Eat Like a Champion

Have I lost my "taste" for the bad food? Absolutely not! I could still hit the drive-through, order up a hamburger and fries and enjoy every bite. But do I? Obviously it is no. It would be so easy to slip into those old unhealthy habits, even 10 years later, and I choose not to.

There are 2 things you can control in life.

• How much you use and move your body.
• What and how much you put in your mouth

Studies have found that, overweight adults who ate 2 eggs for breakfast daily for 2 months lost more weight than those who consumed a breakfast euqal in calories but lower in protein.

The Lies of Dieting

• Misconception: to lose fat is to stop eating
• more active you are physically the more food you need
• when you stop eating, your body goes into conservation mode. Body metabolic rate dropped. Muscle and fat in your body will be used as broken down.
• crash diets don't work because half the pounds you lose come from muscle. With less muscle, your body is a less efficient fat burning machine
  

Guides:

• Choose a portion of lean protein
• Choose a portion of complex carbohydrates
• Add a portion of vegetables to at least two meals each day
• Consume one tablespoon of unsaturated fat daily, or 3 portions of salmon perweek
• Drink at least 10 glasses of water each day