I've got a great article for you today courtesy of Joel Marion that will help you lose 10-15 pounds this holiday season.But FIRST let me tell you about a STAR member of Boot Camp FX.
Monica.
She has lost 23 POUNDS of fat and gained 5 pounds of lean muscle.
How did she do it?
Monica said that 6-days a week she has a protein shake for breakfast, "eats clean" every three hours, has a strategic cheat day EVERY Saturday and uses some key supplements.
Coincidentally, someone else mentioned to me that she was frustrated with her progress.
This other person said she didn't eat dinner the night before, regularly doesn't eat breakfast and enjoys eating at some greasy sandwich shop - frequently.
Here are the lessons:
"STRATEGIC overeating" can help you GET LEANER while non-strategic eating gets you - whatever happens to be there.
Why does strategic overeating work?
Hormonal response.
If you can control your bodies hormonal response to food, you're putting yourself in a position to reach your body transformation goals.
Now, I didn't mention this yesterday, but my colleague Joel Marion is giving away a new bonus called the CYWT Restaurant Guide. It dissects more than 75 popular restaurants and provides you with a detailed list of meals that help you control hormonal response and burn fat while eating on the go.
Remember, the entire system, including all of the other bonuses is 52% off until Thursday night.
http://cheatyourwayslim.com
To explain how strategic over eating can actually help you get leaner and burn more fat, Joel asked me to share this article with you:
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Why "Dieting" CAN'T Work
By Joel Marion, CISSN, NSCA-CPT
"Arghhhhhhh!"
Ever feel this way? Or maybe a better question is:
Ever been on a diet?
Why is dieting so psychologically draining?
Well, for one, it requires change in a major area
of our lives--the way we eat--and for most of us,
change is a very uncomfortable thing.
Fact is, changing old habits and forming new ones
is never an easy task; however, with dieting, it
becomes exceedingly difficult given all of the
physical adaptations that occur (which we will soon discuss).
Consider what happens in your mind when you go on a diet.
Almost immediately you are faced with an array of cravings.
Just the sight or smell of food mentally adds to your
already present hunger pangs. You find yourself craving
foods that normally you have no desire to eat.
Every time you come in contact with an "off-limits"
food item--whether it be on a television commercial,
in a magazine, or physically right in front of
you--the battle begins.
Do you give into the temptation to experience immediate
pleasure, only to be swarmed by overwhelming guilt shortly
soon after? Or do you stick it out and allow the anxiety
to increase with every day?
It seems like a lose-lose situation--and it is.
And what if you're not making as much progress as you
had hoped? What if you're seemingly doing everything
right and the scale just isn't moving?
Feelings of frustration, discouragement, and even
depression emerge, making you even more inclined
to break your diet.
I mean, who wants to sacrifice without being
rewarded? At least when you bite into a chocolate
chip cookie, the taste is satisfying. But working
hard to reap no return on investment?
Well that, that just flat out sucks.
There has to be a better way--and fortunately,
there is.
The simple truth is this: "diets" can't work.
If you tried 'em and failed, you're just like
99% of the rest of the world, myself included:
normal.
You see, any time you restrict calories, you literally
"program" your body to fight against your every effort
to lose weight.
Not quite making sense?
Time for a little history lesson.
Think back for just a minute to the time in which
our ancestors roamed the earth. You know, the hunter
and gather, feast and famine type days.
For those individuals, survival was king, and in order
to survive, they had to do the whole "eating" thing
just like us.
Unfortunately, things weren't quite as easy for
this group as they are today. No supermarkets.
No drive-through meal deals. Instead, when our
primitive ancestors wanted a nice steak,
they had to go find it.
This inevitably meant that there were plenty of
instances in which our yester-year counterparts
went without food for days at a time. And at other
times, namely during the winter months, their
bodies were forced to get by on very little
daily food and calories.
And the reason why they didn't die?
There's only one--the body's natural defense
against starvation.
Don't get enough calories for an extended
period of time? No problem, the body simply
causes "bad" hormones, fat storage enzymes,
and hunger to all increase while "good" hormones,
metabolism, and fat burning enzymes all take a dive.
Enter "starvation mode".
Friend to our ancestors; anything but to the dieter.
You see, dieting, although planned, is nothing more
than a lesser degree of premeditated starvation.
Go on a diet--any diet--and it wont be long until
the body begins fighting for every ounce of your
body fat. You want to lose it; it wants to keep it.
And guess what? It wins every time.
Sad scenario, I know.
But what if there was some way to "trick" your body
into thinking you aren't dieting when you actually are?
What if you could essentially "block" the body from
entering starvation mode, keeping fat burning at
its highest point, week after week?
Well, you can.
And even better news--you can do it by strategically
"cheating" on your diet with all your favorite foods.
Is it apple pie that you crave? Chocolate chip
cookies (like me)? Or maybe just the freedom to order
whatever you want from your favorite restaurant's menu?
Whatever it is, believe it or not, you can actually use
those foods to help you lose fat faster.
But it needs to be very strategic, and with Cheat Your Way
Thin, that's exactly what I teach you how to do.
"So how does strategic cheating override the
starvation protection mechanism?"
That's a good question, and one I'm more than happy to answer.
You see, it takes the body about one week of calorie
restriction to substantially trigger "starvation mode"
and perpetuate the negative adaptations we discussed
previously (decreased metabolism, slowed/stalled fat loss, etc).
On the other hand, it takes a much shorter period of
time to reverse these trends via strategic practices
of "overfeeding" or dietary "cheating".
Essentially, by incorporating bursts of strategic
cheating like I teach in my program, you
can literally turn your metabolism into your fat
burning slave by ensuring you always have an internal
environment primed for burning fat--and you do it
with your favorite foods.
Oh, and did I mention just how HUGE that is psychologically?
Thinking back, I can remember when I used to "cheat"
only to quickly be overwhelmed by feelings of guilt
and failure. Never again. Now when I cheat, it's planned.
And each time I do, I walk away knowing that I just
accelerated my progress.
Frankly, it doesn't get much better than knowing that
you just USED your Thanksgiving Dinner AND dessert to
speed along fat loss.
Anxiety? Nope. When cravings arise, there is major comfort
in knowing that you'll be able to enjoy that very food
in just a few short days when your next cheat session rolls around.
Feelings of discouragement and decreased motivation?
Definitely with other diets, but with CYWT, you'll actually
be excited to step on the scale week after week to view the
consistent, steady progress that regular, strategic cheating yields.
Simply put, strategic cheating solves the dietary
dilemma by providing you with powerful metabolic
benefits and perhaps even more powerful psychological ones.
Finally, a diet that actually WORKS.
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Pretty convincing (and insightful) if I do say so myself!
If you want to cheat your way through the
holidays this year, and actually LOSE a massive amount
of body fat (while everyone else is stuck gaining it),
then be sure to pick up the full "blueprint" while it's
still less than half price:
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And get ready for your first BIG Cheat Day tomorrow
Thanksgiving Day!
To a happier, fuller, leaner you this holiday season ;)
Have a grateful day and a GREAT FULL DAY!
Curtis Joel Ludlow
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