Rant time..... I am finding myself very frustrated in the past few weeks at people trying to argue the health benefits of replacing meals with chemical shakes marketed as weight loss formula’s. Yes, these shakes will help you lose weight(so will starvation), but no, they are not the best way to do it. They are, the lazy way to lose weight, which seems appropriate for so many as it is laziness that gets so many into the situation of needing to lose weight in the first place. And at up to $500/mth, they are not the cheapest way either! Nor do they teach you how to keep the weight off once you can no longer afford $500/mth, which as you can guess, leads to one thing, a lifestyle of weight gains just like prior to the shakes. If you are in a situation of needing to lose weight, whether it be for an upcoming event, to fit into a particular size, or to save your life, THE BEST way to do it is with a healthy diet of fresh food, combined with exercise. I do not need to link to the studies to support this argument, if you doubt this is the truth, google it, youtube it, whatever you want to do, but any studies which say otherwise are more than likely funded by the shake manufacturers to support their own profit making. If you think eating healthy to lose weight is hard work, YOU ARE WRONG! Is it as easy as placing an order at a drive through window? No. But it is as easy as preparing any other meal in your kitchen. If you need help, learning how to eat healthy, to lose weight, to improve your health, or to improve your sporting performance, talk to health experts. People who will help you learn how to prepare healthy meals from fresh foods, NOT from shakes. People who look at your health and fitness as the path to a better body. If you are local to me, talk to me! Come and talk to me at CrossFit Bacchus, talk to Melanie, our nutrition expert, see what the results of this approach look like on so many of our members. If youre not local, seek out similar people near you, and talk to them, lots of them! But, don’t ever try to convince me that ingesting a chemical powder mixed with fluids will be a healthier option to a plate of fresh natural food, because you are wrong.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 00:33:33 +0000
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