THE BEST DIET PLAN
RESET YOUR METABOLISM
When most people go on a diet, their goal is to lose x number of pounds in two months, before a vacation, for a wedding, etc. It is a temporary period of deprivation. Once they hit their goal weight or target date, they go back to how things were and eventually, the default setting takes over.
People fail and then wonder what’s wrong with them. Nothing is wrong with you; you need to work with your biology and normalize hormones to affect lasting change.
Starving your body of calories will down-shift your metabolism, and you’ll end up burning fewer calories. This is our survival mechanism at work. Your body senses that food is scarce, so it will try to conserve stored fuel (fat). You may lose weight because of the caloric deficit, but as soon as food becomes plentiful again (or your diet ends), you gorge to replenish fat stores and gain all the weight back.
You are most likely addicted (mentally and physically) to sugar and other highly palatable substances. These addictions must be broken before enduring weight loss and healing can occur. Seventy to ninety percent of all conventional diets do not result in lasting weight loss. A one-week cleanse or Slim-fast shakes are bound to fail as they don’t address the mental and physical addiction present. There is a better way.
EATING HEALTHY BENEFITS
Eating well and giving the body what it wants leads to weight loss and improved sleep, stress management, and happiness. Changing your diet and going on a diet are two different things. One achieves lasting change that empowers you; the other is a form of punishment you must suffer through to achieve your goal.
Do you want to positively influence all aspects of your life--health, happiness, longevity? Or are you looking for a quick fix to get into your bathing suit for a trip to the Bahamas? Denying yourself something for a certain period will only make you want it that much more when you’re off your diet.
This is why yo-yo dieting is so prevalent. Healthy eating doesn’t require any of that because you're giving the body what it needs and removing yourself from the sugar/insulin roller coaster ride.
HORMONE REPAIR AND METABOLIC SWITCHING
The human body is a biological marvel. Several self-healing mechanisms are available if we just give them a helping hand. First, we must become metabolically flexible to access stored body fat for fuel. Eating whole protein-rich foods and organic fruits and vegetables will help you enable this switch. Once the body becomes fat-adapted, a virtuous cycle ensues. Hunger cravings decrease, energy and mood are stabilized, and chronic inflammation decreases. In addition, sleep naturally improves, helping you make better choices in the future.
There is no end date because you’ve changed how you react in certain situations. You keep doing things differently than you used to because it’s now the path of least resistance. You can indulge because you have repaired your metabolism. You are a fat burner instead of a sugar burner.
YOU CHANGE YOUR LIFE AND BEHAVIORS TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS
This is how you succeed with a nutritional plan and align it with your desire to live your best life. You become fat-adapted, and cravings are muted, increasing adherence. You create ways to enjoy whole food and get your sugar in a natural package designed by Mother Nature instead of a lab.