So yesterday I was explaining the difference between men and women and how they relate to losing bodyfat. Which type of the following syndromes do you most relate to ?
The lady below is a person that knows what to do but doesn’t do it herself.
The Educated Derelict – she is a very astute and intelligent individual. Most likely is successful in her professional life. Finds time to do all that’s required in her world and in fact has a hunger for knowledge. Her application of this knowledge however is less than fastidious. As “her life” often gets in the way. Social life plays a big role complicating training time. When questioned by friends about what are the best ways or optimal solutions for losing weight she will be able to pretty much give you ALL the correct answers. Also she may from time to time exhibit traits of the other two syndromes.
The lady below has frustrating eating patterns that begin and end weekly.
The Impatient Perfectionist – she is a detail oriented person who can’t wait for the result. Has a voracious thirst for knowledge and will read anything and everything that has the words “fast fat loss guaranteed” in the title but has little patience for the time required. She can quote word for word what the latest diet plan a celebrity is on and in fact establishes her “wish list” of body change desires from these. She stops eating certain nutrients (such as carbs after 3pm because it’s trendy etc, drinks red wine and eats chocolate for the anti-oxidants) and if a movie actress has successfully done it for her role in a film she will try it – this week. Often begins her “diets” on a Monday or Tuesday as that is when the latest version of these “gossip magazines” is released. If her life changes will most likely move into the Educated Derelict capacity as she will always be up to date with the latest “in-thing”.
The lady below is on a merry-go-round that works until she gets off.
The Repeat Offender – she is serious about losing body fat - again. Has most likely done a “weight loss program” at least twice successfully. These are usually more restrictive by limiting social exposure and having controlled regimens that she must follow. Upon gaining her desired success and reaching a “maintenance” level she will continue to adopt these habits until she begins to re-enter the social side of life again. Then she will experience the frustration of noticing the weight gain paradox return. This causes her to feel guilty for recent life choices but knows she will find comfort and solace back inside the “controlled lifestyle”.
So which one are you?
When I described these to female friends and colleagues I was often watching their heads nod in agreement and smiles appear as I described each “habit syndrome”. I would then ask which one they thought they most related to. Often there was a pause as some soul-searching went on as they picked one, and some even said they did them all.
I was trying to make the point to emphasis that you are not the only one who acts this way, contrary to what you are probably thinking. We all form habits and I have found that females tend to beat themselves up over weight issues when they are less than successful from their efforts. They then guage their self esteem based upon their failure rate.
Don’t despair our new plan for a DIET EVOLUTION is here.
I’m telling you that there are many people doing the wrong thing, but this doesn’t make it right. We need to change our “stinking thinking”. By now being aware of these habits, you can recognize it when it’s happening and re-establish positive steps forward with our plan.
I provide these steps for nutrient intake and also provide the required active habits to adopt so this is a total package for correcting your eating, moving and thought patterns.
Tomorrow - the Men.
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 Seven)
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
Morning Workout:
45 mins of Cardio - medium intensity
Mid Morning Snack:
Cappuccino + Protein Bar
Lunch:
Turkey Mince with Carrot/Beans/Broccolli/Potato cooked in a Stew + 4 x Corn Thins
Mid Afternoon snack:
25g 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.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
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.
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.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Friday 29th August 2008 - Week Six Day Five - Global Health Challenge
So is your body really a Human ECO System ?
How does it really compare for a basis of understanding of the Earth and your body. I have listed some examples below of the harm we do to ourselves, then compared it to some of the damage that we are doing to the EARTH !
1. On the Planet - we are polluting our rivers, waterways limiting the available drinking water and pollute the oceans killing the sea life limiting food sources for not only us but other creatures that need them to survive.
In the Body – we drink sugar laden drinks that supply energy dense, low quality nutrients and in fact make us even more dehydrated and add additional empty calories to our daily intake.
RESULT = DIABETES OR POLLUTION - Solution – drink more water to hydrate the body and less soda (soft drink) to limit the excess calories
2. On the Planet - we continue to produce more and more waste and need to find places to dump this which create environmental issues causing potential health problems
In the Body – we consume an excessive amount of low quality, high calorie nutrients placing our body in a toxic state and requiring more storage space which causes potential health problems.
RESULT = OBESITY OR TOXIC ENVIRONMENTS - Solution – eat less total calories and find ways to be more active to use those calories consumed to enhance the body working to grow NOT working to cope.
