Big Fat Lies
You have been lied to and you have been fed a big plate of Big Fat Lies.
If you are still scared to eat fat, then chew on this, the food industry has been serving you Big Fat Lies for years and you are paying the price with your health.
We have all fallen victim to it… It just means the powerful food industry has done a good job of controlling how and what you eat.
Check out this movie trailer for Fat Head and the Big Fat Lies you have been eating and enjoy some simple spinach salad on the side with my Simple Spinach Salad recipe.
In the movie, Fat Head, you’ll learn:
- How the “lipid hypothesis” began (the myth that saturated fats will kill us).
- How obesity and diabetes develop in our bodies.
- Why lowering carbohydrate intake, and increasing animal fats, is so good for us.
Simple Spinach Salad Recipe
Fill half of salad bowl with baby spinach
-Add hand full of cherry tomatoes
-Sprinkle on some crumbled feta or goat cheese
-Dash of oregano, salt and pepper
-Drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar
The Big Fat Lies might leave a bad taste in your mouth but the simple spinach salad is simple, nutritious and delicious…
The Easiest Diet Tip For Fat Loss
Hope you’re having a great week!
With spring around the corner, and summer not far off, so many guys are focusing on fat loss for a spring break vacation down south.
I get people asking me diet and workout questions almost everyday.
The easiest diet tip for fat loss I always give them that they can use TODAY is to have a PROTEIN and PRODUCE dinner.
This one small switch without changing anything else in your diet makes a huge difference. Plus, this easiest diet tip for fat loss is easy to do and the tasty meal varieties are endless but the results are almost instant!
By eating REAL FOOD such as lean proteins like chicken, turkey, beef, pork, or fish with some vegetables and staying away from starchy carbs like pasta, potatoes, rice, bread and even beans in your evening dinner you avoid that large spike in insulin (the fat storage hormone).
Most of our activity levels are low in the evening anyway so our bodies don’t need all this excess energy rich calories (carbohydrates).
With this easiest diet tip for fat loss You will get LEANER but also feel a lot better without the drowsiness, bloating and gas that high carb foods cause…
Even if you workout in the evening, lean meats and veggies will provide you with all the nutrients you need to build muscle and burn fat.
Give this easiest diet tip for fat loss a try, enjoy the foods you do eat and more importantly enjoy the results!
The BIGGEST Diet Mistake
I am at 30,000 feet right now flying home on the red eye from Orange County, California after an awesome weekend fitness conference hanging with the top fitness professionals in the world.
Me and Mr. Lean Hybrid Muscle and busy dad Elliott Hulse
Check out what I think you MUST do to stay in shape while traveling and the BIGGEST diet mistake I seen people making during my trip to California.The 4 hour east-west coast time shift was quite the adjustment, so I found myself wide awake at 5am every morning. I like to take advantage of training at different gyms when I travel.
…So it was a great chance to hit the nearest big chain gym for a couple workouts to clear the mind and body after sitting for 8 hours a day in a conference room. I feel SO much better and energized afterwards!
There’s a reason why so many of the worlds most successful business men start their day with an early morning workout and make it the most important appointment of their day. It’s priceless…
As for phoning my wife at 2am east coast time, not such a great idea! (should of changed the time on my MacBook)
…I think making the time for a workout when you travel no matter where you do it is even more crucial, to combat all the sitting on airplanes, meetings and well, the hotel bar stools…I like to even do a little extra foam rolling and warmup to loosen up the tight knots in my muscles.
But the BIGGEST belly buster I noticed while in the US was how outrageous the portion sizes are in the restaurants compared to Canada. Now don’t get me wrong, even our typical food fare is way beyond what anyones needs for nourishment,but south of the border the portions were twice as much!
There is nothing wrong with enjoying a night out with friends for dinner and drinks when you travel for business, but don’t feel obligated to eat everything on your plate or you just might find yourself paying “overweight” when you check-in at the airport.
The key to long term leanness is to learn to enjoy the treat foods you do eat but just eat less. Sounds like a good deal to me…
I hope you are feeling great and have a spring in your step after the time switch this weekend.
I love waking up naturally to the sunshine entering the bedroom OR my daughter Matea jumping on my head, whichever comes first…
We spent all of Sunday outdoors in the sunshine teaching Matea to ride her bike.
Speaking of switches, my friend Craig Ballantyne who I will be hanging out with in California this week during a big fitness conference, emailed me a cool article on “Nutrition Switches for Faster Fat Loss” to share with you.
So enjoy, as I gotta get packed for my 1st trip to”Cali”, can’t wait and will have lots of good fitness tips to share with from the conference!
