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The china study byDenise Minger

Fat Joe loses 100lbs of weight, that’s 45kg, that’s 7stone!! That’s a person!!

Now for anyone who doesn’t know who Fat Joe is, he’s an American Hip Hop artist. He’s been around for years and it’s really good to see someone go from his former size to his current state. It’s mind blowing.

If you check out the video below, he states that he cut out the carbohydrates, and just educated himself on what foods were right for him.

Personally from what I’ve seen that works with my clients is a primal type of diet template, decreasing the amount of carbohydrates, increasing the amount of protein and fats.
You basically get rid of all the processed junk and basically eat real food. There’s no secret.
They do say their energy levels increase and just feel alot better all round.

Now when I say decrease the amount of carbohydrate, I don’t mean they go “Zero” carb, if anything it really depends on how they feel. Nutrition is very individual and you have to base it around how the person is feeling on the day.
If someone is highly stressed as well being sleep deprived, of course they’re going to crave more carbohydrate/Sugar. Then if you go blasting them with a high intensity workout, cortisol levels are going to rise and it kind of defeats the object. No wonder they’re not losing fat.

Personally from my own training two things I have started eating more of is Brown rice and sweet potato especially post workout.
I’ve played around with whether I can eat just a paleo diet of just meat and veg but due to my activity levels, I tend to give in to that hormonal craving for something starchy and just end up snacking on junk.

Having a starchy carb post workout tends to help stop the cravings I’ve been getting.
I’ve been playing around with the paleo type diet but added in extra carbs where I felt like I needed it, like on days where I’ve trained hard.
In a recent study an intermittent low carb diet was much better compared to a calorie restricted diet, similar to the “Anabolic diet” where you cycle the amount of carbohydrates from low, medium to high.

So what should you do -

• Eat food, real food. Meat/Veg. No processed stuff.No wheat i.e. Pasta, bread, pastries, etc.

• Clean Carbohydrates – post workout (brown rice works for me, Sweet potatoes are okay but note how you feel after it)
  On days you’ve trained hard you can afford to eat a little more carbohydrate, on days you do nothing then taper back.

• Ideally make sure you’re eating  colourful vegetables to vary the types of antioxidants you’re getting.

• Listen to your body. Keep a food log, note down what you ate, the time you ate it, and how you felt.
  Any digestive issues, bloating/burping etc. Time’s you’ve felt sluggish.
  Note them all down, you’ll see a pattern emerge from what you’ve been eating and how it impacted your energy levels.

Check out the video below to find out how Fat Joe lost the weight and “dropped a body”

“Research has shown that the lack of exercise, not aging, actually causes muscle deterioration!” – Dr Mercola
Click here

Are you using your age as an excuse to be lazy??

Just think there’s someone out there twice your age, training harder than you….

 

The latest fitness gadget to hit my radar is a product called the JawBone Up, A bracelet that monitors your lifestyle, sleeping patterns and activities.

I only came across this as I was on the internet and for some reason it was BIG news that celebrities like Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher and Mark Zuckerburg were sporting the bracelet…a couple of days later my friend wanted to go get some food and he was telling me about this magic device that somehow helps get your lifestyle in check. He ended up getting one and we’ll wait to hear his findings later….

The deal with the bracelet is that you have to wear it all day everyday, it is waterproof so you can wear it in the shower.
It’s marketed as being a health monitor, capturing data from your sleep, activity, and food.

It measures the amount of sleep you get, the quality of sleep and it supposed to tell you when to wake up so that you can wake up feeling refreshed.
For the sedentary office workers, the device has a vibration motor that notifies you that you have been sitting down for some period of time and you need to start moving about.
For the food intake the user is requested to take a picture of the meal, it then asks the user how you feel after eating it.

The app for the iphone (I’m not sure if they’re currently developing an app for the android and blackberry) syncs the data recorded on the Jawbone up and plots the data on a nice looking graph.

I personally don’t have the device myself so I can’t give a full review, I wonder with Christmas/new year round the corner, how many other fitness gadgets creep out of the woodwork.
The good thing about the device is that I hope it will help people take notice to what their body is telling them, especially with regards to food and sleeping patterns, I just hope they realise that this isn’t a magic device.
If you already know that your sleeping patterns aren’t great, if your food quality isn’t great, and your activitiy levels are low then I can’t really justify spending £80 on a device for data you kind of know already.

I’m still undecided whether I’m going to give this a thumbs up, on one hand I can see how it would help my clients as I could translate the data. Looking at why their sleep isn’t great, looking at the quality of the foods they eat to see if there are commonly known allergens and finding out if their activity levels/exercise prescription suits their goals/needs.

I’ll be interested in seeing the reports on whether this is worthwhile tool for your everyday user or just some kind of passing trend. I really want to like it, but with reports from some users saying the app crashes and even the tech reviewers from Gizmodo saying this off their christmas list makes me think twice. I’ll find out from my friend in a month whether improvements have been made.

Currently the device is sold out, the Apple store states 6-8 weeks wait for UK consumers. Probably going to be heavily marketed in the New year. Click the link above if you’re interested in buying…then email me your thoughts/results.