3 Things to Fix if You Wanna Get Ripped!

bodbuds
Jul 15, 2014
4 min read

Dear Body Buds,

Have you ever wondered why you're not "ripped?" You might laugh because you KNOW why you aren't ripped--and that's okay! I hope you are working to improve and to become healthy! But what about those who feel they are doing the right things? You might be someone who eats healthily and “clean” foods (don’t get me started on that word; read more to find out why), and exercises regularly. By all appearances, you’re doing very well with your heathy lifestyle and fitness efforts. So what’s holding you back? Does your body not have the capability like other people do?

I used to wonder this very thing! Until I learned the principles and was able to see it happen FOR REAL in my own body! I took this photo 3 weeks ago, and this isn't even close to my leanest! The power of KNOWLEDGE and APPLICATION is incredible! And I want to share this with you! :)

I’d like to go through 3 reasons that you are not achieving that ultra-ripped look that you see over-glamourized in fitness magazines, on commercials, and all over social media. Does that mean you need to be striving for this appearance? Absolutely not. In fact, I talk about this in Chapter 18 of the The Power Foods Lifestyle. This chapter is called The Pursuit of Perfection. Every single person will have a different perspective on the ideal appearance, and it is important that we each strive to be our own best self, not to meet the image we think others expect of us! If you are someone who enjoys pushing your body to extremes (like I do!), then go for it, but do it the healthy way. And if you are someone who is happy with wherever you are at, then stay there, but do it the healthy way. I encourage you to read that chapter in your copy of the PFL as well as continue on in this blog post:

1. You are mixing too many carbohydrates with too many fats.

Carbohydrates and Fats are both energy nutrients, and provide your body with good nutrients and the energy you need for everyday life. However, their roles are different, and our body’s responses to these two macronutrients are different. Carbohydrates’ primary role is to provide glucose to your brain and muscles, as well as to be stored as glycogen, while Fats’ main role is to serve as transporters for important vitamins. The problem when you eat too many carbs and fats in the same meal is that you get your insulin surging to help absorb the glucose from the carbs, which then turns your body into a fat-storing environment. In very small portions, this is not a problem. But when you have over-consumed foods with these macros, your body just does as it is told—which is to store the fuel that is coming its way.

In The Power Foods Lifestyle, I teach you how to separate your carbs from your fats, and how to use them strategically at different times of the day to optimize their role and keep your body in a fat-burning environment. Join an 8-week Challenge or schedule a Skype consultation with me to get the real-life approach to the strategies I teach in The Power Foods Lifestyle. Or, you can begin making meals that I share in The Power Foods Lifestyle Recipe Book, Volume I.

2. You are overeating “clean” foods.

All too often, I conduct a consultation for an individual who is overeating clean foods. First of all, I really dislike the word “clean foods,” (although I hashtag it on Instagram because so many people use it, ha ha) as there is no clear definition of a clean food! On the other hand, I use the term “Power Food” often--you may watch this video to learn my definition.

When we eat Power Foods, we can more easily balance our meals into PVC meals, and PVF meals (refer to the training videos on the Body Buddies website if these are unfamiliar phrases to you). This helps us keep our energy nutrients in alignment with each other so we can maximize the fat-burning environment while giving our bodies the energy and nutrients they need.

The bottom line to eating food is that it doesn’t matter how “healthy” something is, we cannot and should not overeat! Anything you put in your mouth WILL have a consequence in your body, whether you think a nutrition label tells you otherwise or not. IT WILL. Your body is a very complex system of processes that works incredibly well! When you respect that and seek to understand how it needs to be fed, you can better manage the fuel you give it, resulting in a look and feel that you love!

3. You haven’t eliminated the hidden sugars from your diet.

In the hundreds, if not thousands, of meal plans I have put together over the past couple of years for my clients, the 8-week PFL Challengers, and myself, I have occasionally thrown a meal plan into an actual vitamin/mineral/nutrient calculator.

I have consistently noticed that my PFL meal plans result in an average 20-35 grams sugar daily (which is close to the World Health Organization’s recommended sugar intake for adults). This is dramatically lower than the average adult daily sugar intake which several different organizations have reported as between 70 and 100 grams per day. Start eating the PFL way and you will naturally be dropping that sugar intake down, which will promote weight loss, reduce your risk of diabetes, and help you avoid cravings with much greater ease! Eating sugar always stimulates wanting more sugar!

I encourage you to check out my Custom Coaching plans which are extremely affordable (I have payment plans) and the best way to allow me to not only help you reach your goal, but give you the tools and knowledge to help you maintain that goal.