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
About the Author:
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
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