Nutrition and Weight Loss
Schedule here
Eat what's right for you! If you are active you need to eat enough protein to sustain you, adding green vegetables and fats in the right proportions. Sara will guide you based on your body type, level of activity, and goals. Vegetables are carbohydrates, so you don't need to eat starches like potatoes, rice, bread, pasta, and grains to get your carbs. Let your broccoli, green beans, asparagus, spinach, kale, and salad provide you with fiber and carbs.
Pay attention to the glycemic index of foods. That's the rate at which food converts to sugar, triggering insulin to store your food as fat if you overload. Try to eat foods within a range of 25 to 75. Foods with a high glycemic index include bananas, papayas, mangoes, carrots, beets, potatoes, bread, pasta, rice, etc. Avoid them. Stay away from the cookies, cakes, and sugars, especially high fructose corn syrup. Some people should not eat fruits.
As for fats--you need them! Every cell in your body has a membrane composed of a fat or lipid layer. You need saturated fat, preferably in the form of organic butter or virgin, organic coconut oil. Stay away from polyunsaturated fats like vegetable oils (look on the bottle) which have been linked to tumor formation.
For the athlete, you need at least 40 grams of protein for every 100 pounds you weigh, and that's a minimum. Serious athletes eat much more than that. If you are a vegetarian, you are risking blood sugar imbalances, weight gain, a less active pancreas, and high trigylcerides.
Exercise is a key to health. You can develop strength and mobility at any age, so start lifting weights, working out, swimming, jogging, biking, or whatever right now. You can get your doctor's permission to start on an exercise program yourself, or join a gym. Sometimes it's easier to be with friends to get you going. Sara can teach you correct technique and keep you motivated. Sara will set up a structure or a schedule big enough to keep you on target with your goals.
Pay attention to the glycemic index of foods. That's the rate at which food converts to sugar, triggering insulin to store your food as fat if you overload. Try to eat foods within a range of 25 to 75. Foods with a high glycemic index include bananas, papayas, mangoes, carrots, beets, potatoes, bread, pasta, rice, etc. Avoid them. Stay away from the cookies, cakes, and sugars, especially high fructose corn syrup. Some people should not eat fruits.
As for fats--you need them! Every cell in your body has a membrane composed of a fat or lipid layer. You need saturated fat, preferably in the form of organic butter or virgin, organic coconut oil. Stay away from polyunsaturated fats like vegetable oils (look on the bottle) which have been linked to tumor formation.
For the athlete, you need at least 40 grams of protein for every 100 pounds you weigh, and that's a minimum. Serious athletes eat much more than that. If you are a vegetarian, you are risking blood sugar imbalances, weight gain, a less active pancreas, and high trigylcerides.
Exercise is a key to health. You can develop strength and mobility at any age, so start lifting weights, working out, swimming, jogging, biking, or whatever right now. You can get your doctor's permission to start on an exercise program yourself, or join a gym. Sometimes it's easier to be with friends to get you going. Sara can teach you correct technique and keep you motivated. Sara will set up a structure or a schedule big enough to keep you on target with your goals.
