HOW TO PICK THE CORRECT FOOD PLAN
1. Is it healthy?
2. Is it sustainable?
3. Does it empower you or enslave you?
However, before we get to those 3
simple questions, there is one major concept critical to our success...
Diet vs Lifestyle...
When we think about selecting a fat
loss plan, we really need to think long term. Nobody really wants to put in all
of the effort required to shed a large amount of fat, only to see some, all, or
more than all of it regained. Until we realize that there was something about
our previous lifestyle that created our excess weight, we may be tempted to do
a short-term "diet" so that we can drop the weight and get back to
"normal."
But our old "normal" is
what accumulated the excess fat in the first place! So, we need to start out by
realizing that the old "normal" must be replaced. We don't need a
"diet". We need a "lifestyle" conducive to maintaining or
desired level of fitness.
Keep the idea of finding a new
lifestyle in mind as we discuss the following three questions to ask about a
potential fat loss plan:
Is it healthy?
On some basic level, we all know
that it is not really healthy to starve or eat junk food. We've heard for years
the benefits of eating a well-balanced diet with a wide variety of fruits, veggies,
and protein sources. Sure, there is a lot of conflicting information about what
is best.
Personally, I think humans are
well-suited to eat almost anything that does not eat us first. While there is a
difference between what we can eat to survive and what we should eat to thrive,
I think the ideal ranges are broader than most care to admit.
Taken with the realization that each
of us is unique, I am certain there is no single ideal plan for everyone. But,
there are plans that are so restrictive that they can easily be excluded as a
realistic lifestyle options. Cabbage soup and nothing else? All you can eat
grapefruit? The Twinkie diet? Such gimmicks might allow you to trim calories
and drop weight for a few days, but you cannot thrive long term when restricting
yourself to single foods.
While it is well beyond the scope of
this article to detail what is and is not healthy eating, I do want to point
out one more important point. The likelihood of failing to get essential
nutrients increases when we eat less food. Taken to the absurd extreme, if we
eat nothing, we are certain to be missing out on all essential nutrients.
Knowing this, we should seek to make our reduced quantity of food possess as
much nutrition as possible. In other words, the best fat loss foods are
nutrient dense having a lot of nutrition for very few calories.
Takeaway: A good fat loss plan
allows/encourages a wide variety of nutrient dense foods to sustain health.
Is it sustainable?
Can you live like this for the rest
of your life? More importantly, can you enjoy living like this for the rest of
your life? Will power and motivation have a way of coming and going. If your
fat loss plan forces you to eat things you dislike and prevents you entirely
from enjoying foods you do like, then when your will power and motivation fade,
so too will your adherence to your fat loss plan.
When it comes to food selections,
I've found a useful test. While they may not necessarily be enjoyed much at
first, good foods seem to become more desirable the longer we keep eating them.
At first I had a real aversion to veggies. Now, after months of healthy eating,
I actually crave fresh vegetables! The opposite is also true. If your plan
involves consuming a particular product day after day after day, you may grow to
dislike that product. What then?
Takeaway: A good fat loss plan can
be enjoyably followed to one degree or another for the rest of your life.
Does it empower you, or enslave you?
This last one is a biggie for me:
Picking a Nutrition Plan - Freedom or Slavery?
I've been thinking about how pleased
I am that I chose to adopt Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle as the core of my
nutrition and fitness plan. In so many ways, Flexible Food Plan from Princeton Boot Camps
equips us for lifelong fitness success. Many other programs actually tie you
down...
- Special Meal Replacement shakes: What happens when you
get sick of them?
- Prepackaged diet center foods: What happens when your
finances run low or you decide you'd rather not buy all of your foods from
a single company?
- Diet Pills: Even if they worked, how many bottles will
it take to stay the course forever?
- Liposuction: sure it removes some of what has
accumulated, but it does nothing to prevent it coming back.
- Bariatric surgeries (Bypass, reduction, sleeve, etc.):
All require consuming small frequent meals - so why not just do small
frequent meals without the surgery?
To me, any plan that does not equip
me to sustain a lifelong healthy nutrition and exercise program is NOT a
sustainable lifestyle plan. Assume someone eventually does invent that
"magic pill." If that is your path to fitness, then you become a
slave to that product. What if the price doubles, triples, or worse? What if
the FDA finds a problem and halts production? Worse, what if that unintended
side effect impacts your health?
Rather than becoming dependent on
some company or product, look for plans that empower you to chart your own lean
and healthy destiny . Not a single required supplement, not a single required
stimulant, fat burner, or appetite suppressant. Just sound, time tested,
fundamentals and strategies used by fitness models, bodybuilders and other
physique athletes.
Takeaway: A good fat loss plan
provides you with the knowledge and freedom to chart your own course without
reliance upon any pill, product, or potion.
The Flexible Food Plan is only offered to members of PrincetonAdventure BootCamp.
Results have shown to be an average weight reduction of UP TO 5LBS A WEEK.
TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF SUCCESS GO TO WWW.Princetonbootcamps.com and register today for our july 9th fitness program. You will be amazed at what you can achieve
David Knapp NCSF-MCPT,CNS
888-402-2267
DIET AND EXERCISE,FITNESS BOOTCAMP EDUCATION,HEALTH AND FITNESS, PRINCETON PERSONAL TRAINER
