When it comes to nutrition.
A lot of this is going to mystify people, and I'm not going to get super in depth here. I'm going to talk a bit about the myths out there when it comes to food, and hopefully try to dispel some of them.
What people think in general:
1) Calories in equals calories out.
2) You must consume less calories than you burn on a daily basis in order to lose weight.
3) You must feel like junk/tired/moody when trying to lose weight.
4) Losing weight is complicated
5) You can't eat "food you want to eat" while trying to lose fat
6) You must do endless/lots of cardio to lose fat
Those are just some coming to the top of my head right now. There are more out there obviously.
What I think/have seen/have researched:
1) 2000 calories of steak is not the same as 2000 calories of ice cream
2) absolutely not. I just consumed over 10,000 calories of carbs in 8 hours with fat loss being my goal.
3) I feel fantastic and have a whopping amount of energy
4) It is so simple it's scary
5) See #2. I had gummy worms, pancakes with loads of syrup, skittles and oreo ice cream sandwiches.
6) I'm doing very little cardio right now.
Yes, I'm using me as an example, but there are many people out there that are doing what I'm doing with great results.
I've been reading a lot lately on metabolic damage. What is this? Simplified, it is when someone has drastically under eaten calories, done a whopping amount of cardio (hours a day), done too much weight training, or a combination. It is when your metabolism is rebelling against you, and you cannot seem to lose fat or gain weight correctly (aka. all the weight is predominately fat and the fat gain is very quickly.)
I'm not going to talk about this much more because there are others who are authorities on the Subject. Google Scott Abel and Erik Ledin. They know their stuff.
When you consume less calories, your metabolism slows down. and vice versa. If you do this too long, you can shut your metabolism off. This is obviously a bad thing. You want your metabolism working with you, being on fire, blasting through calories and burning them efficiently.
The owner of the gym I work at, Kathy Mack, is a PRIME example of "doing it right".
She does ZERO cardio. consumes a WHOPPING amount of food a day and per week, with roughly 3 ish free meals. She is lean as can be, strong as an Ox, feeling amazing.
How can this be?
New school nutrition strategies and New School training protocols.
I love it when people see me either eating my Frosted Flakes or see my Reese's Puffs box in my office. I usually get something along the lines of
"That guy is a certified nutrition? Doesn't look like he knows what he's talking about."
"How can you put that crap into your body? That is awful for you."
"That stuff is going to make you fat."
I just smile and take it with stride. I have to. I understand that the average person, even the above average person in the fitness and nutrition world won't understand and will label it as "bad"
There is actually NOTHING better that I could be consuming after my workout than Reese's puffs or any other kids cereal (See Ken "Skip" Hill for more on PWO cereal).
When my clients trust me, and they see my track record, they might just be crazy enough to follow a New School meal plan. WITH carbs. WITH junk.
They're not only be insanely healthy, but they'll zip MUCH faster towards their physique and performance goals.
I hope this blog left you with a LOT of questions. It's meant to poke beehives. It's meant to rattle cages.
I am NOT the pioneer on this form of dieting. I have learned from those better than me and done my homework.
The point is: There is New School Nutrition, and it's awesome. Enough Said.
