Well its heading towards summer again and as usual in the 11th hour EVERYONE wants to know “How do I get into shape?” That’s a loaded question in itself because for one there is no easy answer, and for two the answer I give usually isn’t the one that they want to hear. The question I get the most is:
“What can I take to lose 20lbs before summer?”
First off if you haven’t heard it before let me say it to you now. STOP worrying about the numbers. Is there a magical gauge that some of you all are using to determine that your problem areas have a certain weight attached to them? Do you know for sure that the muffin top that you carry now is 14lbs and the back of each thigh is 3lbs each? I mean where exactly do these figures come from? You want certain inches off not pounds. Most of you want a certain waist line figure but don’t be surprised when the weight drop associated with that isn’t as drastic as you think. Let me explain:
Before you read this you need to read Meal Timing Part 1 Critical for Maximal Results
Now that you have read that let me lay out a few lines of advice for those out there that are willing and ready to actually LISTEN and not be pacified. First I will tell you that there is no magic pill where you can sit and continue to do what you are doing to put on the weight that you don’t like that will magically take that unwanted weight off. Yep…………I just lost about 50% of you all right there, lol. Fact is that supplements can play a HUGE role in you getting into shape however there is an order to it all. First thing you have to do is get your diet right. I said YOUR DIET not A DIET. There is a big difference between the 2.
Diet is defined as: To eat and drink according to a regulated system, especially so as to lose weight or control a medical condition.
Your diet is defined simply as what you eat, when you eat it and how often you eat during the day. Regulating your meals is priority 1. I come across at least 5 people every day that always claim that they NEVER eat breakfast. Well that right there is a mistake of epic proportions. In order for your body to effectively use the nutrients that are provided by food you must take in these nutrients regularly and preferably on a system or timing plan. When you eat sporadically like once or twice a day with no set time frame your body become confused as to what to do with the food you just took in. It will try to store that food (usually by putting on excess body fat) because it doesn’t know when the next nutrients are coming.
Think of it like this: Think of your body as YOU in relation to money. If your place of employment pays you sometimes once a week or sometimes twice a week; or your paycheck will range from $300 - $700 but if you never know what or when that next check is coming you will more than likely not go on a spending spree. You will try to hold on to as much as possible just in case you DON’T get paid.
Now imagine that you are on a contracted salary with a healthy expendable income after bills. You are more likely to let go of a few dollars to get what you want (i.e. the desired result). With a steady income you have options as to what to do with your money.
That’s how the body views nutritional intake. If you take in GOOD nutrients on a regular basis then your body’s metabolism will kick in and it will be more willing to burn calories rather than holding on to them. Everyone has probably heard this one before but in order for you to kick in that speedy metabolic process you have to eat (clean foods and nutritional products) more often throughout the day. The average is 5-6 meals a day.
“Oh no I can’t eat that much…………that’s just too much food!!!”
I am not talking about 6 over-the-top meals a day like most people eat. I am talking about correct portion sizes. Truth be told the good majority of you could take your regular meals and cut them then half and come up with a respectable intake for the day. Most Americans over indulge within one sitting and then don’t eat for 5-6 hours at a time. That’s the wrong system for weight management.
Now for those of US (yes I said US) that don’t like to eat all day long the solution is to grab a meal replacement shake in lieu of a meal. Now the best part about the meal replacement shake is that its metered nutritional intake. Meaning that you know exactly what and how much you are getting in relation to protein, fat and carbohydrates.
Personally I don’t have time to sit and eat a meal every 2.5 – 3 hours or so. Meal replacement shakes easily on a busy day can become 50% of my total nutritional intake. Another advantage of the shakes is that if made with regular cold water they aid heavily in keeping your calorie intake under control. Remember the Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) calculation in Part 1. If you don’t know what that is then I would think at this point you would want to go back and read Part 1.
Now in this day and age of rapid get-it-now technology there is no reason to deal with a nasty meal replacement shake. There are several companies out there that make GREAT tasting shakes in various protein, fat and carbohydrate ratios. For maximum weight loss I would recommend one with a high protein to carbohydrate ratio, meaning that there is more protein in the shake than carbohydrates.
My personal favorite is Ultra Peptide Pro 2.0 by Xtreme Formulations. There are few people out there that would dispute that this is hands down one of the best tasting meal replacement shakes out there. There are 6 flavors to choose from and it mixes smooth so you don’t have to worry about having to have a blender around in order to have a tasty shake.
There are a few others out there that I will cover in length later with pros and cons to each one. But I highly recommend Ultra Peptide to both the beginner that values taste over all (a nasty protein will turn you all the way off of the diet process). I also recommend this to anyone that has had a hard time with other shakes.
Here we come now to the matter of convenience. No one likes to carry around a 2lbs jug or powder. At one point in time I was carrying around my powder in baggies and putting it in a shaker that I purchased from the local nutrition store. The only problem with that is sometimes the baggies would get punctured or I wouldn’t be able to find a place to wash out the shaker cup after use. Trust me that if you EVER forgot to wash out your shaker at home that you would rather throw it away. Even worse is that if you are running late you won’t have the time to get all of the different elements together.
Personally I don’t have time to sit and eat a meal every 2.5 – 3 hours or so. Meal replacement shakes easily on a busy day can become 50% of my total nutritional intake. Another advantage of the shakes is that if made with regular cold water they aid heavily in keeping your calorie intake under control. Remember the Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) calculation in Part 1. If you don’t know what that is then I would think at this point you would want to go back and read Part 1.
Now in this day and age of rapid get-it-now technology there is no reason to deal with a nasty meal replacement shake. There are several companies out there that make GREAT tasting shakes in various protein, fat and carbohydrate ratios. For maximum weight loss I would recommend one with a high protein to carbohydrate ratio, meaning that there is more protein in the shake than carbohydrates.
My personal favorite is Ultra Peptide Pro 2.0 by Xtreme Formulations. There are few people out there that would dispute that this is hands down one of the best tasting meal replacement shakes out there. There are 6 flavors to choose from and it mixes smooth so you don’t have to worry about having to have a blender around in order to have a tasty shake.
There are a few others out there that I will cover in length later with pros and cons to each one. But I highly recommend Ultra Peptide to both the beginner that values taste over all (a nasty protein will turn you all the way off of the diet process). I also recommend this to anyone that has had a hard time with other shakes.
Here we come now to the matter of convenience. No one likes to carry around a 2lbs jug or powder. At one point in time I was carrying around my powder in baggies and putting it in a shaker that I purchased from the local nutrition store. The only problem with that is sometimes the baggies would get punctured or I wouldn’t be able to find a place to wash out the shaker cup after use. Trust me that if you EVER forgot to wash out your shaker at home that you would rather throw it away. Even worse is that if you are running late you won’t have the time to get all of the different elements together.
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