3. On the Planet – we now produce poor quality nutrients in our everyday foods and have even introduced trans-fats to increase shelf storage capabilities of foods but are now aware that these contribute to obesity, health issues, behaviorial and learning problems
In the Body – our intake of low quality nutrients such as these trans-fats and excess saturated fats from our current food sources such as fast foods, process products that limit proper cellular functioning
RESULT = CHOLESTEROL DAMAGE OR WASTE REDUCTION- Solution – consume quality calories like good fats such as fish, nuts, oils and plant sources to reduce the damage and enhance the bodies requirement for this essential nutrient.
4. On the Planet - we are heating up the planet with green house gases and this is killing the soils and damaging the planets eco systems. As a result the land becomes drier and adds to the reduction of quality nutrients we are eating.
In the Body – we often fail to include enough water on a daily basis (not coffee or tea) which overloads our bodies organs, thickens up your blood streams and causes headaches and constipation. None of these are good for functional living.
RESULT = DEHYDRATION or GLOBAL WARMING IN THE BODY - Solution – Drink at least 6-8 glasses of water everyday and the amount you drink when exercising or active is not included in this amount.
5. On the Planet - we are constantly polluting the air with toxic gases from vehicle emissions which harm everyone when we breathe in these toxic chemicals which does more harm to humans
In the Body – by breathing in this toxic combination of chemicals we produce more free radicals which then cause more cell damage
RESULT = UNHEALTHY ORGANS - Solution – whilst we must keep breathing – WE MUST increase our intake of green leafy vegetables and high quality nutrient dense food to supply our bodies with Anti-Oxidants to fight the Free Radicals.
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 Five)
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:
2 x Pieces of Soy Linseed Toast + Avocado + Tomato + Lean Ham
Lunch:
Turkey Mince with Carrot/Beans/Broccolli/Potato cooked in a Stew
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. No Training session again today as I was writing all day.
Daily mantra:
I am totally committed to supporting my Human ECO System with my actions.
How does it really compare for a basis of understanding of the Earth and your body. I have listed some examples below of the harm we do to ourselves, then compared it to some of the damage that we are doing to the EARTH !
1. On the Planet - we are polluting our rivers, waterways limiting the available drinking water and pollute the oceans killing the sea life limiting food sources for not only us but other creatures that need them to survive.
In the Body – we drink sugar laden drinks that supply energy dense, low quality nutrients and in fact make us even more dehydrated and add additional empty calories to our daily intake.
RESULT = DIABETES OR POLLUTION - Solution – drink more water to hydrate the body and less soda (soft drink) to limit the excess calories
2. On the Planet - we continue to produce more and more waste and need to find places to dump this which create environmental issues causing potential health problems
In the Body – we consume an excessive amount of low quality, high calorie nutrients placing our body in a toxic state and requiring more storage space which causes potential health problems.
RESULT = OBESITY OR TOXIC ENVIRONMENTS - Solution – eat less total calories and find ways to be more active to use those calories consumed to enhance the body working to grow NOT working to cope.
3. On the Planet – we now produce poor quality nutrients in our everyday foods and have even introduced trans-fats to increase shelf storage capabilities of foods but are now aware that these contribute to obesity, health issues, behaviorial and learning problems
In the Body – our intake of low quality nutrients such as these trans-fats and excess saturated fats from our current food sources such as fast foods, process products that limit proper cellular functioning
RESULT = CHOLESTEROL DAMAGE OR WASTE REDUCTION- Solution – consume quality calories like good fats such as fish, nuts, oils and plant sources to reduce the damage and enhance the bodies requirement for this essential nutrient.
4. On the Planet - we are heating up the planet with green house gases and this is killing the soils and damaging the planets eco systems. As a result the land becomes drier and adds to the reduction of quality nutrients we are eating.
In the Body – we often fail to include enough water on a daily basis (not coffee or tea) which overloads our bodies organs, thickens up your blood streams and causes headaches and constipation. None of these are good for functional living.
RESULT = DEHYDRATION or GLOBAL WARMING IN THE BODY - Solution – Drink at least 6-8 glasses of water everyday and the amount you drink when exercising or active is not included in this amount.
5. On the Planet - we are constantly polluting the air with toxic gases from vehicle emissions which harm everyone when we breathe in these toxic chemicals which does more harm to humans
In the Body – by breathing in this toxic combination of chemicals we produce more free radicals which then cause more cell damage
RESULT = UNHEALTHY ORGANS - Solution – whilst we must keep breathing – WE MUST increase our intake of green leafy vegetables and high quality nutrient dense food to supply our bodies with Anti-Oxidants to fight the Free Radicals.
