This is What REALLY Makes You Fat! (NEW IDEA)

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If you struggle to get lean and lose body fat then you will definitely want to watch this video. This will be the only “how to get lean” video you need since it will teach you the one thing that is holding you back right now from getting ripped. It’s not a special diet, though it does have a lot to do with how you are approaching your nutrition right now to lose body fat.

To begin, don’t get me wrong. I understand just how many people struggle with getting lean and losing weight. It is the single hardest thing to do when it comes to getting in shape because it requires a level of commitment that is far greater than any one hour trip you may be able to make to the gym. When you think about it, making room for one hour in the day to work out is a lot easier than making sure that you are responsible with your food choices for the other 23 hours in the day.

That said, getting lean and low body fat levels isn’t complicated. Though not easy, it can be pretty simple to do. If you were to follow a diet plan, for instance one mentioned recently by my good friend Dr Andrew Huberman, consisting of chicken, fish, beef, unlimited fruits and fibrous carbohydrates or vegetables as well as coffee, tea and water (no alcohol or sugar) you will get lean. No doubt about it. Every single time.

The only hang up about something like this however is that the long term ability to refrain from the restricted starchy carbohydrates and alcohol may be too tough to withstand for most. This will lead to a rebound weight gain and someone falling off the diet plan. It is here that I believe that we need to find a way to coexist with these foods and approach them with better self control.

How do we do that?

By not focusing on the things that we cannot do and rather focusing our efforts on the things that we are allowed to do or want to do more of.

That is where we need to start looking at 4 things:

1. Eat more protein (1-1.2 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight per day divided amongst the number of meals that we eat in a day)

2. Train with weights (aim to complete at least 3 weight training workouts per week)

3. Do conditioning (aim to complete at least 2 cardio or conditioning workouts per week)

4. Get adequate sleep (this number will vary from person to person but it is safe to say that there is a minimum that going below is going to impair your recovery and body composition).

When you do these 4 things, magical things start to happen.

First, increasing your energy output through any form of exercise is going to increase your capacity to consume more calories. More specifically however, the accrual of lean body mass and muscle is going to provide a greater storage capacity for the starchy carbohydrates that you are consuming in the form of glycogen. Not to mention, your basal metabolic rate (the number of calories that you burn even at rest) will go up the more lean body mass that you carry.

When you increase your conditioning, as mentioned, the overall number of calories that you burn will increase.

Alcohol metabolism is altered in people that are lean vs people that carry excess bodyweight as well. The efficiency of metabolizing the alcohol is improved leading one to sense the signals of “I’ve had enough” sooner and leading to a decreased overall caloric consumption in the long run.

Sleep improves the body’s efficiency with all metabolic processes. When people are sleep deprived their cortisol levels will become more chronically high which will lead to an increase in body fat deposition especially around the midsection.

When all of these things are done well however, the self control that you may be lacking will start to set in. The reward of looking in the mirror and liking what you see will be all that is necessary to make you become more responsible in the re-introduction of the things that you were depriving yourself of in previous attempts to lose weight. Learning to live with these food items rather than totally eliminating them will help you to not just lose the weight but keep it off and remain lean for the rest of your life.

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