You don’t have to look forward…always.
The feeling of this chair, writing a blog on a computer, what comes next… the moment after this?
That doesn’t matter right now, because I express wellness like a mural and share openly.
Fitness is in the Moment, and the Moment is Health.
But there’s a problem. “Food.”
The situation is appalling to the point of avoiding regular restaurant eating.
How they make you gain fat:
- Manipulate taste while offering immediate reward at a tricky price.
- Sugar, salt, and saturated fat and in exceedingly dangerous quantities
So there’s lots of danger in eating restaurant food 7 days a week.
Instead,
I present a better way.
Prepare your own food.
Example Meal Plan for Long Term Health and Leanness
1. Primary mealstuff: Complex carbohydrate with high protein and high fiber
- examples: Quinoa, Brown Rice, Lentils, and Split Peas
Split Pea Nutrition
2. Plant based nutrition
- Fruits (3 per day)
- Vegetables (5 per day)
- Nuts (2 per day)
3. Protein: necessary and often delicious
- Wild Fish (the best protein because gives you tons of Omega-3 essential oils)
- Protein powder (Whey or plant protein, good source of amino acids and immune boosters)
- Minimal meat protein (puts more stress on the system, but highly athletic individuals may benefit more than average person)
4. Supplement: if you are deficient in a certain nutrient, can make a huge difference in your life
- Most people need Omega-3 supplement.
- Vitamin D is popular in the northern areas with less sun.
- Probiotics aid digestion and immune system
- Digestive Enzymes save the day in your gut.
- Fiber mixture helps keep you regular.
- Soy contains estrogrens that may or may not prevent male prostate enlargement or female breast cancer.
- Biotin helps grow hair and nails.
- HEMO-RAGE gets you completely jacked.
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The smell of a gourmet restaurant in your own kitchen as home-made split pea soup simmers the senses. You may share, or you may not, but you’ve cooked at least 8 servings and can enjoy it for several days.
And if your coworkers label your lunch as “hippie food” or “paleo food” thats simply a reference to its nutritional health.
Ellison Fitness is getting ripped with little effort thanks to this.
Research proves Low-Carb diet reduces Blood Pressure levels
A study published in the 2010 Archives of Internal Medicine has good news for you. In a group of obese patients, the low-carb diet group lost 9.5% of their starting body weight, reduced blood pressure, and lowered bad cholesterol levels.
So if you want to take control of your health and lose weight at the same time, try a low carb diet.
Dayum, you make low carbs look GOOOOD
Can you handle less than 20 grams of carbs per day?
It makes you wonder, what are you actually allowed to eat…
- Unlimited leafy green vegetables
- Lean meat, salmon, and whey protein
- Nuts, seeds, olives and oils (especially Omega-3)
Low carb isn’t easy, but trust me, it works! If you want fast results, give the low-carb diet a try.
Can you delay short term pleasure in order to gain long term satisfaction?
The hardest part of the day for me is night time. Since I work a long day, I often get home around 10 PM and am ready to snack and relax. Unless I need to prepare food for the next day, I typically am not in the mood to cook a meal. I just want some satisfaction.
Have healthy snacks readily available
I open my refrigerator and see a gallon container of Raw Kefir (freshly home-fermented in within the last few days), a gallon container of fermented Korean Kim Chi, and a big pot of healthy food that I cook a couple times a week. Then there’s my fruits, vegetables, liquid fish oil supplements, raw pickles, sauerkraut, applesauce, almond butter, etc.
Tonight, I drank my Raw Kefir for the protein and nutrients, had a sip of my fish oil (which is good since my raw Kefir contains plenty of fat-breakdown Lipase enzymes), and then some Kim Chi to boost my immune system. Since these foods are all low-calorie, low glycemic index, and heavily nutrient dense, I conveniently burn fat with a healthy metabolism.
Let’s just say, if I had ice cream in my freezer…I’d be screwed.