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 Five)
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:
2 x Pieces of Soy Linseed Toast + Avocado + Tomato + Lean Ham
Lunch:
Turkey Mince with Carrot/Beans/Broccolli/Potato cooked in a Stew
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. No Training session again today as I was writing all day.
Daily mantra:
I am totally committed to supporting my Human ECO System with my actions.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Thursday 28th August 2008 - Week Six Day Four - Global Health Challenge
Let's see if we can get more knowledge on how your Body works.
Your body is a very intelligent machine. When learning how best to understand this I found value that this knowledge will make us ALL better at taking care of our Human ECO System.
How can this improve our health ?
Good question. This knowledge has limited value unless we put it into practice. Part of the problem we have identified was confusion and lack of knowledge so we are already better off once we start to apply this knowledge.
The reference to the “ECO” part of my title is that I wanted to point out that “ecology is the study of living things and how they interact with their environment”. We are now hearing and seeing a lot of media about how the interaction of human's with the EARTH is damaging it’s ecology. This seems “illogical”. Why damage the place we can live ?
When you say that out loud it almost brings a visceral response of “yeah why would we do that ?” from nearly everyone that I spoke to. We all know of the frantic efforts and worldwide alarm that has been raised about what WE are causing with Global Warming and Carbon Emissions and it occurred to me that the body is much like the EARTH.
The body is a complex human eco-system that exists by us both absorbing certain chemicals and nutrients from foods we eat and then using those chemicals and nutrients provided for the production of life serving energy, hormones, building blocks of repair, waste removal, movement and brain function.
To provide us with energy, we ingest nutritional fuel (food and / or liquids). This Energy in the body is used to assist us to move, breathe, live and ultimately survive. Imagine your blood stream is a river and when you eat foods that are unhealthy it is like taking a bag of rubbish and throwing into the river. Think of it as "pollution". How many times a day do you pollute your human eco-system and what damage is being done?
That "pollution" that YOU have introduced will now have a direct impact on the eco-system environment in which it travels. Your "polluted river" (bloodstream) now travels around your whole body and goes to places that it then further pollutes. You have no idea where that rubbish will end up or of the problems it will cause. In the body when this pollution gets out of control we get diseases that present with conditions like Obesity, Diabetes, Hypertension, Coronary Heart Disease and none of those are good.
Another example to think about is that in producing or using energy we give off heat, such as when you are active or moving around a lot, which is then taken to the surface so we can cool down. Much like the EARTH, we seem to be doing ourselves no favours by constantly existing in a dehydrated state causing our bodies damage that presents initially as symptoms, which when ignored for long enough results in disease.
Next time you take a look at your skin and it looks dry it is telling you that it needs more water, think of a dry creek bed and how the similar it is. Inside your body every single day there are interactions with nutrients, chemicals, hormones, bio-organisms. If not maintained in balance you create an unhealthy environment for example; increased acid production, reduced elimination, weight and fat gain, faster ageing (both inside and out), atherosclerotic plaques etc to name only a few.
Are YOU doing everything you can for your Human ECO System or is it slowly being destroyed with Global Warming and Pollution .... Tomorrow I list some examples of the harm we do to ourselves, which sounds a lot like the damage that we are doing to the EARTH !
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 Four)
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:
2 x Pieces of Soy Linseed Toast + Avocado + Tomato
Lunch:
Turkey Mince with assorted Vegetables (Carrot/Beans/Broccolli/Potato) cooked in a Stew with 2 pieces of Soy Linseed Toast
Mid Afternoon snack:2 slices Soy Linseed Bread with Avocado + Tomato + 20g Protein Powder with water + Organic Coconut Oil
Dinner:
100g Lamb + Mixed Salad + 1/2 Cup of Brown Rice
2 Hours before Bed:
400ml water + Fibre Shake + Combination Greens + Organic Coconut Oil
Overall - Water consumption = Habit is now committed to action. No Training session today as I was writing all day.
Daily mantra:
I am totally committed to supporting my Human ECO System with my actions.
Your body is a very intelligent machine. When learning how best to understand this I found value that this knowledge will make us ALL better at taking care of our Human ECO System.
How can this improve our health ?
Good question. This knowledge has limited value unless we put it into practice. Part of the problem we have identified was confusion and lack of knowledge so we are already better off once we start to apply this knowledge.
The reference to the “ECO” part of my title is that I wanted to point out that “ecology is the study of living things and how they interact with their environment”. We are now hearing and seeing a lot of media about how the interaction of human's with the EARTH is damaging it’s ecology. This seems “illogical”. Why damage the place we can live ?
