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.

That time has come. In the next couple days I’ll be taking volunteers for this 4 Week Extreme Fat Loss Program. Preference will be given to people that have purchased Your Naked Nutrition Guide.

Post a comment below if you are interested.

We all want results. Whether it is more muscle, less fat, or both. We want results. You can lift all the weights you want and grind out session after session of interval training but if you aren’t paying attention to what you are eating then all this effort is a waste. The #1 most important part of any fat loss or muscle growth program is nutrition.Nutrition is confusing though right?

There are new “discoveries” being reported by the media almost every day. It is a full time job keeping up with all this information. Fortunately you can get that body you want…. you can achieve that lean, muscular body that you’ve been coveting by consistently applying relatively simple nutritional guidelines.

I call these guidelines the 6 Pillars of Nutrition. Here they are:

1. Eat five to six times a day.

2. Limit your consumption of sugars and processed foods.

3. Eat fruits and vegetables throughout the day.

4. Drink more water and cut out calorie-containing beverages (beer, soda, etc.).

5. Focus on consuming lean proteins throughout the day.

6. Save starch containing foods until after a workout or for breakfast.

These rules are the key to unlocking your best body. As you can see by looking over the list, the 6 Pillars of Nutrition are not based on fads or diet crazes. No, instead they are the results of the distillation of piles of nutritional information into the most effective strategies described in a practical manner so that you can apply them to your life today.

The first question I get about the 6 Pillars of Nutrition when my clients are initially exposed to them is “Don’t I have to count calories?” No. No calories counting. I have recently had a client lose just under 50lbs of fat in 3 months by following these principles. No calorie counting, no measuring food. Why make it more complicated than it has to be?

We all live busy lives right? Nutrition can’t be a focus during the week. It needs to be automatic. That’s what makes these principles so powerful. They make nutrition a no-brainer. If you are obsessing over calories, macronutrients, and grams of insoluble fiber please stop. Outline an eating strategy that falls inline with the 6 Pillars of Nutrition. You will spend less time fussing over what to eat and the changes in your body will astound you.

If you still insist on most closely monitoring your food intake I still don’t recommend that you count calories or grams. I always say no one eat 14 grams of fat, they eat 1 TBSP of olive oil. It only makes sense to track and monitor actual amounts of food right? This is why I created the Naked Nutrition Serving system where I outline when and what type of foods to eat and you just pick the foods you like – not calories, not grams, but actual amounts. This approach is practical and it delivers results.

Check your inbox. Yesterday I sent out two emails that are very important and will help boost your fat loss coming into the holiday season. The first email contained information about a new Naked Nutrition Owners Area and the second email is about the VIP Fat Loss Teleseminar that is going to be held next Thursday at 8pm EST.

I’ll be back later today with some fat loss tips and nutrition myth busting…off to the gym!

P.S. If you don’t have a copy of Your Naked Nutrition Guide it isn’t to late to get in on the teleseminar. Get Naked Nutrition HERE and I’ll send you an email about how to participate on the teleseminar (Note: The VIP teleseminar is no longer an advertised bonus but you can still get in on it).