Crunch-Out-the-Carbs

2021-6-10- It's hard for me not to lose my !*@? when working out at a commercial gym. I know that 90% of the people killing themselves in their workouts are doing so in the hopes of losing weight and this to me is not only frustrating but saddening too. Weight loss has to begin and end with food quality. Exercise just won't get you there.

Since the inception of Bodyrite Training 10 plus years ago, I have always focused my efforts and my client's attentions on food quality, that was how I got my edge and differentiated myself from the other trainers just selling fitness. In order to look strong, in order to look tone one has to get lean and lose the excess body fat. Doing crunches and other core exercises WILL NEVER earn you a flat stomach.

I'm gonna sound like a broken record here but it's true-first and foremost you must remove all grains from your diet. To learn more about why you don't want these in your diet this book is a game changer: Grain Brain. You don't need the inflammation, you don't need the chemicals and you certainly don't need the rise in insulin. Second, kick out all seed oils from your diet and as mentioned in prior blogs there are eight of them and here is the helpful link to learn more about why these are terrible for your health The Hateful Eight. Finally, all refined flours and sugars need to go as well. You may be thinking "so what the heck am I supposed to eat?" The answer is simple: protein, fat and the least toxic plant foods.

Food quality has to change first in order to improve your health status and begin lighting the fires of fat burning. Below take a look at this easy meal plan to follow and get you started:

Another final factor that will get you more result than any core exercise is carbohydrate reduction. The Standard American Diet advises that 60% of our nutrition should come from carbohydrates, no wonder why over 500 million Americans are insulin resistance. So what's the sweet spot in terms of macros? To get started, reduce your carbohydrate intake down to 100 grams per day. Eventually you will want to get down to about 50 grams of carbohydrates per day especially if you start to plateau. Give your body time to adapt to all of these changes particularly withdrawing from grains and sugars. Expect some symptoms like fatigue, lethargy, moodiness, headaches and possible body aches in the first couple of days but they should pass. Focus on the quality of your plate starting with three meals per day and shaving them down to two. No snacking of course and by all means dine on your favorite animal based proteins and fats (like butter, cheese, eggs, avocados and bone broth)

Exercise is a wonderful addition to your Bodyrite Life but food quality and frequency is what is going to have the biggest impact in turning your health status around for the better and improving your body composition. I am excited to announce the release of my Bodyrite Food is Medicine Cookbook. In it you will find healthful tips and fun with delicious tasting and low carbohydrate meal options for anytime of the day. Click here to purchase The Bodyrite Cookbook

Happy Eating! xoxo paige