When you say that out loud it almost brings a visceral response of “yeah why would we do that ?” from nearly everyone that I spoke to. We all know of the frantic efforts and worldwide alarm that has been raised about what WE are causing with Global Warming and Carbon Emissions and it occurred to me that the body is much like the EARTH.
The body is a complex human eco-system that exists by us both absorbing certain chemicals and nutrients from foods we eat and then using those chemicals and nutrients provided for the production of life serving energy, hormones, building blocks of repair, waste removal, movement and brain function.
To provide us with energy, we ingest nutritional fuel (food and / or liquids). This Energy in the body is used to assist us to move, breathe, live and ultimately survive. Imagine your blood stream is a river and when you eat foods that are unhealthy it is like taking a bag of rubbish and throwing into the river. Think of it as "pollution". How many times a day do you pollute your human eco-system and what damage is being done?
That "pollution" that YOU have introduced will now have a direct impact on the eco-system environment in which it travels. Your "polluted river" (bloodstream) now travels around your whole body and goes to places that it then further pollutes. You have no idea where that rubbish will end up or of the problems it will cause. In the body when this pollution gets out of control we get diseases that present with conditions like Obesity, Diabetes, Hypertension, Coronary Heart Disease and none of those are good.
Another example to think about is that in producing or using energy we give off heat, such as when you are active or moving around a lot, which is then taken to the surface so we can cool down. Much like the EARTH, we seem to be doing ourselves no favours by constantly existing in a dehydrated state causing our bodies damage that presents initially as symptoms, which when ignored for long enough results in disease.
Next time you take a look at your skin and it looks dry it is telling you that it needs more water, think of a dry creek bed and how the similar it is. Inside your body every single day there are interactions with nutrients, chemicals, hormones, bio-organisms. If not maintained in balance you create an unhealthy environment for example; increased acid production, reduced elimination, weight and fat gain, faster ageing (both inside and out), atherosclerotic plaques etc to name only a few.
Are YOU doing everything you can for your Human ECO System or is it slowly being destroyed with Global Warming and Pollution .... Tomorrow I list some examples of the harm we do to ourselves, which sounds a lot like the damage that we are doing to the EARTH !
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 Four)
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:
2 x Pieces of Soy Linseed Toast + Avocado + Tomato
Lunch:
Turkey Mince with assorted Vegetables (Carrot/Beans/Broccolli/Potato) cooked in a Stew with 2 pieces of Soy Linseed Toast
Mid Afternoon snack:2 slices Soy Linseed Bread with Avocado + Tomato + 20g Protein Powder with water + Organic Coconut Oil
Dinner:
100g Lamb + Mixed Salad + 1/2 Cup of Brown Rice
2 Hours before Bed:
400ml water + Fibre Shake + Combination Greens + Organic Coconut Oil
Overall - Water consumption = Habit is now committed to action. No Training session today as I was writing all day.
Daily mantra:
I am totally committed to supporting my Human ECO System with my actions.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Wednesday 27th August 2008 - Week Six Day Three - Global Health Challenge
After the Blog yesterday on Fruit vs Fruit Juice I wanted to get back to consumption of whole foods and for me this means eating more salads, vegetables and certain fruits.
Personally, I would rather you ate more salads and vegetables everyday as it provides a greater chance of getting the nutrients you require to assist dealing with the internal conflict (war against diseases such as obesity).
Again, I said greater chance because as we are often reminded everyone is different. By choosing to be healthier through pro-active knowledge based choice, we have the option to take action and start walking the path to better health and greater energy/vitality.
Now how does the Human Body have similarities to the Earth. Like the Earth your body is constantly under attack. Whether it is from pollutants in the air we breathe, or from the poor nutritional choices we make, combined with your own body producing **free radicals nearly every minute of every day we need to act now.
Sadly, our body is poorly equipped to deal with this onslaught of damage due to the modern times we live in and the damage we do without conscious effort. We need to breathe in order to survive but unfortunately that action alone produces these “scavenging cells” known as **free radicals who then attack healthy ones.
In response to this your body needs to produce a defence network which it needs to be aided by you eating nutrients such as vitamins and minerals and these we derive from a range of coloured foods such as vegetables and fruit assisting to form ***anti-oxidants.
We have all heard that we should eat more fruits and vegetables but few people know or understand why. A common answer is that we need to eat them because they are good for us. This is true !
