Never Let Your Fire Go Out!
Isn’t it highly ironic that most fat people are actually starving themselves? Sad, but true. There is gluttony, but there are also many well-intentioned people who simply do not understand the correlation between caloric intake – what, when and why – and how ignoring their fire by going long stretches without eating is the very thing that robs them of energy, makes them feel lethargic and leaves them cold and listless with little desire or ability to get up and move.
Everybody knows by now not to eat sugar. However, most people don’t know that you can very easily and effectively control your need and desire for sugar, if you know how to build and maintain your fire. Many people say they just have a huge sweet tooth, but this is almost always because they’re just not eating correctly. They wait till their blood sugar level drops to 80 mg/dL or lower in the Danger Zone, then the vagus nerve clamors for sugar, which they’re more than willing to provide. Shoving this sugar in their face without the appropriate proteins and fats to balance it is throwing gasoline on their fire. So, their blood sugar soars as high as 150 mg/dL. It drops back to 80 mg/dL and they toss on more gasoline.
I’ve had some clients tell me, “Well, that’s just how I am. That’s how my whole family is. We like sugar.”
No, your family just doesn’t know how to make a fire. Nobody taught you how to make a real fire. After I teach one of them to make a good fire, they’ll begin to notice how their family eats and realize why obesity is becoming the largest (pun intended) epidemic in America.
However, tossing gasoline on the fire is the only way they know to keep it going. This dangerous method is merely burning down the house. Never toss gasoline on your fire! I show people a new way to eat – how to properly build a fire and maintain it – by knowing what log to place upon the fire at the proper time. By mastering the fire within, you will change your life, your family members’ lives and eventually you’ll change the world. It happens one meal and one mouthful at a time. You no longer need to be a slave to sugar.
Many people think that obesity is genetic. It is more accurate to say that if you’re family is fat, odds are you will be too. However, this has more to do with copying bad habits than any aberration in your DNA. The problem with your jeans popping at the seams is rarely, if ever, caused by faulty genes. The majority of fat people don’t know how to make a fire, having learned their meal-preparation skills from another large person who also has no knowledge of the science behind eating.
If you place an infant in an obese household, regardless of his genetics, he’s going to learn how to build a fire just like the others. You are what you eat and you learn by mimicking others – namely your parents or guardians.
Bodybuilders and top athletes know how to make excellent fires. This allows all body types to compete. If you know how to build an effective and efficient furnace, then you will be able to rise to that top 1% – the crème de la crème. Only then will genetics play a more significant role, for it is true that some people are genetically predisposed to being “great.” The rest is science, experience and the wisdom to wield what you’ve been given at a master’s level. I do sympathize with those who’ve made it 98% of the way only to realize they are capped genetically. But no sympathy is given to someone at 50% who just doesn’t build the right type of fire. If you are obese, you CAN lose weight. Everyone can. I challenge you to test this knowledge!
Now, let’s check that fire. Whenever you throw that log on at night, you have to be careful. At nighttime, there can be dew, fog or an overnight drizzle or wind that could flare up which might put out your fire, especially since no one may be watching it.
You should look for a safe log for your fire at night, to help bank it till morning. You need a solid, dry log that will last a long time. Green, wet or rotten wood…isn’t good. Gasoline on an unattended fire is catastrophic! So, the log that is put upon your fire just before bedtime is the most crucial log of the day.
One of the best logs to use in properly banking your nighttime fire is cottage cheese. Why? Because it’s high in calcium caseinate. This is an excellent, slow-burning protein that will help bank that big log from your last meal and burn it all the way to its core. Toss in a few walnuts to help you get to sleep since they have tryptophan. They also help balance the cottage cheese and you are left with one of the best logs for banking your fire. Any other log low in sugar or carbs while high in protein and fat should work, too.
With this approach, you are well on your way to a successful lifestyle. I don’t believe you have to eat organic tofu to lose weight or any other insane food. Yet, you do have to eat properly balanced meals never more than 3 hours apart and you must limit your sugar intake. Remember my tips on how to keep yourself from craving sugars.
Our fuel is the heart of our fire. It makes a world of difference, and I attribute 80% of success in losing weight to proper meal planning.