Friday, April 8, 2011

Get that Beach Body

Ok, so this is the time of year that a lot of articles come out telling you how to give you a "beach body".  It will usually consist of a low fat and a good amount of carbs.  Why not try a different diet this time around?  How about high fat and low carb?  There's already studies that are showing a high fat diet is more beneficial and those who maintained the diet lost more and kept their weight off long term compared to those who did low fat. 
A sample of some daily food you could be eating:
Breakfast: eggs and bacon/sasuage
Snacks: olives (green or black), cheese, atkins shakes/bars, pork rinds, hard boiled eggs, etc.
Lunch: Cheeseburger with mayo wraped with lettuce
Dinner: Peperoni pizza with hot wings (pizza crust made using califlower and cheese based crust, sounds weird, but my husband and I can tell you that it's pretty great). 
Dessert: atkins endulge bar, low carb ice cream, etc (many dessert recepies on the atkins website).

Pair this new lifestyle with working out and THAT is your beach body plan.  Who knew you could fight fat with fat?! 
The only catch is that you have to keep up with this diet.  you can't just lose your weight and decide to be done and revert to your old ways, cuz as with any diet, you will gain everything back.  The low carb way is a lifestyle to live with.  I'm loving it. 
I'm a big believer in the" fat head" movie, if you read some of my other blog posts, i've refered to it before.  I think it helps people on the fence about starting a low carb lifestyle make a decesion and stick to it, here's the link : http://www.hulu.com/watch/196879/fat-head

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