Nutrition
A Basic Nutrition Plan to Get Started OnThursday, March 15th, 2012
A basic nutrition plan should start out with eating natural, whole foods like fruits, vegetables and natural sources of protein such as fish, poultry and lean meat. One of the most important components of a sound nutrition plan is splitting up your daily food intake over 5 meals rather than 2 or 3 like most of us do. Simply eating smaller portions more often makes a huge difference in how efficiently your body processes and uses those calories.
So the simplest thing to start with is to split your meals up between (1) Breakfast, (2) Mid-morning snack, (3) Lunch, (4) Mid-afternoon snack and (5) Dinner. By doing this, you are only giving the body enough calories to sustain you for the next 3 or 4 hours of activity. So the body is forced to use all those calories for energy as opposed to storing excess calories as body fat. This is the simplest way to get started on a nutrition plan that will help get you on your way to a slimmer healthier physique.
Tags: Calories, Five Meals, meals, Nutrition, Nutrition Plan, Protein, VegetablesTuesday, February 28th, 2012
We all know that sometimes its hard to go the whole day without snacking. In fact its not healthy to skip snacking if you are hungry. Instead of skipping your snacks, incorporate them into your daily diet. Remember five to six small meals a day are much better then three large ones. So, spread out those meals and make sure you are eating when you are hungry. Don’t let yourself get hungry because then your metabolism won’t work as efficiently as it should be causing you to become sluggish and tired. Instead, I have listed below 10 healthy snack alternatives to your typical junk food ones. These 10 snacks will be sure to help you get that fat burning metabolism up and running helping you to stay awake through out the day! (more…)
Tags: Apple Slices, Balanced Life Fitness, Beef Jerky, Cottage Cheese, Graham Crackers, Jello, Nutrition, Nuts, Olives, Peanut Butter, Personal Trainer, Personal Training, Pretzels, Pudding, SnacksThe Benefits of a High Protein Diet
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Over the years there have been tons of fad diets to come and go. Diets such as the South Beach diet, the Atkins diet, the low fat diets and of course the low carb diets. All of which seemed to become ever so popular then vanish faster than they arrived. You ask why? Well for starters these diets promise you a quick weight loss fix with claims that sound too good to be true. Thats because they are too good to be true! Another reason is that they eliminate one or more of the essential 5 food groups, which is just counterproductive in the long-term. So instead of talking about the crappy fad diets, lets talk about something that has worked for both my clients and myself. There’s no fancy name for it, and there’s now magical overnight promises. It is just simply adding more protein to your daily diet. No drastic cutting of any other food group is involved, just adding additional protein to your daily diet. High Protein diets might not be for everyone, but below I have highlighted some of the benefits that are associated with higher protein diets. (more…)
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