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One of the things about the diet that Mike was doing is first of all he put in an incredible amount of time. He is really working this most days out of the week. It’s a lot of discipline. It’s a lot of patients. It’s a lot of perseverance and if people want to have that kind of success they have to be willing to devote the time.
One of the things about Mike and what he did is that he did a lot pre-planning. That’s a big issue for people. A lot of people aren’t cooking their food in advance it’s after the thought. And so, because he had all the chicken, had all the sweet potatoes, have things in his refrigerator it made it a lot easier for him to do what he wanted to do. Mike had elevated cholesterol and triglyceride and so some of the things he included in his diet for breakfast—he was having the Omega-3 rich eggs. The Omega-3 fatty acids helped bring down triglyceride. But in addition to that, fish works very, very well. He also talked about eating oat meal. Oat meal is a great food for soluble fiber but in addition fruits and vegetables do that.
Mike also talked about eating chicken. Chicken in a wonderful protein food, but it’s not the only one out there. There are lean meats, there is fish. You're going to have different options with potatoes, white potatoes, sweet potatoes, beans lots of different ways of getting in healthy foods and giving us more variety. So when we sit down to the plate we can enjoy it.
One of the things that Mike talked about was he was really good Monday through Friday, Saturday he ate what he wanted and Sunday right back on track. But let’s remember that Mike was also incredibly disciplined. So if he sat down to eat something on Saturday chances are it wasn’t the entire cheesecake. He was a having a piece of cheesecake. I think that it’s not a bad idea to think about incorporating a little bit of those indulgences every single day so we’re less likely to blow it all one day and find it very difficult to get back the next.
Mike certainly is really doing it. He talks about digging and digging and really pushing through. Not everybody should be doing that and especially if people are going to do weight training. It is extremely important that you work with somebody to evaluate technique to make sure you're doing it in a way where you're not going to cause injury. In addition, if somebody is really trying to get the maximum out of workout three things need to occur. Number one, we need to do some cardio activity moving the large muscles of the body whether it’s going to be on a treadmill, biking, walking or dancing. Number two, strength training need to be there, but not everybody is going to start out with 50-pound weights. That’s not going to work. We have to start with what’s comfortable on build up. And number three, we have to work in the flexibility—finding a way to stretch our body to relax. Like Mike nobody loses weight overnight. It is a process. And in order to be successful with that process we set short-term goals and we set longer term goals. Doing things that are good for our body nurturing ourselves being our own cheerleader this is the way that people are very, very successful with weight loss for the immediate and down the road.
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