Blood? Um..way too many calories..but thanks for the offer.
Aside from that, I was eating all the wrong stuff for much of my life. That’s how I managed to stay overweight and underwater for much of my life. And, after decades of trying a whole bunch of fad diets, pills, frills and gimmicky exercise gadgets and failing miserably, I decided to label myself “fat for life” and just kept on munching on.
It was only after I identified the “deceivingly cute culprits” behind my “ever inflating physique” that I was finally able to close the book on those fluffy and fuzzy chapters and move forward with my life.
So, who are these deceivingly cute culprits? Well, they are basically all food and beverage that are processed, altered, decorated and looks irresistible on a plate or glass.
In other words, our Creator gave us exactly what we are supposed to eat, in precisely the way they should be eaten and in roughly the right proportions. Isn’t it any wonder that our cave age folk walked around with rock hard fit abs, cooler baseball caps, and wigglier butts?
Sure, they had the slight inconvenience of having to run around screaming for a good part of the day in order to survive. Then again, how else would they’ve gotten a good workout otherwise? I mean, it’s not like they had 24-hour fitness centers way back in the day.
But the problem with all the good stuff that our Creator’s given us is that they weren’t able to appease to our ever-growing plethora of taste buds. For instance, given the choice would you go for a plain pickle or a sizzling pizza?
So, if the transition to “total awesomeness” is so ticklishly painful and requires a ton of self-discipline, then why make life more complicated and less fun by changing things around?
Besides, processed and enhanced foods always taste great. And so far there’s been no pain associated with the exercise free, booze abundant, easygoing lifestyle.
Well, if your life revolves around sedentary activities such as spending hours in front of a TV or a Computer and you have access to an endless supply of Pizzas, Burgers, Ice Creams, Doughnuts, and Fries, it might seem like you’ve got it all figured out.
And whilst that may be true in part, what we often overlook is what’s happening on the inside.
Inside, all the baddies we accumulate in the form of “visceral fat”, get together and form a little “Committee of Chaos” geared with the sole purpose of “silently” injecting you with as many life threatening illnesses and health implications as possible.
Think of visceral fat as a Volcano’s equivalent to Magma, that’s brewing away in silence until it eventually breaks out in the form of Type 2 Diabetics, Cancer, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Stroke, Gallstones and Hiccups to dozens more 100% fun-free and potentially life-threatening illnesses.
But you can turn things around completely and reward yourself with more health, vibrancy, youth and good looks than you can fathom, just by doing 3 simple things every day:
1. Drink a glass of water every hour of every day for as long as you as you have an insatiable appetite for oxygen.
If this sounds too much, start by drinking just half a glass every hour for a month first
2. Switch everything you eat and drink for 6 full days to Fresh fruits, Vegetables, Greens, Nuts, Seeds, Eggs and Skim milk
You can simplify the process by getting yourself a Vitamix, Nutribullet, Nutrininja or similar and by trying out a few of their scrumptious smoothie recipes. But skip all the other recipes (unless growing taller sideways is part of your plan).
Alongside the smoothies, have a few egg salads as well, seasoned with all natural spices and Sesame/Olive oil. The oil helps keep the hunger pangs away. So feel free to sprinkle in a bit extra to put that puppy of a growling tummy right to sleep.
Also, aim for at least 7-10 different varieties of fruits and vegetables each day (for the smoothies and salads combined) and try to make your plate as colorful as possible so that you naturally get a good coverage of nutrients each day.
And treat these as snacks and not meals. So you can reach for a smoothie or a salad every 2-4 hours. But don’t wait longer than that, as your Body starts to nibble on your muscles when it runs out of food. And you need the muscles to kick the asses of those visceral fat dudes and dudettes currently running the show.
When you’re starting out, don’t worry too much about the size of your portions. For the most part, the hourly water ritual along with your fondness to breathe regularly will keep the portions in check. Besides, our Creator only produces low-calorie and super-nutritious stuff in his laboratory.
The only “fresh produces” that are relatively higher in calories are fruits, nuts, and seeds, which is why he’s gone to great lengths to make them a less accessible and less abundant the rest.
So, 6 days of frowning profusely at junk foods and sticking with the good stuff, earns you 1 day of “total freedom”, allowing you to eat whatever, wherever and whenever, as long as you stick with that all important hourly water ritual.
3. Go for a simple 10-minute slow walk around the block every day
Start out with 10, but increase the duration of that walk in 5-minute increments over the coming weeks until you can comfortably manage a 30-minute slow walk. Then once you hit the 30-minute mark, start increasing your walking speed gradually over the proceeding weeks until you can power walk those 30 minutes, while playing the banjo.
And when you notice your legs trying to run off by themselves ever so often, give them a something a little more fun and intense to chew on like P90X3.
PS: As with every workout regiment, always check with your physician before starting out.
