, the food tasted great, but my body didn't feel good. By eating this way, I was beginning to find that I loved healthy foods, and so did my body. This was what I was built for, so of course it was what I naturally began to crave. I had fooled my body, for so many years, into thinking that only certain foods were available. Now when it realized what it had been missing, it quickly showed me what it really wanted. After an unhealthy meal, my body gave me nothing but negative feelings. After a healthy meal, I felt physically and mentally positive. It was a win-win situation! I now give my body what it wants and needs and it returns the favor.
The same was true for exercise. I examined the hunter-gatherer concept beyond it's dietary meaning and made yet another realization. Before technology- before anything, the daily life of a human consisted of pretty much what you see in the animal kingdom: sleep, sex, hunt, eat, go to the bathroom, and sleep again. So another obvious fact was discovered. My body naturally requires quality fuel, quality exercise, quality sleep, quality sex, and quality number twos. Luckily for us, we only have to worry about the first two. If you eat healthy and get sufficient exercise; you will sleep better, sex better, and poo healthier. With these core responsibilities taken care of, your body will reward you and leave you free to spend the rest of your time doing the things you need to do to survive in our messed up society.
The rewards, you ask? Well besides the body, energy, and confidence to get everything you've ever wanted, just about a million other things. I will explain more later. For now, read on so you can get started on the path to being healthy!
*Follow my posts in order to read the rest of the book. I should have the book posted in it's entirety within the next few days so stay tuned!
If you don't put gas in your car, it won't run. If you don't put oil in your car, your engine is going to burn up. If you don't give your body what it needs, you're not going to be healthy.
In spite of such an obvious fact, it seems as if all popular diets tell you that malnourishing your body is the proper way to lose weight. Starve yourself! Don't eat carbs! Don't eat fat! Replace food cravings with water! Wow. Would you drive your car without oil? I didn't think so. These concepts are all ridiculous, unhealthy, and only temporary solutions. Practicing most popular diet methods usually creates an unstable weight loss.
Once people get to their desired weight using these techniques, they have two options. They continue the diet and continue losing weight, or they become satisfied and go back to their old habits. To be stable at a healthy weight, you must give yourbody everything it needs, and nothing more or less.
The closest thing I could find to a healthy diet was the Hunter-Gatherer Diet. This diet consists of only eating what you would eat if you lived in the wild. Caveman style! Fruits, vegetables, nuts, meats, etc.. You cannot eat anything that has been processed. This includes- well, it includes just about everything that makes food taste good. In today's society 99% of the food we eat has been processed in one way or another. Most people don't have the time or desire to grow their own gardens and raise their own meat; making this diet about as impractical as it gets.
As I sat there at 310 pounds, with no energy, I began to get frustrated. There has to be an easy way! The convenience of our society made it easy for me to stay fat. There has to be a way for me to leverage the power of that convenience, and shift it towards a healthy lifestyle. Without a set plan, I began that instant. Looking back, that was the turning point of my life. The first week was tough, but I felt better every day. My body felt lighter. I had more energy. Results! These were results. I didn't own a scale, so I didn't know if I had lost any weight since the last time I had gone to the doctor, but my body felt good. My life was starting to feel good.
After the first week, I realized this was going to be one of the easiest things I had ever done. The odds that I would fail or give up were beginning to diminish. This new found healthy lifestyle took no extra time out of my normal routine. I still ate three meals a day. I still went out to eat for lunch every day. I still did everything. I just changed my activities to healthy activities.
Instead of eating bad, I replaced unnecessary foods and drinks with healthier alternatives. I replaced 10-15 minutes of my leisure activities with running or biking. Yes, I love sweets, and I love laying around and being lazy, but I don't need it! After the first week, I didn't need it anymore.
My Mother is a Pastry Chef, so of course I indulge on a regular basis, but I don't constantly crave unhealthy foods. After the first week of my journey, I even started to crave the healthy stuff. I could not believe myself. I went from eating three chocolate cupcakes and a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for breakfast, every morning, to having cravings for fruits and vegetables and boneless, skinless chicken breasts.
When I was fat, my routine would be as follows: eat until I was going to puke, go take a huge dump, take a heartburn pill, then go sit or lay down until my tummy ache went away. After the first week on the healthy path, I couldn't believe how good I felt. I would eat a meal and it would make me feel energized! I then realized the obvious; food is fuel! In today's society, we can't be hunter-gatherers, but for the mostpart, we need to use our meals to energize us; not to make us tired.
By practicing this concept, my body began to adapt and another realization hit me. This is what my body wants! When I ate unhealthy, the food tasted great, but my body didn't feel good. By eating this way, I was beginning to find that I loved healthy foods, and so did my body. This was what I was built for, so of course it was what I naturally began to crave. I had fooled my body, for so many years, into thinking that only certain foods were available. Now when it realized what it had been missing, it quickly showed me what it really wanted. After an unhealthy meal, my body gave me nothing but negative feelings. After a healthy meal, I felt physically and mentally positive. It was a win-win situation! I now give my body what it wants and needs and it returns the favor.
The same was true for exercise. I examined the hunter-gatherer concept beyond it's dietary meaning and made yet another realization. Before technology- before anything, the daily life of a human consisted of pretty much what you see in the animal kingdom: sleep, sex, hunt, eat, go to the bathroom, and sleep again. So another obvious fact was discovered. My body naturally requires quality fuel, quality exercise, quality sleep, quality sex, and quality number twos. Luckily for us, we only have to worry about the first two. If you eat healthy and get sufficient exercise; you will sleep better, sex better, and poo healthier. With these core responsibilities taken care of, your body will reward you and leave you free to spend the rest of your time doing the things you need to do to survive in our messed up society.
The rewards, you ask? Well besides the body, energy, and confidence to get everything you've ever wanted, just about a million other things. I will explain more later. For now, read on so you can get started on the path to being healthy!
*Follow my posts in order to read the rest of the book. I should have the book posted in it's entirety within the next few days so stay tuned!
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