Proper Nutrition Fuels The Body – Stemulite Is The High Octane You Need For The Prolific Edge – Part 1

In the event you are reading this, you probably go to your local gym on a regular basis. More than likely, you will see the same faces, doing the same exercises, using the same cardio equipment, and training major muscle groups. These people in the gym, are there everyday, putting in their time just like you. Weeks go by, those weeks turn into months, and before you know it 6 months have come and gone. You might ponder, “Why haven’t their bodies changed?”

There are a select few who stand out in the gym that have gained some size, but its not lean body mass it’s FAT. Then you look at yourself in the mirror, and you notice you haven’t changed. You ask yourself “Why?” Believe it or not, you’re probably doing everything right except…. Eating right.

When people come up to me and ask, “How do you do it?”, I tell them how lifting weights, cardio and resting (recovery) is the hard part. The main element that most people are missing is DIET. The diet is the easiest part of getting that good if not great physique everyone is looking for. Most people think of diet as calorie restriction, and to a certain degree they are right, however, in the fitness world it’s all about proper nutrition.

Three main areas to focus on are:

1. Eating the right foods
2. Eating at certain times
3. Eating the right proportions

Planning all your meals in advance may sound tedious, but when you plan and prepare your meals ahead of time… it becomes easy.

You are probably saying “If it’s that easy, why can’t I do it?”. It has to do with dedication and determination. Each day we get out of bed to start our day, we have a decision to make, “Am I going to have a good day or bad day?” By this I mean, why let someone or something control the outcome of my day. You control life and its outcome. If you are making it to the gym 3, 4 or 5 times a week, you must have some type of willpower.

With that being said, it doesn’t take much to add a proper diet in the mix. Do you have to go to the extremes? Not if you’re not going to compete. Do you have to make your diet so difficult it makes your life miserable? Make small adjustments, ones that you can live with, then make a few more, and before you know it you are on the road to having that good or great body you have always wanted.

Perhaps, if you think of your body like a gas engine all of this will make sense. When the gas gauge in your car gets to empty, stopping to refuel the tank, or the car will stop you and you will be left on the side of the road waiting for help. When calories are restricted what does the body do? Metabolism slows down and the built-in survival mode takes over. The built-in survival mode is intrinsic, in nature. When the body thinks it’s starving, everything eaten is stored it as fat. Is We’ll talk more about high and low glycemic carbs, good fats verses bad fats, and protein later.

Example: Your last meal was at 8:30 at night; you wake up at 6:30 in the morning the following day. Skipping breakfast, you finally eat lunch at noon. Sound like a typical day? I’m sure millions of people around the world do this, and this use to be me. What does this mean? We have gone 15.5 hours without eating. Our body thinks it’s starving and doesn’t know when it may eat again. So what happens? The survival mode kicks in. The food we ingest our body stores it as fat. Then it uses lean muscle tissue as energy. Here comes the little adjustment we talked about earlier.

It is imperative to not skip breakfast even if it’s a protein shake with a little oatmeal in it. It’s something you can drink in your car on the way to work. If you are eating fast food everyday for lunch, start with bringing your lunch 2 days a week. If you go back for seconds at dinner, only eat one plate, but don’t pile on 4 plates worth of food! Once you get use to these little changes add a few more. Add in a few healthy snacks throughout the day; ½ cup of fruit w/ plain yogurt, 1 oz of almonds, a couple of flavored rice cake w/ 1 tbs. of peanut butter.

Later This Month:

• Eating nutritionally sound foods
• Eating at proper intervals
• Eating the correct proportions

- Rod Johnston

When proper nutrition is combined with a natural quality bodybuilding supplement, like Stemulite Fitness Formulaä, the body can achieve more by doing less. To learn more click here>>