But more importantly we know they contain vitamins, minerals, fibre and water to help our bodies function better along with these anti-oxidants and phyto-chemicals – more of which are being discovered everyday to protect and balance our internal human eco-system from harm.
We will learn more about both free radicals and anti-oxidants in another blog. Now why do we need to know about them?
The industrial revolution has led to so many advances in our civilisation, yet has also contributed to our internal destruction with the polluted air we breathe, the processed food we eat and the unhealthy sedentary lives we lead.
So in response do we stop breathing, or do we begin living attached to oxygen tanks ?
Neither option is not only costly it is not practical. On the other hand, if we load up our body daily, notice I said daily and not every couple of days or on a particular day each week, with the range of quality nutrients it requires for optimum health, we would be better able to handle this constant attack on the inside trying to kill our Human ECO System.
Provided we take this option, we can not only manage and take control of, but also assist by taking personal responsibility for our own lives.
Just think about this for a second.
If you don’t supply your body with the required “essentials” everyday, what’s happening by the end of that week, month or year ?
By the end of the week, maybe you are a little tired.
By the end of the month maybe you have a cold and have added a kilo or two.
By the end of the year your body is so overwhelmed it is already beginning to break down.
Do you really want to know the consequences after a couple of years ?
Would you consider ignoring the “red flashing oil guage light” on the dashboard of your motor vehicle for that long ?
Would you consider ignoring the signs indicating the destruction of the planet and not do anything ?
Not likely, so you shouldn’t ignore these warning signs for yourself !
FACT: Regular daily intake of quality nutrients give your body what it needs to protect itself and function efficiently.
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 Three)
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:
2 x Green Tea + 4 x Corn Thins with Peanut Butter + Mandarin + Apple
Lunch:
Tuna + Mixed Leaf Salad + Tomato + Cucumber + Pear + Sweet Potato + Strawberries + Low Fat Dressing + 2 x Omega 3 Capsules
Mid Afternoon snack:
2 slices Soy Linseed Bread with Avocado + Tomato + 20g Protein Powder with water + Organic Coconut Oil
Dinner:
Turkey Mince with assorted Vegetables (Carrot/Beans/Broccolli/Potato) cooked in a Stew
2 Hours before Bed:
400ml water + Fibre Shake + Combination Greens + Organic Coconut Oil
Overall - Water consumption = Habit is now committed to action. No Training session today as I was writing all day.
Daily mantra:
I am totally committed to supporting my Human ECO System with my actions.
Personally, I would rather you ate more salads and vegetables everyday as it provides a greater chance of getting the nutrients you require to assist dealing with the internal conflict (war against diseases such as obesity).
Again, I said greater chance because as we are often reminded everyone is different. By choosing to be healthier through pro-active knowledge based choice, we have the option to take action and start walking the path to better health and greater energy/vitality.
Now how does the Human Body have similarities to the Earth. Like the Earth your body is constantly under attack. Whether it is from pollutants in the air we breathe, or from the poor nutritional choices we make, combined with your own body producing **free radicals nearly every minute of every day we need to act now.
Sadly, our body is poorly equipped to deal with this onslaught of damage due to the modern times we live in and the damage we do without conscious effort. We need to breathe in order to survive but unfortunately that action alone produces these “scavenging cells” known as **free radicals who then attack healthy ones.
In response to this your body needs to produce a defence network which it needs to be aided by you eating nutrients such as vitamins and minerals and these we derive from a range of coloured foods such as vegetables and fruit assisting to form ***anti-oxidants.
We have all heard that we should eat more fruits and vegetables but few people know or understand why. A common answer is that we need to eat them because they are good for us. This is true !
But more importantly we know they contain vitamins, minerals, fibre and water to help our bodies function better along with these anti-oxidants and phyto-chemicals – more of which are being discovered everyday to protect and balance our internal human eco-system from harm.
We will learn more about both free radicals and anti-oxidants in another blog. Now why do we need to know about them?
The industrial revolution has led to so many advances in our civilisation, yet has also contributed to our internal destruction with the polluted air we breathe, the processed food we eat and the unhealthy sedentary lives we lead.
So in response do we stop breathing, or do we begin living attached to oxygen tanks ?
Neither option is not only costly it is not practical. On the other hand, if we load up our body daily, notice I said daily and not every couple of days or on a particular day each week, with the range of quality nutrients it requires for optimum health, we would be better able to handle this constant attack on the inside trying to kill our Human ECO System.
Provided we take this option, we can not only manage and take control of, but also assist by taking personal responsibility for our own lives.
Just think about this for a second.
