Diet That Works

As I explained earlier, I've spent a bit of time experimenting with different workouts and training techniques.

Something else I've also explored is diet and the healthiest and most effective form I've come across (and still broadly follow) is the GI diet. It's easy, apparently healthy, and has taken me from 210 pounds down to 175 in less than a year. I also feel I managed to increased my strength power and build new muscle at the same time.

It goes like this...

Certain foods convert to sugar and absorb into the system faster than others. Having loads of sugar rushing around your bloodstream is bad and so to compensate for this fast absorption, the body releases insulin, which converts the sugars to fats and stores them. Then the blood sugar levels stabilize.

This increase in blood sugar is usually accompanied by an energy kick, but after the insulin does it's stuff, the blood sugar plummets and leaves you feeling tried, lethargic and with a huge craving for more food.

To stop these spikes of blood sugar and insulin release, dietitians advise only eating food that converts slowly and gradually into sugar. Foods with a low Glycemic Index (GI). Thus providing a slow and steady supply of energy throughout the day.

Here's the general rules that I stick too:

• Avoid refined or processed foods.


• Go for wholegrain breads over white and even wholemeal.


• Don't get hungry. Eat every couple of hours. Even if you don't feel like it. Go for fruit, nuts, anything with a lowish GI.


• Eat a quality cereal breakfast.


• For an extra weight loss kick, eat omlettes for breakfast but remove some or all of the yolks before cooking.


• Get used to brown rice and brown pasta.


• Pasta isn't that bad as some may think. Most people's biggest mistake is they eat too much in a portion. One grabbed handful is enough.


• Only eat potatoes in moderation. Avoid fried potatoes of all kinds.


• Cut down on pasta and potatoes by upping the amount of protein and vegetables in your meals - you'll soon hardly notice the difference.


• Little or no carbs after 4pm.


• Weigh yourself every morning and take note of what you ate the previous day and what the scales are telling you.


• Don't diet. Don't make any changes to your eating habits that you won't be able to keep up forever!


• Don't obsess about weight - thin and light does mean you're healthy and looking good.


• Give yourself two days a week - for me it's Friday and Saturday - and go for it. Eat what you want, when you want! It'll stop any cravings creeping up on you. After a while, you'll get sick of processed junk anyway and will stop wanting it as much.


• Get some protein after exercise and with every meal. It lowers the overall GI level of the meal itself.


• Avoid alcohol, but don't deprive yourself. It is almost indigestible and all the body can do with it is store it as fat. Plus it makes you hungry.

Again, these is only my opinions. I hold no qualifications in this field at all, but it seems to work for me. Thanks for dropping by.