Saturday 30th August 2008 - Week Six Day Six - Global Health Challenge

There different patterns that Women and Men use for weight control.

I know there and I’ve really enjoyed my career path over the years and that has been largely because of the unique style of relationships that I’ve experienced with clients, and while some have been as friends it is learning about human behaviours that has me more often than not fascinated.

Having undertaken many courses that have taught me to be a fitness trainer and trainer of trainers, what I have learned over the years with clients is that I have also needed to be an educator, part-time therapist, counsellor, advisor, nutritionist, a role model and friend. If only they all contributed to my income – just kidding, who wants to make money doing something they love - (**drifts off into dreamland).

With over 20 years of client training experience and working in many different fitness facilities over those years, and even in just talking with people, I’ve found that we really are from two different world’s. We’ve come to recognize, even in jest that Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus and has never been truer when it comes to losing weight successfully and unfortunately often points to the fact that we BOTH seem to end up at Pluto. By that I mean we often fail or give up.

You see dieting patterns are the habitual eating choices we make and due to our lack of knowledge of the human body or taking any personal responsibility, we find don’t often bring us joy. They are called patterns or habits because unless we keep following them, like a design for dressmaking or building or a recipe for cooking, and like those examples, if we don’t get the ratio or ingredients correct we are then disappointed when it doesn't work.

More often than not my experience with clients and friends has been that when it comes to losing weight (body fat), women and men really do think about it from such different perspectives. An example I’ve found for you of how Women and Men are very different is that when it comes to losing weight my research indicates that our gender approaches are this :- Women go on diet. Men join a gym.

It appears to me that there is a negative life aspect from women wanting to lose something with their choice of foods, limiting their taste, restriction of desires, as they try to lose this weight, whereas most men look at this as a positive life aspect of gaining something such as improved fitness, increasing their muscles, and fuelling their ego's.

Why is that ?
Don’t we both want to achieve the same goal?
Or, do we just see different things when we look in the mirror?

I deliberately used the word “weight” in the last paragraph instead of body-fat because I can’t recall one single client over the 20+ years that asked to lose body-fat. “I want to lose weight”, “I want to get healthier”, “I want to get more toned”, “I want to lose 10lbs”. When we sat down and discussed this nearly every one wanted to actually lose body-fat. In fact losing body-fat would achieve ALL of these goals so if you desire any of these changes then losing excess body-fat will net you the result you seek.

From experience with clients, women are more aware of the negative aspects of their physique and attribute that to eating habits. Whereas men seem to notice the positive aspects of their physique, whether they’re there or not, and want to build on this. Simple Fact : We are BOTH under-active and over-fed if our goal is weight (fat) loss. You are going to see me make this point a lot, as it is the fundamental driver for obesity all over the world.

To fix this fuel intake and lack of movement we need to gain more effective knowledge about how to lose body fat.

We need to eat less, but how much less?
We need to move more, but how much more?
Both of these answers are determined by how active your lifestyle is.
Why would you believe that you can eat like an elite level athlete if you are desk bound most of the day? That answer brings us to the simple logic that would suggest that you will “use less calories” meaning your intake of FUEL (food) should be less.

So our NEW workable strategy must have a combination of both of these elements to provide us with a greater understanding of how our bodies work. This will definitely make this process for change easier and more likely to succeed for the long term.

Again, this plan comes from my personal experience, so I want you to know that what I teach is not a research based study so it won't come in any medical journals soon but don't . It’s both an observational description of encounters that I have had with clients and many friends and also I've been living this plan myself.

There will be examples of unsuccessful habits that I want you to think about and see if any of these “syndromes” have been experienced by you. Don’t be surprised if you recognize past traits of your life in more than one example. Awareness or recognition is the first step to gaining more knowledge in our plan for life changing success.

Tomorrow the examples.

Goal of this twenty one (21) days or three (3) weeks is designed to consolidate the first 5 weeks including the Human ECO Cleanse and to now establish patterns for your new LIFE.

- Assess your eating habits and see what you have re-introduced. Did you re-introduce caffeine or red meat and have you found you can now do without as much of these
- Check your workout intensity and now see if you are planning these in to your routine- Reward yourself with only 21 days to go.
NOTE - this is isn't the end but rather the beginning of YOUR new Human ECO friendly LIFE.

TONY 's DIARY - (Week Six - Day Six)
Protein Re-introduced - Increased Good Fats

Breakfast:
Energy Shake - 400ml Water + 40g Protein Powder + Combination Greens Powder + Organic Coconut Oil. Take a Daily Multi vitamin + Joint Power + 2 x Omega 3 Capsules

Mid Morning Snack:
Green Tea + Protein Bar

Lunch:
Turkey Mince with Carrot/Beans/Broccolli/Potato cooked in a Stew + 4 x Corn Thins

Mid Afternoon snack:
2 slices Soy Linseed Bread with Avocado + Tomato + 20g Protein Powder with water + Organic Coconut Oil

Dinner:Tuna + Mixed Salad + Tomato + Cucumber + Low Fat Cottage Cheese

2 Hours before Bed:
400ml water + Fibre Shake + Combination Greens + Organic Coconut Oil

Overall - Water consumption = Habit is now committed to action. Good training session today and writing of the screenplay nearly complete.

Daily mantra:
I am totally committed to supporting my Human ECO System with my actions.