If you don’t supply your body with the required “essentials” everyday, what’s happening by the end of that week, month or year ?
By the end of the week, maybe you are a little tired.
By the end of the month maybe you have a cold and have added a kilo or two.
By the end of the year your body is so overwhelmed it is already beginning to break down.
Do you really want to know the consequences after a couple of years ?
Would you consider ignoring the “red flashing oil guage light” on the dashboard of your motor vehicle for that long ?
Would you consider ignoring the signs indicating the destruction of the planet and not do anything ?
Not likely, so you shouldn’t ignore these warning signs for yourself !
FACT: Regular daily intake of quality nutrients give your body what it needs to protect itself and function efficiently.
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 Three)
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:
2 x Green Tea + 4 x Corn Thins with Peanut Butter + Mandarin + Apple
Lunch:
Tuna + Mixed Leaf Salad + Tomato + Cucumber + Pear + Sweet Potato + Strawberries + Low Fat Dressing + 2 x Omega 3 Capsules
Mid Afternoon snack:
2 slices Soy Linseed Bread with Avocado + Tomato + 20g Protein Powder with water + Organic Coconut Oil
Dinner:
Turkey Mince with assorted Vegetables (Carrot/Beans/Broccolli/Potato) cooked in a Stew
2 Hours before Bed:
400ml water + Fibre Shake + Combination Greens + Organic Coconut Oil
Overall - Water consumption = Habit is now committed to action. No Training session today as I was writing all day.
Daily mantra:
I am totally committed to supporting my Human ECO System with my actions.
Tuesday 26th August 2008 - Week Six Day Two - Global Health Challenge
Now for Mothers one of the greatest challenges that face them daily is the requirement to ensure that their childrern get enough nutrients including essential vitamins etc.
A common example of this is how to get children to consume more fruit. We know the benefit of this is that they get not only nutrients but also great sources of fibre. In response to this constant promotion in the media of "2 fruit and 5 vegetables" being an important element of their daily eating habits, clever marketing companies are now developing juices that are more like fruit flavored sugar drinks. This is NOT good.
In researching information I found that there is typically a higher sugar content in Apple Juice (approx 11.5g per 100g) in comparison to Orange Juice (approx 10.5g per 100). I found this interesting as most Mothers that I have spoken to would instinctively choose Apple Juice over Orange Juice for their children without realizing that they were further increasing their child’s sugar intake and in fact were loading the child up on “sugar”.
* Nutrition Almanac Fourth Edition
The numbers above are worked out on 100ml but a can of soda (soft drink) is 375ml and a glass of Orange Juice from a retail juice bar ranges in size from approximately 350ml to 750ml. Do the math and a large “Juice” is not such a great health option for weight or waist for child or parent.
A common way to adjust this “excess loading” of sugar is to dilute the juice with water which nearly all mothers admitted to doing at home. However it is when they were out buying the commercial products that this rarely happened but where it is probably needed the most. Again the Marketing teams at these companies are smart and have begun putting the kids favorite TV show characters on them and so stand in a store and listen to the kids order "Superman or Spiderman" instead of even knowing or caring what they are getting.
One way to cope with this is to buy an additional bottle of water and tip some of the commercial product out and top it up with water. At home start with half juice and half water and then over time lower the juice content so that it becomes “the additive of choice” (a splash of flavour /taste) instead of the base so kids get used the "non-sweet" taste of water.
There has been worldwide attention drawn to the removal of sugary drinks from school vending machines in the United States and now happening in other parts of the world too. They have been replaced with “healthy” juices but when you look at these numbers, it really indicates how plain old water really is our greatest health resource but again we are lacking the important fibre from just plain fruit..
When it comes to the children. They are yours so look after them and start their healthy habits at a young age.
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 Two)
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 Workout - Pump Class
Mid Morning Snack:
2 x Green Tea + Protein Bar + Apple
Lunch:
Tuna + Mixed Leaf Salad + Tomato + Cucumber + Pear + Sweet Potato + Strawberries + Low Fat Dressing + 2 x Omega 3 Capsules
Mid Afternoon snack:
2 slices Soy Linseed Bread with Lean Ham + 20g Protein Powder with water + Organic Coconut Oil
Evening Workout - Taught Spin Class
Dinner:
Tuna + Mixed Leaf Salad + Capsicum (Red pepper) + Tomato + Pear + Celery + Strawberries + 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. Training session intensity 100% and really pushed hard in the Spin Class.
Daily mantra:
I am totally committed to supporting my Human ECO System with my actions.
