Dieting Made Simple



Sometimes the simplest plan is the best plan. This doesn't necessarily it's the most effective plan, just that it's the best suited plan for you at a given moment. For example if you wanted to lose fat quickly, then go on a cyclical ketogenic diet, strength train three times a week and do HIIT two or three times a week. 

That's the most effective plan. But is it the best plan? No, because most people are too lazy or busy to do any of that, let alone all of that. Most people are willing to settle for half-ass results if they put in less effort and thought. Sad but true. 

Let me give you a no-brainer plan for dieting. No calorie counting (I never count calories, not even for my clients). Just do the following everyday: 

  1. Drink only water and green tea (no sugar coffee is optional). No other liquids. 
  2. Pack your lunch. It's going to be a large salad. That's it. 
  3. Pack a snack. It's going to be an apple. 

If you concentrate on these 3 simple tasks and ate a regular breakfast and dinner, then you've eliminated a lot of calories without even counting. It's simple substitution: water instead of soda, salad instead of burrito, apple instead of chips. Obviously you have to exercise to get some results on any diet. But if you make the above tasks a daily routine, then you should see some results. Not the most effective; just the best.

Comments

Anonymous said…
James,
Can you expand on how the ketogenic cycling diet works?
From the cop in Boise
Randy
J said…
Hey Randy, good to hear from you. Yeah, a cyclical ketogenic diet (CKD)is a diet where you do Atkins for 5 days and then carb up during the weekend, then start the cycle over and over each week. It's also known as the Anabolic Diet from Mauro DiPasquale or the BodyOpus Diet from Dan Duchaine.

I can tell you that it is a phenomenal diet for being ripped and muscular and contest ready all the freakin' time. however, it's a bitch to follow.

I followed that diet for 6 months a little over ten years, but it is just not the most user friendly diet. especially when I started the diet back then, there were no low carb products.

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