Body Image Work Out with Quiz to Fire-Up Your Life
Posted: Friday, December 19, 2008
by Kathleen Fuller PhD
Not Your Mother's diet
The body image work out with the ten step- quiz is for those of you who want to get in shape by addressing your body image through conditioning. It encourages you to approach a work out in a balanced way. If you want to become fit, have energy to enjoy your life more, then these fire-up suggestions are from the pros.
Make your commitment Be serious and say, "I'll do whatever it takes." For some you'll need to build calorie burning muscle by lifting weights. Others will need to add an extra session or two doing something that increases your heart rate using a monitor. If you are in any doubt, don't waste your time. Instead ask yourself, "How can I get committed?"
How and when do you eat? Have you ever said, "I got used to skipping breakfast so that I could cut down on the calories to lose weight?" For whatever the reason you may have convinced yourself, skipping breakfast backfires in many ways to sabotage your conditioning and body image. In terms of conditioning, even if you eat a low fat, balanced diet, if you eat most of your food in the second half of the day you are unlikely to burn off excess fat deposits. The body is busy digesting the carbs, and proteins and is not going to get to burn the body fat deposits before you eat again the next day.
So it's not a good idea to reward yourself with extras or dessert after a long day. Those foods at the end of the day are just adding to the fat storage that nature programs for your survival. An occasional treat is best for breakfast.
Are you nutrients balanced? You may be thinking of completely eliminating all carbohydrates. That isn't the answer. Most women will get results from letting go of processed wheat breads, pasta, or gluten high grains. By adding more proteins and natural carbs like brown rice and millet, you will by pass any food sensitivity you might have.
The Metabolic Typing Diet (the book gives you a test to determine your type) suggests for protein types 30% carbs, 30% fat, 40% proteins. The good quality fats are cold-pressed vegetables, olive oil, or coconut oil for cooking, nuts, avocado, oily fish oils. The mixed type is 50% carbohydrates & 30% protein with 20% fats. For Carb Type it's 60% carbohydrates, 15% fats, and 25% protein.
Do you do the right kinds of exercise ? To be an effective conditioner, you need to have your heart rate elevated for certain amount of time, with no breaks. If you are used to an exercise then step up to a couple of hard sessions or weight sessions to get your heart rate up. This increases the metabolic rate. For beginners start fast walking thirty minutes daily and then add hand weights.
Have you checked your hormones? Do you have symptoms such as difficulty losing body fat despite concerted efforts, skin pigmentation, fatigue, bloating, and a family history of diabetes type two or infertility? You may have insulin resistance and it can directly impact your weight and well-being. This insulin resistance condition is where the body has difficulty handling the carbohydrates because the hormone insulin which breaks down these types of foods isn't working properly.
Why check for food allergies? This is one of the most important items leading to poor health and weight gain. The five big offenders are: wheat, dairy, corn, soy, and yeast. The three to add are alcohol, sugar, & caffeine. Many people are suffering from the addictive/allergic response. What this means is a person can be allergic to the foods that they crave, and they have to eat these foods to stay off the withdrawal symptoms. This is a deadly dance of deception. However it's easy when you are committed to fire-up your life.
Why check for Gluten Intolerance? There are four known culprits for your duodenum (the first section of the small intestine) : gluten, casein, soy, and corn. The gluten comes from the gluten grains: wheat, barley, and rye. Casein comes from cow's milk products and is mostly absent in goat's milk. Adhesives are made from these four foods. Powerful, industrial-strength glues are made from gluten, casein, and soy. Corn is also used to make adhesives. The glycoproteins from these foods are clearly very sticky by nature and it should be easily understood why they adhere to tissues of your duodenum. Nothing tastes as good as being healthy.
Why check for Chronic Candida Yeast? This yeast feeds on carbs and sugars. It can quickly proliferate and in its fungal form cause fatigue and sugar cravings. When this overgrowth is under control, these sugar cravings decrease and the body can then use up fat deposits for fuel.
Mark 1-10 with 10 being the highest possible.
1. _____Commitment level?
2. _____At what times do you eat?
3. _____How healthy do you eat?
4. _____Are your nutrients balanced?
5. _____What is your metabolic type for carbohydrate & Protein Balance?
6. _____Do you do the right kind of exercise?
7. _____Have you checked your hormones?
8. _____Check for food allergies?
9. _____Check for Gluten Intolerance?
10. _____Check for Chronic Candida Yeast
Scores: 10- 30 you need to put attention on your health, 30-50 you're doing something keep going, 50 80 you're almost there to great health for life, 80-100 this is the ideal to strive to attain.
So this is your ten step- quiz in a nut shell. Each of the ten points is crucial for your body image work out and ultimately for your good health. Take the time to look into each one, and see how your body image and your energy can dramatically improve.
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Top-level comments on this article: (1 total)Hi Kathleen, welcome to Searchwarp. Thank you for this easy to follow and very informative article. My intent over the last few weeks had been to get in great shape. Well, I failed. I got as far as cleaning off the treadmill :-)Your article has got me thinking about it again. Blessings to you! Teresa
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