The reason why I say neither is that most times when people go on Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers they give the power away to the "food or diet". The power is in taking control and responsibility...
The reason why I say neither is that most times when people go on Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers they give the power away to the "food or diet". The power is in taking control and responsibility for ones self. No fitness or fat loss plan will ever work long term unless it includes weight training, stretching, interval cardio training, goal setting and positive mindset, and social support (you will turn into who you hang around).
The odds that any of the spokespeople for Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers actually ate their respective companyies food exclusively is very, very low. Usually these paid spokespeople do crash courses of working out, diet pills, and extreme things to drop the weight. They become spokespeople for the food or supplement company for the money and the exposure.
Competitive drug free bodybuilders and athletes know proper nutrition better than dieticians, doctors, or people who teach it. They are in the trenches and they just do it.
BODYBUILDING NUTRITION
To gain muscle and lose fat you must;
• Take in slightly less calories than you are burning
• Consume higher quality calories. Eat more natural unprocessed foods that don’t come wrapped in a box. If it rots, it’s good for you: Lean (protein with low amount of fat, aka chicken & turkey breasts, lean beef, eggs), Green (vegetable, green beans, salads, apples), & Marine (fish).
• Small meals often. You must eventually work up to 5-6 small meals per day; about every 3-4 hours
• Macronutrient Profile- Every meal you eat should contain protein and carbs combined together. How much? A starting point would be;
1. Most women and under 130 lb. men 15-20 grams of protein in each meal
2. 130 lb. — 165 lb. men 20-30 grams of protein in each meal
3. 170 lb. and up 30-45 grams of protein in each meal
One of the biggest “nutrition Secrets” in the Bodybuilding world is a technique called carb cycling. In a nut shell you have two different types of carbs.
Starchy carbs—Sources are brown & wild rice, oatmeal, whole grain pasta, sweet potatoes / yams
Non-starchy carbs—Sources are veggies, grean beans, salads, apples, grape-fruit
Cycle your calories by eating only non starchy carbs with your protein on Interval Cardio days and throw in your starchy carbs only on days you train intensely with weights. This is absolutely t he secret for you to keep your metabolism revved up while you gain muscle and lose fat.
You can work-out till your blue in the face but if you do not incorporate Interval Cardio (done first thing in the morning in a fasted state), intense functional multi-joint, compound exercises, small healthy meals often with protein and carbs combined together, positive mindset, goal setting & social support (you will turn into who you hang around) you will not change your body much. Physique development is about losing fat
(to show the shape of the muscle) as much if not more than building muscle. It is definitely a combination of the two.
Your Healthy Lifestyle Coach,
Darin L Steen
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