Picture this. An Olympic sprinter. OK? Now picture a marathon runner. OK? Now imagine you’re a doctor attending a lecture with Dr. Jade Teta, ND asking you, “Which athlete is more muscular?”
“The sprinter,” the audience says.
“Yep, that’s easy to tell. Right?” Jade says, “Ok, now which of these two athletes is leaner? Which has less body fat?”
Some shout sprinter; some shout marathoner. The docs didn’t really know.
The answer to that question forms the basis of the metabolic effect on body composition – how much fat you have vs. how much lean body mass. Before I tell you the answer I’ll give you some background.
Over a sabbatical I read and reread The New ME Diet: Eat More, Work Out Less, and Actually Lose Weight While You Rest and implemented the ideas. (ME = Metabolic Effect)
Check the subtitle. It’s a dream come true. Right? But don’t worry. You’ll work hard. The good news is that it works.
The core idea is to eat and exercise in a way that stimulates the useful hormonal responses and minimizes the ones that make you fat.
Jade and his brother Keoni Teta were medical school classmates of my beloved doctor – Amy Hobson, ND, and she first put me on the scent. I initially pooh poohed it because I was already doing all the things they teach. Or so I thought.
Jade and Keoni Teta lay it out in simple terms. For me and maybe you, they explain why I haven’t burned off the fat I want and why most systems won’t.
After working with their system for awhile, my body composition is improving, I am stronger and I am down to my high school weight.
I already ate well and exercised seven days a week so using their tweaks and getting results impresses me.
How do I feel? I feel good — healthy and strong.
Carbohydrate Tipping Point
This page on how to use a carbohydrate tipping point tipped me into losing fat. Using the tipping point made the difference. All the good strategies, I was doing was just not reaching the tipping point.
Reaching the tipping point allowed me to very gradually, and relatively effortless reach my high school weight. More importantly to me, I have lowered my blood sugars.
Briefly, you eat enough high quality carbohydrates daily to have the energy to sustain the challenging workouts and few enough to continue to burn fat. You have to feel into it and notice. You don’t have the luxury of a set number of carbohydrates. You have to pay attention and keep track of your eating.
It’s cool.
Read more on Jade’s blog:
http://blog.metaboliceffect.com/2011/05/25/carbohydrate-tipping-point/
Watch Jade’s Videos
These three 9 minute talks to physicians will give you the idea. Then if you like what you see, get the book and try their on-line goodies.
The New ME Diet lectures part 1 – 3
http://www.youtube.com/user/metaboliceffect#p/u/40/hm3C5xYhJBE
http://www.youtube.com/user/metaboliceffect#p/u/39/3KRYbOD-djE
http://www.youtube.com/user/metaboliceffect#p/u/38/lTC3m5YYbgU
Get the Book and Try Their On-Line Classes
You can get the book here =>
The New ME Diet: Eat More, Work Out Less, and Actually Lose Weight While You Rest
On-line classes and coaching.
Who has less body fat the sprinter or marathoner?
The answer – The sprinter does. And he doesn’t have to run 100 miles/week (161 km/week) to achieve it.
Walk, run, exercise in beauty,
William
