We’ve had it drilled into our heads that in order to lose body fat we need to cut our consumption of calories.
That’s not necessarily true. In fact, I’ve found in my nutrition consults, that many of our largest people or people with weight problems aren’t eating enough food.
When you break down the amount of calories they’re eating a day it equates to the less then what they feed POW’s. Yet they are still overweight and sometimes even obese.
What’s going on here?
You see the calories in vs calories out model isn’t completely accurate. I’m not going to go into huge detail on that in this post, but what I am going to do is suggest that you eat more high quality food.
99% of our gym population would do better if they focused on the quality of the food and not the quantity of bad food.
Simplest thing to do:
Eat meats, vegetables, nuts, seeds, some fats, some fruit, no starch, no grains, no dairy, no legumes, no industrial seed oils.
Divide your plate into thirds and eat 1/3 protein, 2/3 veggies as colorful as possible, and the equivalent of a handful of good fats (bacon, avocado, nuts, seeds etc)
If you do this 3 times a day, you should see performance levels increase, and body fat decrease.
Please make sure you’re not starving yourself and shutting down your metabolic processes. Focus on the quality and the quantities should be fine for most people.
6-4-15 WOD
Strength:
Back Squat
Met Con:
Clean x 3 @75% of 1RM
Box Jumps x 5 (High)
AMRAP 8 minutes
Rest 2 minutes
AMRAP 8 Minutes
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