Take responsibility for your food
If you think your food is out of your hands, then I have to feel a little sorry. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors took responsibility for finding their food day in and day out. They created the division of labor, with the strong as hunters and the socially savvy as gatherers.
We do the same in modern society, except now large corporations such as McDonalds are your hunters, and the meat quality is putrid compared to our ancestors time.
Plan your meals
As soon as you finish your meal, you need to have a plan of what you’re eating for your next meal.
The best way to plan meals is you prepare your own food. A simple recipe I have created involves a whole grain or legume with a variety of vegetables, herbs, spices, and coconut oil. This food is full of fiber, nutrients, energy, and burns a ridiculous amount of fat.
Example recipe:
4 cups Lentils (slow carbs, fiber, protein, vitamins, minerals)
Kale (green), Onions (yellow), Red Peppers (red), Cauliflower (white), Carrots (orange) — see the theme? Diversity in nutrients.
Coconut oil (healthy Medium Chain Triglycerides for energy, metabolism, and oil for flavor)
Herbs, spices (Mrs. Dash is easy, awesome and sodium free)
Get the idea? You can make enough for six+ different meals, which ensures you have a healthy lunch and snack for the next three days.
You have to eat to lose weight
Food is your friend.
You just need to eat the right stuff. And in our urban jungle, that takes constant planning.
Some people in their 40’s and 50’s think young people are healthy because of youth alone.
I have seen it before. People start aging, they feel lower back pain, their digestive systems break down, and they blame it all on age. With the knowledge I have about natural health, I act as a resource for them, yet they seem to think that I’m not living the health lifestyle day in and day out.
The way we treat our bodies now will be a good predictor of how our bodies treat us in the future.
Over the weekend, I saw a bunch of my former college buddies for a birthday party and they asked me about the health of coca-cola. I made sure not to judge or patronize, but research has shown that coca-cola is basically brain control. A highly concentrated source of sugar like soda simply does not exist in nature, yet we have so many people drinking coca-cola every single day.
Add a few beers on top of that coca-cola, and you’re setting yourself up for some serious inflammatory problems down the line. That’s when we get back to the 50 year old trucker who has eaten more fast food that could even be counted. His knees hurt and any food he consumes will bloat him up like a hot air balloon.
He looks at me and says, “you don’t need any of these products, you’re too young, you can eat anything.”
You’re right, I can eat anything. But since I value my health, my longevity, and a lean physique, I eat cleaner than the language on sesame street. Processed foods are strongly avoided. Restaurants are only on occasion. And I constantly plan meals for the next day or week.
I don’t need any credit for it. You just need to realize that everything you do to your body is going to affect you in some way. No matter how old you are.
How exactly does a Personal Trainer help with weight loss?
A good Personal Trainer will help you reach your goals and motivate you to where you want to be. It’s easy for a trainer to simply go through the motions with you, but if you aren’t getting the results you want then you need to seriously look at the situation.
Training for Fat Loss vs Personal Training for Training’s sake.
Some trainers can show you how to use basic exercise form and get you doing sets of excessively high repetitions so that you.. “feel the burn.” You might enjoy their company, and keep coming back even if progress is sluggish.
OR…
Better yet, we can design a specific training program that solves muscle imbalances while working your body hard enough that it seriously oxidizes and burns the fat right off.
I think that is what separates the average trainer from an advanced trainer.
As a trainer, I want results more than you do.
My reason for being a trainer is to get results. You can connect with me, but our time together is not just social time… it’s training for fat loss! (Or whatever your goal may be!)
I believe we must…
- Provide a specialized, individualized exercise program for each client
- Be a positive social influence, practice what we preach
- Exceed client expectations by getting results you never thought possible
- Pay attention to client needs at all times during training session
- GET RESULTS!
So choose your trainer wisely, the money is definitely worth it in order to get a great body and avoid the high cost of disease and degeneration. You must choose a trainer who will help you achieve your own results. Be selective — the industry is growing.
Experience is valuable, yet results matter most!
