12 WEEK FAT LOSS NUTRITION PROGRAMME
There could be a very good reason why you just cannot shift that stubborn fat! It`s not necessarily all about calories, there is a link between nutrition, hormones and exercise.
By getting your hormones better balanced we can create a “fat burning” environment for your body rather than a “fat storing” one.
After meeting and/or communicating with you and gathering very specific information about you, I will be in a position to work out what is required to help your hormones to become better balanced, therefore assisting with fat loss.
I will supply you with very specific eating guidelines with lots of meal example options for every meal, even down to snacks during the day between meals.
It is based on good wholesome food, but tailored to you and what will work best for your body at this moment. This system also works just as well for vegetarians.
During the 12 week plan we can have weekly communication to support you, advise and monitor your progress and if you are local we can also meet in person periodically during the 12 weeks. This will enable me to measure your progress more closely and generally discuss how the plan is going for you.
Eating for Hormonal Balance and Fat Loss
What exactly are hormones?
Hormones are the body`s chemical messengers. They relay information (such as light, stress, danger and FOOD) from the outside world to cells inside the body. Without these chemical messengers your body would not know how to respond and act to these outside influences. They control everything from stimulating or inhibiting growth to affecting moods.
Looking at hormones over calorie intake can be an important part of fat loss and body change.
Hormones are the messengers that control our metabolism, not calories. What calories or food sources do is impact how and when hormones are released and how individual hormones work with each other.
Lifestyle changes (in particular food and activity choices) affect the ratios of hormones in the body and the message that they send to the body`s cells. Unbalanced hormones can over time lose their potency and effect in the body.
When several hormones or one of three key hormones (insulin, leptin and adrenalin) lose their potency and therefore their ability to make the body listen to their message, a person develops what is known as `Metabolic Resistance`.
A common condition of this is more specifically `Insulin Resistance` (associated with Diabetes 2).
Which hormones are associated with fat loss?
Here are some of the key hormones strongly associated with fat loss.
Adrenalin, Cortisol, Insulin, Glucagon, Grehlin, Leptin, Testosterone + Human Growth Hormone
Examples
Insulin: This hormone controls how the body uses carbohydrate and fat found in food. It allows cells in the muscles, liver and fat to take up glucose that has been absorbed into the bloodstream from food. Another metabolic effect it has is to stop the breakdown of fat. Unbalanced insulin hormones within the body will affect how other hormones will react and the messages they will send. This is why it is very important to look at this hormone when looking at fat loss.
Glucagon: This hormone can help burn fat. This is done by stimulating the breakdown of fat from adipose tissue. It also works in the liver to help regulate sugar and fat usage. The insulin and glucagon ratio is a major factor of whether you burn or store fat.
Cortisol: When this hormone is released in the presence of high insulin, low testosterone and limited growth hormone, it causes the body to store fat and use muscle stores as the predominate energy source. If we can reverse this environment the body will start to use its fat stores and block muscle burning.
Fat Loss and Exercise
Exercise has long been known to burn calories and therefore have a potential effect on weight loss.
However, there are ways and means of maximising benefits with regard to metabolism and fat loss.
Exercise can have a big influence on hormonal balance and therefore fat loss.
Using the appropriate modes of exercise along with appropriate exercise intensities, time and rest periods unique to the individual is very important in achieving best results for that individual.
It is important to build the right environment for your body to become efficient at burning fat, not only during exercise but also post exercise and throughout the day. This requires planning and implementing a program that can work best for a particular individual.
For more information on this 12 Week Fat Loss Nutrition Programme and/or Exercise options please contact me and I will be delighted to give you more details.
Chris Brindley
Fitness in the Village
Tel: 07525 015 408
chris@fitnessinthevillage.co.uk
www.fitnessinthevillage.co.uk