How the Drunk pilot can help you lose weight..
Did you see this in the news today?
(I'm not one for listening to the news purely because it's full of negativity and drivvle most of the time.)
But I couldn't help overhearing the conversation a couple were having in the gym about this 'Drunk Pilot'.
Apparently this guy was on his way to the plain to fly 177 passengers to Islamabad from Leeds!
Now I've got some great tips on how a drunk pilot can help you lose weight but first let me tell you about a recent conversation I had with a client of mine..
It does have something to do with the whole intoxicated pilot thing so stay with me..
My client has just returned from her holiday,
This sparked a conversation about the allowed weight of a suitcase before the airline company add astronomical charges to your booking.
I then went into rant mode and posed the question..
How can an airline company charge me (12 stone) £20 extra if I'm 1kg over on my allowance yet charge 40 stone Derick behind me absolutely nothing because his case is bang on the 20kg limit?
Surely there should be some sort of 'combined' allowance where passenger and luggage have to be weighed?
Then again, very few Americans would be able to leave the country without having to remortgage their house if this were implemented!!
(Let me think that one through for a while but I could be onto something there, what do you think?)
Anyway, back to how Mr Drunk Pilot can help you lose weight..
It's simple really, and when you see it you'll kick yourself..
You see Mr Drunk Pilot couldn't do his job properly because of a toxin that he knowingly put in his body.
(see where I'm going with this?)
All he had to do was make one different decision that day and his 20 something year career would still be intact.
He had a choice, the same choice you have with what you put in your body day in day out, and he chose the wrong one.
''OK Matt'', I here you say, ''tell me how this will help me lose weight''.
Are you ready for this?
Because if you're not, then you can always hit the big X at the top of your screen and come back when you are....
The way Mr Drunk Pilot can help you lose weight is.....
Don't do what he did..
Don't put a toxin in your body before you're about to do what you're body is supposed to do.
So what is your body supposed to do?
Simple..
Your body is supposed to function with the least amount of effort to produce the maximum amount of function.
Your body is a machine,
A machine that merely carries you and your mind.
Think about that for a second.
What else is your body designed to do apart from the above?
It's not really.
So answer me this..
Why, as a race, do we continue to fuel it with the wrong types of fuel?
Cliche time..
You wouldn't put diesel in a petrol car..
SO STOP PUTTING THE WRONG FUEL IN YOUR BODY!
Our friend Mr Drunk Pilot had a choice of what he put in his body and so do you!
And don't use that excuse of ''but healthy food is too expensive Matt'' Because I bet that whatever device you're reading this from cost more than my weekly shop!
And what about the car on your drive?
The mortgage or rent you pay on your living quarters?
The weekend out?
The weekend in?
I could go on forever but you get my point.
You see all of the above are excuses I hear time and time again from people who value possessions more than their health,
But you're not like that because you're reading this,
You're one of those motivated so and so's who is willing to do what it takes to get results!
Now you've got this far I'm going to leave you with this..
Put the right fuel in your body and you will not only lose weight but I guarantee you,
You will lose fat,
Because lets face it, if you weighed the same but looked and felt amazing, would you even care what the scales said?
Of course you wouldn't.
So here's your challange...
When you go shopping this weekend:
Don't buy anything with a cartoon character on the box
Don't buy anything that's advertised as 'low fat' or 'no added sugar'
Don't buy any alcohol
Don't buy any cigarettes
Don't buy anything off the counter near the checkout (including the magazines that harp on about how a celebrity lost 1000000lbs in a week!)
Only buy fresh, whole, single ingredient foods.
Fruits (berries are best as they're full of body protecting antioxidants)
Vegetables (packed full of fibre, the green ones contain something called indole 3-carbinol which can help you lose fat from your hips thighs and bums)
Meats (full of protein - the body's cell building champion),
Fish (full of protein and healthy fats that can actually help you burn fat),
Poultry (a very lean and filling version of protein),
Sweet potatoes (nutrient packed tasty source of energy),
White Rice (gut friendly source of energy),
Coconut oil (an absolute powerhouse of a food, just google it and see for yourself)
Nuts (Almonds and macadamia rule the roost for me with this food, full of anti-inflammatory fat burning fats and cell building proteins, an amazing snack any time of the day)
Seeds (similar to nuts, full of healthy fats and protein),
I'll stop there because you're one of the smart one's who knows what good quality fresh whole food is.
Give it a go and I promise you that in just one week you will see a massive difference in your mental focus,
Your energy levels,
Your digestion,
And yes, your physique.
So go take control of your actions, your body but more importantly your health and do what the drunk Pilot didn't do..
Make the right choice!
That my friend, is how Mr Dunk Pilot can help you lose weight.
Matt 'cliché' Smith
Some say weight loss is as simple as calories in < calories out.
