Those of you that come to RISE will know that we do monthly assessments for our members where we check their progress, talk about how they’re getting on, make recommendations as to what they could tweak in their lifestyle to get better results and so on.
Each month we have a mixture of the existing members and the new ’28 Dayers’ (last few places left on the September on BTW. It’s a busy one as the kids are going back to school, the weather changes and life ‘returns to normal’. Click here to apply or comment below or email jon@myrise.co.uk if you have already replied and are unsure about the next step).
Last month I had to see the 28 Dayers on a separate day due to a planned week of annual leave.
Seeing all these new people back to back and talking to them about what they eat, drink, do for exercise, etc really hit home to me how crap the general guidelines we receive are for how to successfully lose weight and obtain and keep a healthy lifestyle.
With that in mind, I’ve put together the following, slight tongue-in-cheek list of recommendations that I would give to someone looking to GAIN body fat.
If these sound like the sort of thing you’ve been told as a good way to lose weight, then don’t worry, that’s what everyone is told.
But, unless its worked awesomely for you, it might be time to stop listening to these guidelines:
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How to get fat
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1. Eat a very high sugar and processed carbohydrate breakfast with little or no healthy fats and proteins and minimal natural carbs.
This will elevate your insulin levels first thing and put your body in a ‘fat storage mode’ for the rest of the day.
Something like cereal / porridge with toast and a fruit juice is perfect for gaining fat.
2. Eat lots of fruit by itself
Fruit is great for a healthy diet if eaten as part of a balanced meal (carbs, protein and fat in a 2:2:1 ratio), but if you eat it as a stand alone snack if will have similar effects to eating sweets and put you in that ‘fat storage mode’.
3. Drink lots of fruit juices
Freshly squeezed fruit is full of lots of lovely vitamins and, as part of a balanced meal, is great.
At least 90% of the good stuff in a carton of juice will have long since died before it gets to you, so the drink will have similar effects to sugar and water.
4. Switch to low fat foods
The removal of healthy fats and replacement with sugars (or similar things) make it les ‘fatty’ but more ‘fattening’
5. Think of weight gain and loss as ‘calories in vs. calories’ out
This approach will ensure that you try to lose weight by starving your body rather then concentrating on just eating natural, healthy foods in a good balance (that 2:2:1 ratio mentioned above).
This may help you lose weight short term, but research shows you are very likely to regain this weight (and another 8% on average) long term.
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There’s lots of other things you can do to gain fat that we often see ‘experts’ recommend as ways to lose weight.
But these are 5 of the most common we see.
If you’re doing any of them, changing them will help you achieve better results.
As always, any questions, let us know in the comments box below or by emailing jon@myrise.co.uk 🙂
Much love,
Jon “Eat loads more food and fat then when I was fat” Hall
