Diet Right

Scott Schwab

No this is not a misspelling of the favorite drink of the late 80's and 90's. Although sometimes I wish I could still see people drinking the retro cans and enjoying themselves like the old commercials. I wanted to take a couple of minutes and point out a couple of things that can help regardless of what diet plan you have. Most diets fail! I say this purely based on what statistics say. The reason is that people do not find something that works for them. Some diets work on points, others you must avoid certain foods, and still other say eat whatever you'd like and still loose weight. The fact is; you must keep your metabolism running. The faster that it is going the better. Naturally as we age our metabolism slows to a crawl. However, we can stimulate our metabolism through a couple of lifestyle changes. We need to be eating 6 small meals approximately every 2 hours. This is great to keep the metabolism working and gravity goes to work. Another suggestion is to drink a lot of liquids. We have mentioned this in other posts, but here is the equation again. Your weight divided by 2 and that is the ounces in a day that you should be drinking. Not only does it help facilitate the digestion process, but it will also help you avoid more sickness and give you many benefits relating to blood flow and oxygen to the body. Toxins are flushed more often when you are taking trips to the restroom. Be prepared, because when you start the process of drinking the water as specified by the equation; you will be going often. Another tip or hint; is to know your body and know how it responds to foods. There is a book that explains the differences of food as it relates to the bodies blood type. Body for Life is a great book, with proven results. It is one resource that may help you achieve your goals. The main reason why diets don't work, relates to the person. You must know your body, what foods you can and should not eat, have control, and set an exercise routine that you will stick too. Most people become uninterested with their diets and board of their workouts and eventually stop. Take some time and read through some of the other blogs on any muscle group that you would like to focus on and do that routine for a couple of weeks. After that choose something else that you will do for another 2 weeks. This is muscle confusion at its finest and will get you in the habit of trying new things and enjoying different workouts. Again start the habit of eating more often, but smaller better meals. Also implement the water and see how you start to feel. I would like everyone to try this for 1 week and report back how you feel and if you can start to have more energy and your digestive system is working better. Let me know if it works for you and if you would like any suggestions on foods to eat.