And those people are right.
However, do you really want to lose weight?
Or do you want to lose fat?
After all, that's the ugly stuff that no one likes right?
Now to lose fat, not weight, it's NOT - calories in vs calories out..
BUT
WHAT calories in vs WHAT calories out.
You see, a calorie is NOT just a calorie when it comes to what your body does with those calories.
I had quite a heated debate recently with another ''trainer'' who was making these comments to newbie gym goers..
''I can get you losing weight by eating mars bars, and putting weight on by eating broccoli!''
(Talk about sending the wrong message!)
Now before you ask me for his number because that sounds like the kinda diet you want to go on...
Let me tell you a little bit about what your body does with different types of calories..
Fat calories: used for insulation, metabolism of fat, used for energy, transportation of nutrients.
Protein Calories: used for cell repair and growth.
Carbohydrate/Sugar calories: Used to provide energy for high intensity exercise, stored in fat cells if not utilized properly and over consumption can de-sensitize insulin leading to conditions such as type 2 diabetes.
Before we go any further with this, let's take the average westerners lifestyle and try to find out why we aren't all walking around with 6 packs and firm bums!
The average westerner probably starts their day by getting up and eating cereal (sat down) if they have time for it.
They then drive to work (sat down)
Then they sit at work and maybe snack on some form of processed bar of something,
Then, they sit and have a carbohydrate dense lunch, something like a sandwich and a sugary drink,
Then they drive home,
Maybe go to the gym and plod away for 45 minutes on a treadmill or some other form of monotonous, poor posture promoting single plane movement machine that raises cortisol levels so high it's impossible to burn belly fat, (Eddie Izzard springs to mind again.. 47 marathons in 51 days and was still fat at the end, here's proof...)
Then they drive home, sit on the couch while their carbohydrate packed dinner cooks in the microwave,
They then sit and eat aforementioned meal in front of the TV before tootling off to bed sometime just before midnight before they repeat the same thing the next day.
BUT WAIT!
Then it gets to Friday night and because Mr/Mrs Westerner has had a stressful week they then sit down and eat a carb laden takeaway washed down with some form of alcoholic (sugary) beverage, or 5!
**Because it's the weekend and they've worked hard all week and maybe hit the gym a couple of times**
They now feel they can reward themselves, like we reward our pets, with more processed, carbohydrate heavy food and more alcoholic beverages.
In a nut shell, the main macro-nutrient being consumed by Mr/Mrs westerner is Carbohydrates or sugar (cereal, bread, pasta, alcohol)!
And as over consumption of carbohydrates, especially the wrong types of carbohydrates, is responsible for desensitising insulin (the hormone that basically decides whether or not those carbs get strored as glycogen or fat)...
It's easy to see why the western world has an obesity problem.
Now if Mr/Mrs westerner, or anyone for that matter, takes in less calories and simply moves more thus having more calories go out, then they will lose ''weight''.
However, the weight they are losing will mostly be muscle mass, a lot of water and some fat (their body will keep fat because this is more important than muscle when it comes to survival)
Now if Mr/Mrs westerner were to eliminate the wrong calories (Processed sugary foods/drink, alcohol), kept the right calories (healthy fats, proteins, fibrous carbohydrates and MOST single ingredient whole organic foods)
AND
Performed shorter, higher intensity bouts of exercise that focuses on using all the muscles in the body...
This would lead to fat metabolism!
How?
Because Mr/Mrs westerner would be training their body to increase lean muscle mass thus promoting the use of fat as energy as opposed to carbohydrates, especially when resting!
Here are a host of other benefits to eating healthy, whole foods and actually exercising less..
Muscle maintenance/ increase (when combined with the right training program)
Increased health,
Reduced stress levels (great for belly fat reduction and lower risk of heart disease)
Higher energy levels
But best of all...
Jealousy from friends, family and co-workers because you will have what they've always dreamed of..
A fully functioning, firm, healthy, energetic, head turning, confidence raising, fat burning machine of a BODY!
So the next time you're thinking of going on a diet, joining a 'weight loss group' that counts points, calories, uses traffic lights systems, blending everything in sight or whatever fad comes out next,
Spare a thought for what you actually want to achieve at the end of the process..
Weight loss.
OR, and I'll say it again,
A fully functioning, firm, healthy, energetic, head turning, confidence raising, fat burning machine of a BODY!
It's your choice.
Now here's a coincidence... I actually run a program that is specifically designed to get the results listed above!
If you're on it then you'll be seeing the benefits I've described and if you're not and want to know more, just send me an email to info@mattsmithfitness.co.uk and I'll tell you all about it!!
Get and stay healthy,
Matt
ps. I would love to hear your personal struggles with food and exercise and if I can help, I will! So feel free to email me with any queries you have about that too..
