So, I’m about to try the CheatYourWayThin diet in addition to my workout plan. I’m going to explain a bit about it. I know the video is long as so here’s pretty much what I say.
There’s a chemical called Leptin in your body. It is a chemical responsible for increasing potential to lose weight. Potential. It is determined by 2 things
1) Your body weight
2) How much you eat
So, a 400 lb person has more Leptin than a 200 lb person. This just means if they do the same exercise, the 400 lb person will lose more lbs of fat than the 200 lb person but most likely the same ratio of fat.
In most diets, there is a calorie restriction. This lowers Leptin levels. Even when you cut carbs, the thought is that you will go into your fat deposits and burn that off. This isn’t entirely true.
Think back to when we were cavemen where we hunted for food. When we had a dry spell, our body knows we are starving. So, it will become efficient and try to use the least energy as possible to do all your bodily actions. In order to do this, it will eat up some fat (stored energy) but it will also severely cut down your muscle mass because those use up too much energy to function. So, in order to use less energy and be more efficient, your muscle mass will decrease. Good for the cavemen back then, not good for us now!
So, how do we keep Leptin levels up to lose weight? We don’t count calories or starve ourselves. We just eat what is right at the right time. Keep in mind, always eat at least 5 meals a day every few hours to keep up your metabolism.
We have 4 different types of foods
1) Good Fats like peanuts, olive oil, flax seeds (and oil), cottage cheese, dark meat, fish like salmon, eggs, etc
2) Low Glycemic Index/Glycemic Load Carbs like predominantly legumes and fruits like any time of beans and fruits. You’re limited to one starchy carb like slice of whole grain bread or bowl of oatmeal or sweet potatoe, etc per day on Low GI/GL days
3) High Glycemic Index/Glycemic Load Carbs which are predominantly grains, breads, potatoes, and pasta. When you have the option, get whole grain (like in rice or bread or cereals) These are the starchier kinds of carbs
4) Proteins. This is self explanatory. Just make sure they’re lean cuts if you can do it (understandable if you can’t) like chicken, cottage cheese, beef, eggs, ham, lamb, whey/casein protein shakes, turkey, etc. You know what protein is haha
**** You can eat as many veggies as you want****
Then, there are 4 different kinds of days.
1) Low/No Carb Days - Pretty much every meal, you only eat 1 serving of fat, 1 serving of protein and 0 (read, NO) carbs. Any carbs you get these days will be the carbs that come from your fats and proteins and vegetables.
2) Low GI/GL days - 1 portion of protein, 1 portion of fat, 1 portion of low GI/GL carbs per meal.
***NOTE: Try to distribute your carbs in the first half of the day and your fats in the second half because when fat mixes with carbs, it promotes fat storage. This is not always possible, but since this cycle only last a couple of days, don’t sweat it if you can’t. It’ll just improve a bit ***
3) High GI/GL days - 1 portion of protein, 0 (read, NO) portions of fat, 1 portion of High GI/GL carbs per meal.
4) Cheat Days - Eat whatever the you want
The set up is generally 2 of each day in the order listed then your cheat day is your 7th day.
The idea is that your body will get used to each 2day round n lower leptin levels. Introducing carbs gradually will maintain Leptin levels high until your Cheat Day, where you fully replenish your Leptin levels. The next day, no carbs at all your body will be in optimal fat burning mode. Couple that with Interval Training, and you’ll be burning FAT, not losing muscle mass, in the process.
There are more specifics for everything in the book, but that’s the gist of it to get you somewhat started.
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