My lovely friend, Kylie, sent me a great DVD made by an Australian figure champion by the name of Lorraine March. I'm watching little segments at a time to let it all sink and and try to actually learn what it is she is trying to teach me. The segment I'm watching at the moment is on nutrition and she has a fairly basic approach to it all. If you want to lose weight, eat less, move more. Not rocket science. However, when you are already fairly lean and you want to lose more, it becomes more of a scientific approach..so she says. So for me it's about eating the right thing at the right time and pairing it up with the appropriate exercise routine. It can get a little complicated and I find myself arguing out loud with Lorraine. She doesn't seem to mind a debate and doesn't answer me back, which is good. Eventually we agree on the point and I sometimes concede that she knows a little more than I do. Sometimes I don't.
One of the more interesting, and oh-so-true, comments that she talks about is the average person who wants to lose weight, and their approach to food. In the short time I've been in the health and fitness industry, I can say that the majority of those wanting to lose weight don't eat breakfast. And they then find themselves not hungry up until early to mid afternoon. And no, they aren't lying about it, it's bound to be absolutely true! And I can remember, for years, not eating a thing until about 2pm most days. So why wouldn't this be conducive to weight loss?
Well, you've all heard about Metabolism. According to my new friend, Lorraine, Metabolism is the rate that your body burns energy while at rest, eg. while you're sitting down and not active. Clearly a higher rate of metabolism will aid in weight loss, a slower rate will not. There are only 2 things in this world that will affect the rate of your metabolism and they are;
1. Exercise
2. Food
So here's a thought; When you wake up in the morning and your metabolism is nice and low due to being inactive during the night, what say you have a beautiful healthy breakfast and wake that metabolism up? You may just find you are hungry again in 2-3 hours time, and that will freak a few people out who are used to being on a food-fast until at least lunchtime, but it's only because that Metabolism is turned on and starting to speed up. You'll have to believe me that this is the way to lose weight - the fasting way is rubbish for so many reasons and ultimately won't work long-term - and don't forget that it comes with a cost! A lack of food will mean a deficiency in the essential vitamins and minerals that you need to thrive. Hair and nails and skin and energy will be the main indicators that you aren't taking in what you should.
As for exercise, of course this too aids in speeding up that Metabolism. But you won't have the energy for exercise unless you eat right - and so the circle goes on. I can usually tell fairly quickly if I'm training someone who hasn't loaded up with some good energy (carbs) prior to exercise and it must feel awful being flogged when the petrol tank is running on near empty!
So that's the serious stuff I've been learning. And then Lorraine (my DVD friend) said something that made me laugh out loud. She said the following;
"You get some brown rice and boil it in the microwave, stirring every 10 minutes until the water is absorbed. Then you take a chicken breast and simply boil it in water - couldn't be simpler!! So a bit of rice and a bit of boiled chicken is great, and then I put a couple of drops of soya sauce and sometimes even a drop of sweet chilli sauce and that makes a beautiful meal!"
HAHA - how can that be??? No one in the western world would consider boiled rice, boiled chicken and a drop of sauce a DELICIOUS MEAL!!!! A bowl of good fuel would be more apt! Someone please kick me if I ever say I loved a bowl of boiled anything!
On the food note, I had reason to go and buy some worming tablets last week and found that you actually had to eat quite a few squares for it to work properly. I absolutely expected it to taste chalky or revolting, like that awful carob rubbish! So I put the whole 7 squares in my mouth to get rid of it quickly....and then found that it tasted better than Cadburys!!! OMG - so ripped off!!! If I had known I would have savoured each and every square and maybe matched it up to one of my limited daily coffees!!! Don't let anyone tell you any differently - worm chocolate tastes good!!! Probably enhanced by the fact that it's the first sugary thing I've had in a month.
Ok - enough for now, back to the weights. Talk again soon!
As for exercise, of course this too aids in speeding up that Metabolism. But you won't have the energy for exercise unless you eat right - and so the circle goes on. I can usually tell fairly quickly if I'm training someone who hasn't loaded up with some good energy (carbs) prior to exercise and it must feel awful being flogged when the petrol tank is running on near empty!
So that's the serious stuff I've been learning. And then Lorraine (my DVD friend) said something that made me laugh out loud. She said the following;
"You get some brown rice and boil it in the microwave, stirring every 10 minutes until the water is absorbed. Then you take a chicken breast and simply boil it in water - couldn't be simpler!! So a bit of rice and a bit of boiled chicken is great, and then I put a couple of drops of soya sauce and sometimes even a drop of sweet chilli sauce and that makes a beautiful meal!"
HAHA - how can that be??? No one in the western world would consider boiled rice, boiled chicken and a drop of sauce a DELICIOUS MEAL!!!! A bowl of good fuel would be more apt! Someone please kick me if I ever say I loved a bowl of boiled anything!
On the food note, I had reason to go and buy some worming tablets last week and found that you actually had to eat quite a few squares for it to work properly. I absolutely expected it to taste chalky or revolting, like that awful carob rubbish! So I put the whole 7 squares in my mouth to get rid of it quickly....and then found that it tasted better than Cadburys!!! OMG - so ripped off!!! If I had known I would have savoured each and every square and maybe matched it up to one of my limited daily coffees!!! Don't let anyone tell you any differently - worm chocolate tastes good!!! Probably enhanced by the fact that it's the first sugary thing I've had in a month.
Ok - enough for now, back to the weights. Talk again soon!
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