A common example of this is how to get children to consume more fruit. We know the benefit of this is that they get not only nutrients but also great sources of fibre. In response to this constant promotion in the media of "2 fruit and 5 vegetables" being an important element of their daily eating habits, clever marketing companies are now developing juices that are more like fruit flavored sugar drinks. This is NOT good.
In researching information I found that there is typically a higher sugar content in Apple Juice (approx 11.5g per 100g) in comparison to Orange Juice (approx 10.5g per 100). I found this interesting as most Mothers that I have spoken to would instinctively choose Apple Juice over Orange Juice for their children without realizing that they were further increasing their child’s sugar intake and in fact were loading the child up on “sugar”.
* Nutrition Almanac Fourth Edition
The numbers above are worked out on 100ml but a can of soda (soft drink) is 375ml and a glass of Orange Juice from a retail juice bar ranges in size from approximately 350ml to 750ml. Do the math and a large “Juice” is not such a great health option for weight or waist for child or parent.
A common way to adjust this “excess loading” of sugar is to dilute the juice with water which nearly all mothers admitted to doing at home. However it is when they were out buying the commercial products that this rarely happened but where it is probably needed the most. Again the Marketing teams at these companies are smart and have begun putting the kids favorite TV show characters on them and so stand in a store and listen to the kids order "Superman or Spiderman" instead of even knowing or caring what they are getting.
One way to cope with this is to buy an additional bottle of water and tip some of the commercial product out and top it up with water. At home start with half juice and half water and then over time lower the juice content so that it becomes “the additive of choice” (a splash of flavour /taste) instead of the base so kids get used the "non-sweet" taste of water.
There has been worldwide attention drawn to the removal of sugary drinks from school vending machines in the United States and now happening in other parts of the world too. They have been replaced with “healthy” juices but when you look at these numbers, it really indicates how plain old water really is our greatest health resource but again we are lacking the important fibre from just plain fruit..
When it comes to the children. They are yours so look after them and start their healthy habits at a young age.
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 Two)
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 Workout - Pump Class
Mid Morning Snack:
2 x Green Tea + Protein Bar + Apple
Lunch:
Tuna + Mixed Leaf Salad + Tomato + Cucumber + Pear + Sweet Potato + Strawberries + Low Fat Dressing + 2 x Omega 3 Capsules
Mid Afternoon snack:
2 slices Soy Linseed Bread with Lean Ham + 20g Protein Powder with water + Organic Coconut Oil
Evening Workout - Taught Spin Class
Dinner:
Tuna + Mixed Leaf Salad + Capsicum (Red pepper) + Tomato + Pear + Celery + Strawberries + 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. Training session intensity 100% and really pushed hard in the Spin Class.
Daily mantra:
I am totally committed to supporting my Human ECO System with my actions.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Monday 25th August 2008 - Week Six Day One - Global Health Challenge
From years of training clients and advising other trainers when I became an instructor trainer, a key nutritional health message that I tried to get across to everyone was that everyone needs to eat more salads and vegetables. Notice, I said salads and vegetables and not just fruit and vegetables.
All too often we use Salads as just a Summer meal option when in fact it is a fantastic element to most of my meals. This will do me no favours with those that push the benefits or sell fruit but I want to qualify my advice and reasoning. Again, I’m trying to give you knowledge for these workable solutions as well as “insider secrets” to getting lean.
Most people I have met and talked to that are already lean and healthy, and these range from fitness professionals, health educators, professional athletes and models seem to have two schools of thought on this issue:
1. You can eat as much fruit as you like if you exercise everyday = Partly True; if you exercise everyday with a reasonable level of intensity to use the additional calories consumed then this would seem to be acceptable (within reason but I would rather )
2. You can eat lots of low G.I. fruits and this is part of a healthy food intake = Partly True, but finding out which fruits are low G.I. is a key element to this concept.
Again, I think that there is truth in both examples, so I want to give you the knowledge to make your own life decisions easier and eliminate some of the confusion I often hear from parent’s of children I know and those that I have met over the last few years.
You see I would also promote the benefit of increased nutrients such as anti-oxidants, phyto-chemicals etc that will support a low insulin response and these come from coloured fruits and the higher the anti-oxidant content the better.
Why is this important to understand?
When you eat carbohydrates YOUR body secretes Insulin in response to the elevated blood sugars and this has a "measure or score" known as G.I. which stands for Glycaemic Index is an indicator of how fast your body releases Insulin (the storage hormone) in response to elevated blood sugar levels and is based up a standard of glucose of 100.
