It's Not How Much You Eat - It's What You Eat!

Nutrition is probably one of the most confusing things to many people when it comes to getting healthy and losing weight. The truth is that there is a lot of misinformation out there. There are a thousand theories about what kind of nutritional plans are the most effective; plus, there are a lot of products that claim to be “nutritious” and, quite frankly, are not.

But more importantly, there has been a lot of misinformation about the concept of ‘how much you eat’. For the last 30 years and more, the prevailing wisdom has been that you have to adjust ‘calories in’ vs. ‘calories out’ in order to lose weight.

And this is simply not true.
To get the FBT body, you need to eat real food, first off (and we’ll look at exactly what that is in a bit). But here’s the rub— eating real food (the right food) makes ‘calorie in’ vs. ‘calorie out’ a moot point.

It’s not how much you eat. It’s what you eat.
The traditional concept of calorie reduction (or even exercise increase) is too simplistic by half. Why? Because it’s missing a crucial element— how our bodies deal with the calories that come in. If losing weight were just about energy in vs. energy out,  eating 2000 calories of strawberry shortcake every day would be equal to 2000 calories of well-balanced, whole meals.
But it’s not.
Having a balance among carbohydrates, protein, and fat will allow you to lose weight, feel great, and keep hunger at bay.  Even certified personal trainers like Tyler and Candice have had problems with their relationship with food. Candice, for example, had a particularly difficult time learning how to eat the right food at the right time. You’ll see this often with athletes, surprisingly— they exercise a lot, move a lot, and eat whatever they want. But, in reality, even they need to reassess their relationship with food and start using food in the right way for the right reasons.

Candice was always very fit growing up. She was always playing 2 or 3 sports at a time, always active— but never nutritionally healthy.  Her average breakfast would consist of pop tarts and chocolate milk and my lunches would be pizza hamburgers or whatever I wanted. No matter what kind of athlete you are, you can only get away with this kind of behavior for a short while. Once Candice stopped playing sports, she started gaining weight and what she was eating started catching up with her.  After a year of putting on excessive weight— especially after being such a fit athlete— she had had it.  She started reading up on nutrition, on everything we’re talking about here, and started really thinking about choosing one food over another.  She reassessed her entire relationship with food.

And by doing that, after 3 and half months, the weight started coming off.  She started looking and feeling different and was more active and energized than she had ever been.  By accompanying good nutrition with the right training, she was able to sculpt her body in the way she wanted.   She was actually able to see shoulder definition and really feel like she had toned arms. 
What did this transformation mean? She had gone from living to eat to eating to live. http://www.flatbelly-now.com