On one of the Japanese islands...
I forget exactly which one...
The inhabitants can live to be up to 120 years old...
This is due mainly to their lifestyle...
When interviewed they were asked to give a few tips...
of course their diet was very natural and healthy...
which included a lot of vegetables and fish...
A good one that was divulged was that this particular gentleman advised, was to stop eating when you are 80% full...
Which is at the point you are satisfied,
Eating natural balanced food usually means you are satisfied quicker than not very nutritious food...
My (anecdotal) view on this is that when the body has had enough nutrients you start to feel satisfied...
Which could be why and I don't know about you, but when eating non nutritious food I can just keep going and going...
Although the feeling of being full has a delayed response, usually 10 minutes after stopping eating you realise how full you really are...
By the way, thank you for reading the blog I massively enjoy writing it...
Happy New Year!
Ed.
When I'm helping people get results, I have to look at different things that effect them as an individual...
They may have a challenge that can make them sceptical of getting results, such as; "Ed will I be able to lose all the baby weight I gained including the Mummy tummy", "But Ed will it work for me as I'm older" "Ed will it work as I have an illness or I am on medication that slows my metabolism", or "I only have time to exercise a couple of times per week" or "I am a big build or big boned, will it work?"...
And the answer to all those questions is an absolute Yes!
However...
You can focus on the fact, that yes you are possibly starting on the back foot compared to those seemingly lucky people who don't have to exercise or eat healthy to get results...
I haven't met many to be honest and usually they are very young...
Or you can really home in on why when you lose weight and improve health, what will you get and why it is so important to you ((take until very early Jan '17 if you wish)
Then what it means is all the information I send is just even more important to put into action...
So if you feel you fit into one the groups above, know It will work, but you have to be even more serious when making a commitment and creating habits...
Take it bit by bit, but know it will be worth it.
You can do this...
Ed.
It's time to acknowledge the elephant in the room...
Despite every one knowing this, it's time to face facts...
Exercising and eating healthy are not much fun...
Actually sometimes it's possible to find a type of exercise that's bearable, but then along comes someone like me who reminds you "weight loss is 70-80% nutrition"...
As a trainer I must admit it's a massive challenge to make gym type exercises fun, some parter or group type exercises can draw a smile occasionally...
I even send out recipes once a week to my email list, the recipes have to meet certain criteria, one of which is they have to taste good! As a food lover, eating healthy is so much easier when the food tastes good and you know if it's contributing to results.
The science of it is, is that we are designed to exercise to chase things or to forage, or run away from what is chasing us and what we used to run after or forage didn't come in a box or a packet or even a glass...
Again I will keep looking for the more fun alternative, but keep increasing your list of healthy balanced meals that you actually look forward to eating...
Try and find a type of exercise that you can engage in regularly or at least look forward to feeling good or even smug that you have done something.
Maybe "fun exercise" an oxymoron like "act naturally" "found missing" "military intelligence" "jumbo shrimp"?
Ed.
