Healthy Diet at Home

(This is part 5 of a multi-part series on How to Tweak a Low Carb Diet . It discusses my weight loss journey so far. If you didn't read part 1, you can do so by clicking on the how-to link. Part 1 also includes links to the rest of this series.) After leaving the Kimkins’ weight loss diet behind, I began reading through Lyle McDonald’s website and body building forum because of a comment I received to one of my blog posts. This commenter had gotten stuck when she was almost to goal weight and had broken her stall by incorporating Lyle’s technique of using refeeds to reset her Leptin and other hormone levels back to normal. She warned me that the forum participants were not always nice to each other, especially newbies, and that they could be a bit over-the-top, but she believed the information I would find there would help me decide what to do next. That piqued my interest. Not only because I trusted the source of that information, but because I knew there had to be a valid reason ...

what's up, guys? jeff cavaliere, athleanx.com. let's continue this day-in-the-life-of-jeff.you guys have asked for it. i figured you found it helpful, the tip i use first thingin the morning. well, it continues here at breakfast. i'mgoing to show you today how to get 61 grams of protein in a meal where people sometimes feel theystruggle to find ways to get protein in, if they're not eating steak and eggs, of howto get 61 grams of protein in within 3 minutes. the very first thing i do is, again, firstof all guys, if you follow the athlean xfactor meal plan, you know this is a guy-friendlymeal plan. i say it all the time. simple. if a guy likeme can't follow it, i'm not going to do it, and i realize that's one of the biggest obstacles. people feel like they have to be chefs inorder to eat healthily. that's not true. so, we have a microwave safe bowl here. and yes, i do use the microwave, guys. i knowthere's some people out there that believe you probab...

what's up, guys? jeff cavaliere, athleanx.com. let's continue this day-in-the-life-of-jeff.you guys have asked for it. i figured you found it helpful, the tip i use first thingin the morning. well, it continues here at breakfast. i'mgoing to show you today how to get 61 grams of protein in a meal where people sometimes feel theystruggle to find ways to get protein in, if they're not eating steak and eggs, of howto get 61 grams of protein in within 3 minutes. the very first thing i do is, again, firstof all guys, if you follow the athlean xfactor meal plan, you know this is a guy-friendlymeal plan. i say it all the time. simple. if a guy likeme can't follow it, i'm not going to do it, and i realize that's one of the biggest obstacles. people feel like they have to be chefs inorder to eat healthily. that's not true. so, we have a microwave safe bowl here. and yes, i do use the microwave, guys. i knowthere's some people out there that believe you probab...

(This is part 9 and the final installment of a multi-part series on How to Tweak a Low Carb Diet . It explains the path I have traveled in my weight loss journey. If you arrived here without reading part 1, you can do so by clicking on the how-to link. Part 1 also contains links to the other posts in this series.) When you begin to restrict carbohydrates to less than about 100 carbs per day, the body is forced to draw upon its liver glycogen to keep your blood glucose levels steady. That’s according to Dr. Michael Eades. I can also tell you from experience, that during those first few days, the brain doesn’t get the proper amount of fuel to function correctly. Or at least, I don’t. I know that because I start having severe vertigo attacks. Other people have talked about being tired or having brain fog. Now, the way it’s supposed to work is that the liver converts the protein you don’t need for immediate repair purposes to glucose to feed the brain. The brain can partially run on ketone...

i'm a sponsoredathlete for adidas. i'm a celebrity trainer. my clients include people likebradley cooper, kate hudson, p. diddy, and some of the world'sbiggest professional athletes. i'm the ceo andfounder of clutch bodyshop. my mission is to change the wayyou think about your body, and what is possible. i'm ashley conrad. [music] with this program or anyprogram, nutrition is, like, king, because it really doesn'tmatter what you do to work out. if you're not giving your bodythe right fuel, it's not gonna respond the way youwant it to respond. so, for me and thetransformations i do, a lot of people will say it's 80%,nutrition is, but for me, because of the limited amountof time i have, it's really more like 90%. the basis of all of my nutritionprograms are based on principles of thermogenesis, which isbasically how your body burns calories. so all the foods i'm puttingin have been proven to be high thermogenic foods, which meansthey speed meta...

[crying] i feel like i have to be strong for everybody. just wonder who's going to be strong for mesometimes. i don’t want to do this anymore, i justwanna rest and have a sleep. i just feel like it’s all a bit much. oh well i have to go out there and feed thebaby now. meet elle, an ordinary woman on the brinkof an extraordinary journey. at eight months pregnant elle is planningto do something inspiring, to make a dramatic example of how each of us has the power tochange our core identity. wife of husband jon and adoring mother ofinfant daughter kiana, elle is about to undertake a life changing journey. i just can be really hard. a journey that will push her both mentallyand physically as she struggles to overcome the limitations of circumstance. it can be difficult because people have theirown opinions on what i'm doing, and what i think i should be doing. you did a beautiful job. not only will she attempt to shed the post-pregnancyweight, but elle is also hoping to develop...