5 Proven Nutrition SWITCHES for Faster Fat Loss
By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
—> Download The TT Simple Nutrition Guide
Every day in March, I’ve committed to sharing a Training and Nutrition “SWITCH” to help you lose fat. Here are 5 of the most popular nutrition switches I’ve posted so far:
Nutrition SWITCH #1 – No More Dessert for Breakfast
If you want to lose fat, stop eating dessert for breakfast.
Let’s be honest, most of what people eat for breakfast would qualify as dessert if served at any other time of day. So stop with sugary cereals, muffins (let’s be honest, we all know that muffins = cake), granola bars, and bagels.
Nutrition SWITCH #2 – Switch Your Eating Schedule
If you find that you often “binge snack” at night, try having a bigger late afternoon healthy snack, and then having a later healthy dinner.
There’s no magic to not eating after a certain time. I often eat a big healthy dinner and go to sleep within 30 minutes. That won’t make you fat. Eating a pint of ice cream & bag of chips every night while you watch TV makes you fat.
Nutrition SWITCH #3 – Minimize the Junk
Your house doesn’t need to be stocked like the local 7-11. Keep the minimum amount of treats at home to avoid mutiny and keep treats out of sight & hard to access.
Make healthy foods (giant bowls of fresh fruit) visible and places encouraging notes to eat the fruit in the kitchen.
Put ready-to-eat produce in most visible part of the fridge & hide junk in the back. All research proven to increase healthy food consumption. And when it’s your time for a cheat meal, you can enjoy it guilt-free.
Nutrition SWITCH #4 – Go From Processed to Natural
When possible, switch out all processed or “modified” carbohydrates and replace it with a fruit, vegetable, or nut.
For example, instead of toast with eggs, have an apple and add spinach to the eggs. Instead of a processed carbohydrate with your morning coffee, have 1oz of raw nuts (almonds or walnuts). With steak, eat broccoli, not mashed potatoes or French fries.
Nutrition SWITCH #5 – Cut the Sugar From Your Post-Workout Drink
If you’re focused specifically on fat loss, you do NOT need to add sugar (or any variations of sugar) to your after training drink.
I interviewed top nutritionists about this in 2010, and they all agreed that for fat loss, you don’t need to force post- workout sugar into your body. So take it out.
BONUS Nutrition SWITCH – Become Your Own Nutrition Expert
Stop getting fooled by fad diets. Become an expert yourself by going through a 2-week “intensive nutrition course”.
Here’s how:
Eat a wide variety of food for 2 weeks and record all of your meals. You’ll quickly know the calorie counts of all foods and proper serving sizes AND most importantly, what works for YOU. Very simple. Very effective.
Research proven tips to help you eat better.
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You had your workout, you ate healthy all day, only to be ruined with those late night munchies while you sit back with your wife and wrestle with the remote control.
After a long day, and the house finally quiet with the kids in bed, these evil evening hours can bring on the snack attack that can make the difference between being a fit or fat father.
From chips, candy to chocolate, whatever junk food you have in the house will eventually being eaten, despite your best efforts. It’s one of the basic laws of the universe, if food is in your house, it will end up in your gut. So shop smart and don’t take it home with you when you leave the supermarket. That’s half the battle right there.
Now to win the war on the snack attack I have 3 quick and nutritious healthy snack recipes that are salty, crunchy and sweet. They only take minutes to make, are high in nutrients AND taste, the perfect win-win!
1. Krispy Kale Chips
1 bunch of kale
1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp of garlic powder
1 tsp of sea salt
Toss in small bowl, drizzle with olive oil, garlic and sea salt
Spread them out on parchment lined baking sheet and put in
350 deg oven for 15 mins until slightly brown.
You will be so surprised how crunchy and salty they turn out and how they taste like REAL potato chips!
2. Perfect Pistachios
3 tbsp of natural butter
1/4 cup of Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp of cumin powder
1 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
4 cups shelled dry-roasted pistachios
Stir everything together in a bowl, tossing to coat. Place pistachios in a single layer on a parchment lined baking sheet.
Bake at 350° for 10 minutes, give em a shake and stir and bake for another 10 minutes.
You will love the smell coming out of your oven and they taste even better the next day stored in a air tight container.
3. Guiltless Greek Garlic Dip
1 cup of plain Greek Yogurt
1 tsp of Clubhouse Roasted Garlic and Pepper Spice
Add to bowl and stir to mix. Takes 5 seconds to make and probably 5 seconds to eat with some homemade whole wheat pita chips!
Now you and your wife will be fighting over the food instead of the remote…
Give these a try and let me know in the comments below who got the last bite!
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