CAN I DRINK ALCOHOL WHILE TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT?

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ALCOHOL

This section was initially not included in this guide book, but I was often getting questions around alcohol after it was read. Letting go of alcohol for at least the time it takes to create something great physically & mentally as a Coach is a no brainer.

For some people it can be tough to do so, so I thought I might explain from the Coaches perspective why not drinking alcohol or at least minimising it as much as possible is almost essential to make optimal progress when it comes to reducing body fat.

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WHAT IS STRESS & HOW CAN WE MANAGE IT BETTER?

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Assessing PHYSIOLOGICAL LOAD (total current stress on the system) is a concept that was first taught to me by @paul.chek back in 2005 & is something that creates a big part of the basis for my intake forms starting with a new client.

When we think of stress, we often just think of an annoying friend, traffic or financial issues.

It goes much deeper than that.

Stress to anyone’s system is perceived or interpreted by key control systems of the body

  • The limbic / Emotional
  • Hormonal
  • Visceral
  • Nervous
  • Musculoskeletal
  • Plus a few key sub-systems

It is worth noting that each system requires an appropriate level of stress to maintain homeostasis. Not all stress is actually bad, what is bad is an amount of stress where the system can no longer maintain the balance that it is constantly trying to maintain.

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HOW DO I IMPROVE MY METABOLISM? BROOKVALE, SYDNEY

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METABOLIC RATE & REVERSE DIETING 

If you rarely get hungry & have been living on low calorie diets for as long as you can remember there is a possibility that metabolic rate is not operating as ideally as possible. I often get clients coming to me complaining of never getting hungry & only eating minimal amounts of nutrition.

Often a history of under eating, skipping meals & over exercsing has led to a natural down regualtion of metabolic rate & thyroid hormones.

In this situation it does not matter how many more meals you skip or gym sessions you do, until you start to revere these natural negative adaptations to the metabolic rate fat loss, vitality, recoverability & training performance will all be well below ideal – this is very common!

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