When clients start with us, they most often already have decent and healthy eating habits. And they sit across from me, perplexed that they aren’t losing weight. It’s a bigger mystery than…… well, whether or not the Lake Champlain Monster exists! (yeah, I’m a Vermonter!)
It’s not a mystery to me. They are likely choosing healthy foods, but they aren’t getting the right balance of protein, carbohydrate and fat, AND their portions are way too big. Too many calories = weight gain. Even from healthy foods.
I would say that one of the most important factors that separates my clients that get great results and keep the weight off from those who don’t, is whether or not they cook most of their meals. (This is why we are offering a great workshop really soon on how to cook for fat loss, see the flier here: Fat Loss Recipe Workshop.)
You don’t need to go to culinary school to do this… But, my clients who’ve lost 30, 40 even 50 pounds do cook the majority of their food.
You may not want to hear it, but if you want to keep your weight off or even keep losing, I highly recommend you start warming up to the idea of cooking more of what you eat.
Here’s an interesting example of what happens when you eat out…
You THINK you are making a healthy choice, you THINK you are doing the right thing. IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT. Restaurants want you to make a return visit, they want you to LOVE their food. So they spice it up with extra salt, sugar and fat. That’s good business for them. It is however, terrible for your waistline.
For example, a woman goes out to lunch and orders a healthy quinoa and arugula salad at California Pizza Kitchen, and ends up eating this…
Quinoa & Arugula Salad at CPK = 610 calories: 33g fat, 59g carb, 15g protein! Holy smokes. An average woman on a fat loss plan needs about 300-350 calories for lunch. Not 610!!!
Here’s one of my lunches and a photo of how I track what I eat in the app LOSE IT that I use on my phone.
That day I had worked out before lunch and then ate: a 2 brown rice cake + turkey +avocado open sandwich with cheddar cheese, yum! Plus a side of iced tea with stevia.
This meal was 336 calories, had way less fat, less carbohydrate, more protein and was still super satisfying!
Don’t give up if you’re frustrated. You can lose weight.
A great way to get started is by joining us for our “Fat Loss Recipe Workshop” on June 15th at 10 am here at Real Fitness Coaching. Here’s the flier if you want to print it out: Fat Loss Recipe Workshop. Please RSVP, we hope you’ll join us!
PS: Are you frustrated that you can’t get the weight off? Click here to contact us for a FREE consultation, we can help!