Sean still rolling!

Sean weighed in on Monday and was down another 13lbs after a week of work! Very proud of him and his family for continuing on the mission. We'll be posting some cool videos of his workouts, at home training, progress, etc.


DETOX


If you have read all the posts you know the principles we are following with this nutrition plan. In a nutshell, drastically reducing sugar, thus reducing inflammation, thus destroying disease and FAT! As we are losing fat we do need to think about "detoxing". We hold our toxins in fat and need to be sure we are ridding the toxins as we're ridding the fat. I can only vouch for ONE detox supplement, "Daily Detox" from Maximized Living. I take it also as my daily multi-vitamin. However, there are also some great things we can and should do with some real foods that will get most "regular" toxins out.

"WLR" (Weight Loss Resistance), a topic I will be speaking on with some of the best doctors in the world on April 12th and April 14th (message me if you'd like to attend), is directly related to toxicity. Many times when we hit a "plateau", it's really because we are toxic and it is interfering with your body's ability to burn fat. First let me remind you of the daily drink you can mix up that I enjoy at least once per day:

12-16 oz water
2 Tbsp Unprocessed Apple Cider Vinegar
1 tsp of cinnamon
2 Tbsp of Lemon Juice
Dash of Cayenne pepper
packet of stevia

Cinnamon is EXTREMELY powerful, in fact it is the best antioxidant food on the planet. Get at least 1 tsp per day!

Now when you hit a plateau, and you are still needing/wanting drastic changes, block out 1-14 days of vegetable juicing. This is huge because it will restore your body from its acidic state and green leafy veggies are incredibly nutrient dense! If you're not quite ready to live on just veggies, water, and/or vegetable juice (that you must juice yourself) for a few weeks, then try going into it with eating one great meal per day and juicing the rest of the day. You will definitely get all the nutrients, vitamins, antioxidants and enzymes you could possibly need.

The caveat to this is that you can't do this and then go eat Big Macs for lunch! Or lose that final 20 lbs and then go gain it back because you aren't learning anything about how to fuel your body properly! This is an effective and healthy methodology to lose weight, but you NEED to still learn the principles of nutrition which can very simply be broken into these three points:

*Reduce SUGAR
*Eliminate processed, FAKE foods and ingredients
*Know your fats...eliminate the bad (trans, veg oils, fried foods, pasteurized dairy, grain fed beef, etc) and ADD the good (coconut, raw nuts, seeds, avocado, healthy meats)

There are a load of great veggie recipes out there. To be sure I'm getting full I will use a coconut milk base, then load up the veggies! I will also add in the contents from the detox drink above to get it all out in one shot. Today I did this one:

1/3 can coconut milk
Kale
Carrots
cinnamon
apple cider vinegar
cayenne pepper
3 ice cubes
4 oz water
packet of stevia

There was really no method to the madness, aside from cramming in the veggies. Remember 1 bowl of kale or spinach had the nutrient equivalent to 20...YES 20 bowls of oatmeal. BOOM!

Finally, berries another HUGE antioxidant SUPERFOOD....add some berries into your morning smoothie for sure!