Hey Friend,
Ok, so yesterday I saw a morning TV show segment that was all about nutrition.
More specifically the content was telling viewers what they should eat to lose weight and be healthy.
Oatmeal, fruits, vegetables, yogurt, grilled chicken, etc.
Really?
Is there anyone in the United States that doesn’t know that those are healthier options than bagels, cheeseburgers and ice cream?
And they have less calories and will keep you full for a longer period of time.
I mean seriously?
I can’t imagine there’s anyone who watches a segment like that and says, “Holy crap, that’s why I haven’t been losing weight! I guess I should switch from the donuts and McDonalds and start eating those foods”!
The TV segment should be called something like, “I know what foods are healthy and will help me to lose weight, but I seem to want to eat pizza and cupcakes instead. How can I eat those “better” choices when my mind is screaming at me to eat pizza!
I bet A LOT more people would tune into that show.
So how do you accomplish that?
It’s actually not as hard as it may seem.
The first thing you need to do is decide whether or not losing weight is really that important to you. That’s first and foremost. Because if it’s not, this will be a very difficult thing to pull off.
The next thing you need to do, and this is what will separate the people who lose weight from those that will not, is to come up with a plan.
DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP!
I mean write it all down; what you’ll eat and at what time each day.
This piece is crucial.
This will prevent you from the dreaded, “Ok, what will I eat now, let me look in my fridge or cabinets and see what I find.”
You need a detailed plan that leaves out any guess work.
I know what I am going to eat almost every meal of every day.
And no…you don’t need to have something different every day.
I eat foods that I love and I don’t get sick of them and neither will you.
Of course you can change up some meals and rotate some foods, but you need to have staples that are your “go to” meals.
Here are my go to foods:
Cottage cheese
Apples
Bananas
Chicken
Fish
Salads
Turkey meat
Tunafish
Rice Cakes
Peanut Butter
Popcorn
Nuts
All kinds of vegetables
I really love every one of those foods and I look forward to them.
Would I sometimes rather have pizza or cupcakes. Yes I would. And occasionally I do. But for the most part, it's the foods you see above.
It all comes back to what I said earlier…you have to decide if losing weight is important to you or not. If it is, you will follow your plan.
And I would also suggest throwing in 1 (2 at the MOST), meals per week that you don't care what it is; cheeseburger/fries, tacos, ice cream, etc.
Just eat whatever you want during those meals. But don’t go crazy.
A meal like that is just that…a meal. It doesn’t mean a 7 course meal with appetizers and desserts galore.
So let’s recap this:
Step 1: You have to really first come up with the decision that you want to lose weight. It has to be a burning desire of yours.
Step 2 (VERY IMPORTANT): Write down a healthy eating plan in which you list all of your meals and what you will be eating.
EVERYTHING.
And remember to write the times that you will eat each meal as well.
Step 3: Allow for 1 (possibly 2 at the most) meal that is higher in carbs/fats and would be considered "unhealthy".
That’s it.
It doesn’t need to be any harder than that.
I go over all of this in my F.A.T. Method Program...along with one other very important aspect of weight loss (I keep that for my paying members :)
I PROMISE YOU, that if you do this, you will lose weight.
I GUARANTEE IT!
Ok, enough reading, go start setting up your healthy meal plan ASAP.
It will be the best thing you’ve done for your weight loss. And you’ll look back on it a few weeks from now and totally agree with me!
Please message me if you want more details on my FAT loss program...which includes the other VERY important aspect to weight loss.
And just in time for the summer!
Kevin
www.TheFATmethod.com