Best Way to Lose Weight–Exercise or Diet? Part 1
June 3, 2008
Diet or Exercise?
The best way to lose weight is not one or the other–exercise or diet–the best way to lose weight is a combination of both. Exercise and diet are equally important in the quest to lose weight. Let’s look at both of these two components so you have a better understanding of the most effective and efficient way to lose those extra pounds.
In this first section we’ll take a closer look at diet, or nutrition; the food and liquids that you eat and how they affect your weight. A proper diet is critical to losing weight. For with a proper diet, you can achieve both fat loss and muscle growth. This is what you want. You can run mile after mile or lift weight after weight, but if you are not eating properly, then building muscle and losing fat just isn’t going to happen. You have to look at what you are consuming. This is where the six pillar of nutrition come into play. They are vital in regard to the nutritional aspect of losing weight:
1. Eat five to six times a day.
2. Limit your consumption of sugars and processed foods.
3. Drink more water and cut out beverages that contain calories (beer, soda, wine….)
4. Focus on consuming lean proteins throughout the day.
5. Eat fruits and vegetables throughout the day.
6. Save starch containing foods until after a workout or for breakfast.
These guidelines are the key to proper nutrition and weight loss. It’s not just about counting calories or measuring your food, it is also about what and when you eat. If you are a calories counter, stop it! Counting calories will only add stress to an already stressful time that we all find ourselves in. If you are a “fad dieter”, stop it! No fad will work. What will work is consistent application of the 6 Pillars as they have been born out of years of nutritional research and applied successful principles and results.
The Naked Nutrition System gives you an outline of what and when to eat certain types of food. No calorie counting or fad diet to follow. You pick out the foods you want and eat them according to my system. It’s that simple! By following the above guidelines and using the naked nutrition system, you can rest assured that you have put into place all the necessary nutritional pieces to lose weight.
Just as with proper nutrition, correct and adequate exercise is the other part of the weight loss equation. Legitimate and valid training principles will enable you to spend your exercise time in a way that is most efficient and effective in losing weight. Keep in mind, the goal is fat loss; not muscle loss. In the second part of the article we will look at the guidelines for the correct training principles.
Keep an eye out for Part 2, coming soon.
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