Fat loss – health foods should not be priority

It seems that many people are still confused as to how to lose excessive body fat. That confuses me.

Epsom Personal Training aka Hams Fitness can only offer advice on first hand experiences. So far from I have seen in my years personal training people here in Epsom I can tell you that traditional diets that are popularised in the media are bunk, phewy, totally ridiculous and yield bugger all fat loss in the long run.

It may sound like I am angry, perhaps overly so about this. I am.

I train people how to get the most from their precious time in the gym all the while fighting the myths that are rife in the industry and for the most part it is in vain due to peoples diet being so very, wildly, no, amusingly, rejokeulous! (yes I made up that word:)

If fat loss is your goal, that that means you are fat. I am not being obnoxious or untactful here, purley stating the facts.

Excessive fat is unhealthy. What you are currently trying clearly isn’t working. So when I tell you to forget about salads and low fat diets, perhaps you should listen.

Losing body fat is not about eating “healthily”, it is about controlling your hunger so that you eat less. Once you have that under control, then and only then should you consider the health aspects of your nutrient intake.

Where did it all go skewiff? Food is a compulsory part of life, like breathing. It is not a luxury item so stop eating luxury foods and feeling each meal has to be fancy and exciting. The best diets are the spartan ones. Choose food stuffs that are bland and boring but full of the most abundant macronutrients (fat, protein and carbs), not sugary man made taste bud explosions like chocolate, cakes and the latest “be good to yourself” or “healthy choice” meals.

Does anyone else remember when the week had one treat meal? The Sunday roast! It now seems that it is the other way round and people treat themselves everyday and restrict food choices only once per week – if that!

I’ll repeat briefly what I did in my fat loss demonstration a few months ago;

Ate an english breakfast nearly everyday (bacon, eggs, sausages, liver and toast with butter) – this kept me full throughout the whole morning with no hunger pangs at all.

This ensured I took in enough protein to maintain lean body tissues so my metabolism didn’t reduce, enough fat to keep my stomach from emptying too fast which in turn stops hunger signals.

Lunch would consist of fruit and a pint of full fat milk which saw me through to dinner, which if I was hungry was a simple and small meal of fish and vegetables – no fancy sauces.

My point here is that my diet was simple and easy to stick to. I never bought any sweets in the supermarket. If they are not there then you can’t eat them.

This may seem harsh to some, I apologise,  I am not being nasty but if another fat person touts health foods and scoffs at me for what I eat I may just explode!

You can lose your fatty parts but first of all you need to lose all those media adverts from your mind and then look to a simple approach.

I have faith in you even if you are lacking it – you can do this and you deserve to enjoy the fullness of a lean and fucntional body.

If you want to discuss this further then feel free to call or pop in to the Epsom Personal Training facility that Hams Fitness operates from.

07742 952 208

Tags: body fat, Epsom Personal Training, fat loss, health