Easy Nutrition

There is so much nutritional advice available today. How do you know what is right and what will work for you? Because everyone is so different; what one person responds to may not work well for another. There is one way to way to ensure weight loss - burn more calories than you take in. The problem that most folks face is two fold. The first is how many calories do I need? There are a number of tests on them market to help you find out. I use the BodyGem which uses your Respiratory Exchange Rate to determine your metabolic rate; from there we can determine the number of calories per day that you are burning. We then adjust your caloric intake accordingly. The second problem is that we eat too many empty calories. When we eat food with little nutritional value, we are still hungry until are body gets the nutrition it needs. So, we eat more thus consuming too many calories. If you stick to this simple list, you should start to see improvement (assuming you are not overeating).

1. Limit Soda, alcohol, and coffee. These are diuretics and in small amounts are ok, but they will dehydrate you
2. Consume enough water. How much is enough? Start with 64 ounces per day and adjust for your activity level. If you train hard, you will need more.
3. No “white” foods. Limit pasta, bread, refined flours, etc
4. Cut way back on deserts and refined sugars such as candy, pastries, etc
5. Eat five servings of fruit and/or veggies daily

I’m know there is more, but try these first for a few weeks and see if you start getting the results you want.

Be aware that I am not a certified dietician and make no such claims to be