The easiest way to gain weight is to “skip meals”.
Why is that? Our bodies need a steady supply of energy for it to function just like Oxygen and Water. If we were deprived of either for any length of time (ideally less than a few minute for Oxygen, otherwise we might not need any),then we’ll try to overcompensate at the first opportunity.
It works much the same way with food. A compensatory meal that makes up for any skilled meals, pushes out our guts to a whole new level of fluffiness.
But the truth is losing weight and keeping it off for life, is far much easier than the industry perceives it to be. In fact, we can do it without a single exercise equipment and without any special foods or supplements.
So here’s how it’s done:
1. Drink a glass of water every hour.
2. Go for a 30-minute power walk every single morning (ideally after having a glass of water and with your favorite tunes spinning you along). When that becomes too easy, try a more intense (and fun) fitness program like P90X3 (which is what I’m on right now).
3. Eat ONLY Raw Fruits, Vegetables, Greens, Salads, Nuts, Eggs, Seeds and skim Milk. All of these should be fresh and wholesome. So avoid buying anything that comes in a Carton, Can, Bottle, Box or any kind of sealed container, unless it’s just the thing itself.
4. Eat and Drink everything in roughly the same proportion as nature had provided them. For instance, our little blue planet is made up of 71% water, so drinking a glass of water every hour (except when close to bedtime) makes sense.
Then the second most abundant ingredient we have are leaves. Now, that doesn’t mean we have to book a grazing spot each morning next to a Cow.
But it does mean that a clear majority of our food intake should consist of “greens” such as spinach, kale, rocket leaves etc. And then we have Vegetables followed up with Fruits and a few Nuts and Seeds.
So, how about meat? Doesn’t the proportionality rule also mean that our meals should also include 3% kittens, 2% Puppies and 1% Koala Bears etc?
Not really. And here’s why. If you jump in front of a mirror and flash your pearly whites and do jazz hands, you’ll notice that you’re missing a couple of things that “certified mammal hunters” such as Lions, Cheetahs, Panthers and ZZtops have, such as retractable claws and fangs, which means we were really designed to be a bunch of boring herbivorous (yawn).
And you can prove this point for yourself by jumping the next sheep that walks by your front lawn, completely barehanded. Combine this reasoning with the fact that meat is now said to be the leading cause of Cancer and a contributor to numerous life-threatening illnesses, and you got yourself a “hail” no. So, you put away your knife and let down that bewildered kitten from the kitchen table.
Milk has a similar story because I am yet to hear a single story of a Cow turning up at the door and volunteering to be milked. So, have Milk and Eggs in conservative portions, because that stuff was never meant for us anyway.
5. As long as you follow ALL of the above steps,then you can even eat as much as you like “at the beginning”. But make sure that you can breathe very comfortably, though. You don’t wanna be the first person on the news to have choked and died from a Carrot. Portion control does come into play when you’re closer to your 6 pack, but that’s ALWAYS the last piece of the puzzle (even though most people prefer to start out by snipping the tummy into shape first).
6. If you’re feeling hungry or your stomach starts to sound like an Orchestra Symphony, then just grab a handful of unsalted nuts and wash that down with a glass of water. You can also season your food with healthy oils such as Olive Oil and Sesame Oil (5-10 teaspoons a day does the job for me). And it puts those hunger pangs right to sleep.
By the way, follow this regiment for 6 days a week and on the 7th day eat, anything you darn well please (on the provision that you continue the one glass of water per hour ritual). Also feel free to cook any of the above using ALL NATURAL herbs and fresh sea salts (less than a teaspoon of salt per day though) and mash any of the above into scrumptious Fruit and Vegetable smoothies. But stick to the list above because as soon as you waver from it, it stops working. And, if you slip up somewhere along the way, just smile and tell yourself “I’m a working progress” and start afresh the very next hour, like nothing ever happened.
If you don’t slip up from time to time, then you really need to see a Doctor to find out why you are a little TOO brilliant. I’ve possibly slipped up over a hundred times since I started this journey around 7 years ago. But now my taste buds have started working in the reverse, meaning I have to force myself to enjoy a Cookie, Cake or Chocolate nowadays (except maybe for the occasional Ferrero Rocher, I don’t seem to have a problem making them “disappear”).
And once you get into the swing of things, you’ll begin loving your new found taste buds just as much. In fact, you’ll be further along than me because you don’t have to go through any of the trials and tribulations that I had to endure.
Now, if the above transition sounds like too much of a leap, then start out with just a simple walk around the block for 10 minutes each day for the first week. Then, increase that walk by 5 minutes each week, until you’ve built it up to 30 minutes. Lastly, pick up the pace by a little each week until you can comfortably manage a 30-minute power walk.
As per the food, switch just one of your regular meals with a healthier alternative the first week.Then swap out a second the second week and so forth until you have successfully transitioned over to the “clean eating regiment” mentioned above. Eating smaller regular meals is the way to go. This prevents binge eating, keeps your body fueled all day long and it’s much easier on the digestive track. I eat a small meal every 2-3 hours or so.
The 3 Meal a day lifestyle was just something we came up to increase our Productivity in Workplaces and at School, so that we can look busy and feel important.
