Diet Change For Weight Loss

For the next couple of episodes, I'll be covering everything to do with Fat Loss. Now people often think that I'm a saint when it comes to eating healthy, I can honestly say I'm not.

I don't sit here eating chicken broccoli and brown rice out of plastic containers, it's not how I want to live my life.

However, I do use things like a superfood smoothie for a quick and easy breakfast, especially with 2 kids and when doing my 121 training, I had to be at my client's house at 5.50am this morning.

I still love to have a curry, I've switched out my chocolate fix for a healthier low sugar, high protein alternative and I do enjoy an Old Fashioned (Whiskey cocktail).

I believe in balance and that's why I'm not a fan of diets that restrict you and let's be honest, it's just a boring way to live. This is why people typically rebound, they haven't found something they can do forever.

One of the most important things to do when you are trying to get in shape is taking caution of your diet. This does not take any time from your schedule and you will feel much healthier when you eat the right foods in the right quantity.

So let me present you with a free gift, my meal prep guide. Print it off and plan your meals with the family and stick it on the fridge. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail!

MEAL PREP GUIDE EBOOK

One of the best ways to change your diet is to change to an organic one. It is good to increase the fibre in your diet, which will clean out your colon of all negative weight loss inhibitors.

This means that instead of eating refined or processed foods, you should eat whole grain foods like brown rice and whole-wheat bread as opposed to white refined carbs. This has more fibre and less bad fats such as trans fat and cholesterol.

You should also increase your input of protein, minerals and vitamins. To do this it is good to eat more fruits and vegetables and substitute red meat for fish, turkey and chicken. These meats have fewer calories and fat and still provide more protein.

One of the most important parts of changing your diet is to completely eliminate junk food at least 80% of the time. This will include candy, chips, popcorn, ice cream, milkshakes and sugary sodas including your fancy coffees with added creamers and sugary syrup.

You can substitute fruits and vegetable snacks instead. Instead of sodas, you can drink water or diluted juice with water for flavour. You will find this makes a huge difference in your sugar and fat intake.

You will feel healthier and have more energy when you change your diet. At first, you may feel a little different with the extra fibre and complete change in food but this will soon pass and your body will work better and more efficiently. You will have more energy and feel like an entirely new, better person.

Keeping fit does not just depend on exercise, diet also plays an important part in improving your health.

Remember that looking after your health and staying fit is an investment in yourself and something you should not neglect or you will find that you will regret poor health habits later.

Diet is one part of staying fit that does not take any time and you will reap the benefits throughout your life once you get into a good habit.

With these few points, you can make huge strides towards staying fit and healthy and being able to do the things you want to do.

Final thoughts

Remember, you can eat super healthy, but you can't lose body fat unless you are in a caloric deficit. This is the number one principle! If you overconsume healthy foods, you will gain weight.

On the flip side, if you undereat drastically, you will release lean muscle mass which will slow down your BMR so you can find yourself in a worse position at the end of a drastic diet.

If you drop your height in cm, age, weight in kg and activity level below (See if below), I will work out your exact calories and macros for you!