Elizabeth Benton: The Best Weight Loss Strategies -Ep. 75 - a podcast by Rob & Devon Dionne
from 2015-12-08T05:55:49
Elizabeth Benton, from Primal Potential Podcast, shares her best "weight loss strategies" on how to stay motivated, not make excuses, and how to build a routine. Since she was seven, Elizabeth has been obsessed with fat loss and yet she grew to become a 350 pound adult. As an obese woman, she worked in the health care industry developing anti-obesity programs as well as in the dietary supplement world. Despite all the information she gathered, it didn't help her to lose the weight. She knew had to switch her plan of action and went back to the basics, breaking all the dieting rules. With this new lifestyle she lost over 150 pounds.
Liz’s Common Mistakes.
- The all or nothing approach. This doesn’t work because you constantly feel guilty and punish yourself. Hint: Instead of "all in", think, "How is your Progress?”.
- She always followed someone else’s plan.
- Food and exercise were the focus instead of the consistency of implementing them. “Why do I make bad choices?” That is the question to answer.
Liz’s Best Weight Loss Strategies.
- Pay Attention: Don’t tune out. Don’t act like the choices you are making are unconscious because you don’t want to deal with it.
- Get Curious about what is going on in your life.
- Write Down what is going through your mind when you have cravings. Did you have a fight with your family/coworker? Are you tired? Did you have a bad day at work? Notice if you are using food to numb yourself or distract yourself from the real issues in your life.
- Ask. "Is it working?" Realize that the solution of mindless eating actually compounds the problems as opposed to solving them. The stress is still there. You have then added more stress because now you feel crappy from the bad food. You are isolating yourself from the problem rather than finding a real solution.
- Make Small Changes. The more stuff you take on, the lower your chances of success. Take one step at a time.
2 Easy Steps Towards Weight Loss
Liz says two of the best weight loss strategies she could give you, you could start right now.
- Start your day with a fat loss friendly breakfast. Skip carbs in the morning. Start with a a breakfast of proteins and fats.
- Get enough sleep. A few nights of moderate sleep deprivation makes you more resistant to insulin making weight loss more challenging. If you are tired, go to bed!
Why Calories In With this weight loss strategy of calories In You need to control hormones to make sure your body chooses the first option of Fat Burning. You can control your hormones through the food you intake. The biggest player in this reaction is insulin. Insulin is raised in the body when you eat carbohydrates. Insulin is an anabolic hormone (helps the body build up and go into storage mode) that ushers food from the blood and delivers it to the cells. If you have too much insulin, you will always be in storage mode. If you are in storage mode, you CANNOT be in fat burning mode. In the morning you are most sensitive to spiking blood sugar. You have an exaggerated insulin response due to the exaggerated blood sugar spiking after not eating for 10 hours. You will spend more time in storage mode and less time in the fat burning mode. Also, in the morning, cortisol is at it's highest and combined with an insulin spike, you compound your fat storing capability. If you just eat protein and fat, your body won’t have a spike in insulin and you will go into fat burning mode. This is ideal. On of the best weight loss strategies is increasing motivation. “Most people don’t wake up motivated, you have to actively choose to create motivation everyday. Creating a daily focus is important.” Pay attention to yourself! We pay more attention to reality TV and athletes than we do to our own bodies. Become a student of yourself. Often we are too ashamed to pay attention to ourselves or we only pay attention to ourselves when things are going well. Pay attention all the time. Try tracking, looking at yourself naked, and being with yourself even when you are uncomfortable. Find Liz at: Want to Ask Rob a Question or tell him what is working for you: Email Rob@OpenSkyFitness.com To leave a review for Rob and the Open Sky Fitness Podcast CLICK NOW! Want to contact our amazing sound engineer Ryan? Send him an e-mail here: RyanTX2LA@gmail.com Thanks for Listening! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Also if you are interested in getting some free Naked Infusions Salsa, T-shirts or tote bags please leave an honest review for The Open Sky Fitness Podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and I read each and every one of them. If you have any questions (and would like to hear yourself on the Open Sky Fitness Podcast), click on the link on the right side of any page on our website that says “Send Voicemail.” And finally, don’t forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic updates. It’s free! Thanks for reading/listening to Elizabeth Benton and her Best Weight Loss Strategies. We hope you have gained a ton of information to help you on your success towards health! -Rob and Devon Further episodes of Open Sky Fitness Podcast Further podcasts by Rob & Devon Dionne Website of Rob & Devon DionneWhy it is better to eat carbs at night versus in the morning.
What you can do to get motivated!
How to Keep Accountability
(Liz texts a picture of herself in her underwear every Monday and does body measurements to make sure she isn’t far off track.Get Liz’s 28 Page Fat Loss Best Practices Blueprint FREE!! Click Here
What one piece of advice does Liz want you to begin today?
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