Is This The Reason You’re Not Losing?
What is the most important weapon in the fat loss arsenal? What one thing do I truly believe will make the biggest difference in achieving your body composition (fat loss OR lean muscle gain) goals?
From a practical standpoint the #1 thing you can be doing right now is this:
Keep a food log!
Not too sexy I guess. I mean I’ll admit it’s not something you are going to see advertised in an infomercial or endorsed by a celebrity, it’s not a pill you can swallow twice a day and see the fat “melt away before your eyes”, blast your buns or burn your abs.
The bottom line is this – probably 9 out of 10 people believe their nutrition is better than it really is, and in a lot of cases it’s really not your fault. After all you don’t know what you don’t know.
The fastest way to find out how you are really doing nutrition wise? Start writing it down, every bite of food, every drop of beverage.
There is only one reason you won’t do it – because you don’t really want to know (be honest with yourself)!
Consider this – studies have shown that the average person underestimates how many calories they are eating in a day by over 500 calories per day.
Eating 500 calories a day more than your body requires would result in gaining a pound of fat a week – not what we are looking for.
So here’s the deal – We are providing two resources for you to start your food log today.
The first resource you can download and make copies for each day – Nutrition Log
The second is a free online resource that not only shows you what you eat, but gives you total calories and breaks down your protein, carbs, fat, etc. – Fitday.com
Which one do I recommend?
The biggest advantage of a paper log is that you can carry it with you to work, travel, etc. and you don’t have to rely on your computer, or try to remember it all and enter it later (which you know you won’t do). The disadvantage is the double entry into Fitday or manual calculation to get your breakdowns.
A combination of both is ideal. Log your food daily on paper and enter a day or two a week into Fitday to see how you are tracking.
If you want Nancy and I to take a look at your logs we are happy to do so. We will do a brief overview with you and make recommendations based on what we see. We want to see 2 weekdays and 1 weekend day of the same week. Why? Because it is easier to maintain discipline on the structured days of the week, then the weekend comes and we “let our hair down” – potentially undoing our 5 days of hard work. We also offer complete nutrition analysis, which you can read about by clicking here.
I want to hear your questions and comments below – don’t be shy. You are most likely not the only one with that question, so let’s hear it.
You want to start dropping that fat?
You want to start sculpting that lean body?
Make It Happen – Start that Log – Today!
Dean