My Experience: There comes a point when you really start to understand your body.  When I initially started working out the goal was to focus on weight loss through a proper diet.  I went to a nutritionist who put me on a Low Carb, low to no – sugar diet. The diet is designed as a lifestyle change more than a quick weight loss program.  You eat 5 times a day every 2 to 3 hours and drinking 2 liters of water per day.

I think in my life I have had this diet structure explained to me a few hundred time with my opening question being, “so how do you stay so lean” I guess I was looking for a different answer but the truth is that without the proper diet, and structure you will not get the results you are looking for.  The good news is that it’s a simple weight loss diet program that gets a little boring but yields great results.

Lets discus 5 times a day, I’m actually eating more than that but most of the time I am “grazing” on snacks.  My diet worked as such:

8:00 am – (Post workout) Bowl of Cheerios with Non-Fat milk (today I use the Whey Protein in water instead of milk)

10:00 am – An apple, a few almonds, soda crackers, oatmeal cookie (no –sugar)

12:00 pm – Turkey Sandwich, no Mayo, wheat bread, lettuce, tomato, pickles, sprouts / chicken or fish with steamed veggies / chicken or tuna salad (no olive oil) vinegar only.

2:30 pm – An apple, a few almonds, soda crackers, oatmeal cookie (no –sugar)

5:00 pm – Chicken or fish with steamed veggies / chicken or tuna salad (no olive oil) vinegar only.

7:00 pm – An apple, a few almonds, soda crackers

There are variations of snacks and meal plans like the South Beach Diet which allows you to be more creative with your meal plans but as a single guy working full time I needed an easy way to take the guess work out of the process.  You will be hungry all the time so make sure you have those snacks handy, if you’re drinking of water and I drink coffee that also helps tremendously curbing the appetite.

You are going to cheat, I cheated, the most important thing is to enjoy that moment, pick yourself up dust yourself off and get back to your program.  It took me 6 months this last time to get to the point where now I am increasing Carb intake in order to put muscle on, cut back on cardio, increased the weight training and getting plenty of rest so relax it’s not forever once you get to a certain point the diet becomes more relaxed and so long as you continue working out you will burn it all off!

by Omar Pinto

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A balanced diet must contain carbohydrate, protein, fat, vitamins, mineral salts and fibre. It must contain these things in the correct proportions.

Index

Carbohydrates: these provide a source of energy.

Proteins: these provide a source of materials for growth and repair.

Fats: these provide a source of energy and contain fat soluble vitamins.

Vitamins: these are required in very small quantities to keep you healthy.

Mineral Salts: these are required for healthy teeth, bones, muscles etc..

Fibre: this is required to help your intestines function correctly; it is not digested.

Balanced Diets: we must have the above items in the correct proportions