This has been shown to impact on fat loss success if the numbers you eat are always above 50 and there are two interesting points we also need to be aware of:
1) when you add a few low G.I. scores together it can raise or elevate the overall effect from good to not so good. This is known as Glycaemic Loading.
2) when you eat protein or fat with carbohydrates this lowers the Insulin response which is good so eating foods that have protein or "good fats" is definitely a benefit for this.
Tomorrow the Fruit vs Juice vs Soft Drink (Soda) debate.
Goal of this next 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 One)
Protein Re-introduced but still 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 Workout - Spin Class
Mid Morning Snack:
6 x Corn Thins + Peanut Butter
Lunch:
Tuna + Mixed Leaf Salad + Tomato + Cucumber + Pear + Sweet Potato + Strawberries + Low Fat Dressing + 2 x Omega 3 Capsules
Mid Afternoon snack:
2 slices Soy Linseed Bread with Lean Ham + 20g Protein Powder with water + Organic Coconut Oil
Evening Workout - Trained Cardio and Weights
Dinner:
Tuna + Mixed Leaf Salad + Capsicum (Red pepper) + Tomato + Pear + Celery + Strawberries + Low Fat Cottage Cheese
2 Hours before Bed:
400ml water + Fibre Shake + Combination Greens + Organic Coconut Oil
Overall - Water consumption = It's been colder and I am only getting in 8 glasses apart from when I work out when I add more. Training session intensity back up to 100%.
Daily mantra:
I am totally committed to supporting my Human ECO System with my actions.
All too often we use Salads as just a Summer meal option when in fact it is a fantastic element to most of my meals. This will do me no favours with those that push the benefits or sell fruit but I want to qualify my advice and reasoning. Again, I’m trying to give you knowledge for these workable solutions as well as “insider secrets” to getting lean.
Most people I have met and talked to that are already lean and healthy, and these range from fitness professionals, health educators, professional athletes and models seem to have two schools of thought on this issue:
1. You can eat as much fruit as you like if you exercise everyday = Partly True; if you exercise everyday with a reasonable level of intensity to use the additional calories consumed then this would seem to be acceptable (within reason but I would rather )
2. You can eat lots of low G.I. fruits and this is part of a healthy food intake = Partly True, but finding out which fruits are low G.I. is a key element to this concept.
Again, I think that there is truth in both examples, so I want to give you the knowledge to make your own life decisions easier and eliminate some of the confusion I often hear from parent’s of children I know and those that I have met over the last few years.
You see I would also promote the benefit of increased nutrients such as anti-oxidants, phyto-chemicals etc that will support a low insulin response and these come from coloured fruits and the higher the anti-oxidant content the better.
Why is this important to understand?
When you eat carbohydrates YOUR body secretes Insulin in response to the elevated blood sugars and this has a "measure or score" known as G.I. which stands for Glycaemic Index is an indicator of how fast your body releases Insulin (the storage hormone) in response to elevated blood sugar levels and is based up a standard of glucose of 100.
This has been shown to impact on fat loss success if the numbers you eat are always above 50 and there are two interesting points we also need to be aware of:
1) when you add a few low G.I. scores together it can raise or elevate the overall effect from good to not so good. This is known as Glycaemic Loading.
2) when you eat protein or fat with carbohydrates this lowers the Insulin response which is good so eating foods that have protein or "good fats" is definitely a benefit for this.
Tomorrow the Fruit vs Juice vs Soft Drink (Soda) debate.
Goal of this next 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 One)
Protein Re-introduced but still 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 Workout - Spin Class
Mid Morning Snack:
6 x Corn Thins + Peanut Butter
Lunch:
Tuna + Mixed Leaf Salad + Tomato + Cucumber + Pear + Sweet Potato + Strawberries + Low Fat Dressing + 2 x Omega 3 Capsules
Mid Afternoon snack:
2 slices Soy Linseed Bread with Lean Ham + 20g Protein Powder with water + Organic Coconut Oil
Evening Workout - Trained Cardio and Weights
Dinner:
Tuna + Mixed Leaf Salad + Capsicum (Red pepper) + Tomato + Pear + Celery + Strawberries + Low Fat Cottage Cheese
2 Hours before Bed:
400ml water + Fibre Shake + Combination Greens + Organic Coconut Oil
Overall - Water consumption = It's been colder and I am only getting in 8 glasses apart from when I work out when I add more. Training session intensity back up to 100%.
Daily mantra:
I am totally committed to supporting my Human ECO System with my actions.
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