In this video we'll discuss the top weight loss myths that are stopping you from achieving
your weight loss goals.
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Now in this video we're going to talk about the top weight loss myths. Now the reason
this came is because recently, a patient came to me and said, "Hey, you know what, I think
if I lose weight I'm going to feel so much better. And I'm going to be just happier about
my body and everything." And I said, "Well yeah, I agree with that." And then the next
thing I said is, "Well what is your plan?" And unfortunately, her plan was basically,
all of these different weight loss fad things that were going to set her down the wrong
path and set her up for failure. And I thought to myself, if she's struggling with this,
I bet a lot of other people are as well. So let's go ahead and discuss some of the top
weight loss myths and things that you need to avoid.
First, eating breakfast is going to boost your metabolism. You eat this big great breakfast
in the morning and then it's going to boost your metabolism, so you burn fat all day long.
Well this couldn't be further from the truth. As a matter of fact, this makes life a whole
lot more difficult, because you eat that big breakfast, you have to watch more about the
calories, or really track the calories you're eating throughout the rest of the day. It
makes things more complicated. You know what makes things easy, especially when it comes
to weight loss, and gets you great results? Skipping breakfast, doing intermittent fasting,
burning fat all morning long, and then breaking your fast in the afternoon. It makes it so
that you're automatically consuming less calories throughout the day, and it's going to help
you get better results. So like easy. I don' t like to make things complicated. Intermittent
fasting is one of the fastest ways to not only lose weight, but make the whole weight
loss process less complicated.
Fat makes you fat. Now this couldn't be further from the truth. This has been peddled from
the dietary industry for so many years. And it couldn't...it's just so false! First of
all, fat is good to consume. Good fats are not only going to be satiating, and help you
consume less calories throughout the day. But they're also going to even help you burn
fat. Now the other thing about good, healthy fats, is they're absolutely necessary for
your overall bodily function. Your nervous system needs them, your brain needs them,
your brain needs these good fats, you need these good fats. So don't buy into this "fat
makes you fat." For years, when I was growing up, this was the only thing that was out there,
"You gotta avoid fat if you don't want to get fat." We know that that's false. Don't
buy into that. Good healthy fats are going to really help you lose weight.
Now simply eat less and exercise more. Now, this is bad advice because, first of all we
want to make sure that we're eating good quality foods. It's not just about eating less. And
the other thing about this is that, when it comes to exercise and nutrition, it's a 50/50
thing. If you're trying to lose weight, you can't just do exercise and you can't just
do the nutrition part of it. You need to do both. So you need to focus on a good healthy
diet and also exercise together, and that's how you're going to get the best results.
Follow a weight loss diet and eat diet foods. A couple of things about that, first of all,
a lot of these diet foods are total garbage and a lot of these diet foods are loaded with
things like artificial sweeteners; like sucralose or event these artificial sweeteners, like
aspartame. Now the other thing that I don't like about follow a weight loss diet, is that,
when we look at the weight loss diets, they's in more cases are just total garbage, okay.
The reason that most people fail with them is because it sets them up with unsustainable
practices.
I can't tell you how many times the local hospital has worked with my patients and said,
"Well, you know what, we're going to help you lose weight." And so they put them on
this big fad weight loss diet plan. They're paying a fortune for these pre-packaged meals.
And they lose 20, 30, 40 pounds. Guess what? The come off of them because the can no longer
afford the meals and they gain all the weight back, okay. Don't buy into this stuff. You
want to just follow a good ketogenic diet or low carb diet. Basically, the difference
is, a low carb diet will just offer you a little bit more carbs to consume on a daily
basis than the keto diet will.
So what you want to do is focus on those diets. Don't buy into all of these pre-packaged foods,
and all these things that are just designed to empty your wallet. Like I said, "The weight
loss industry is awful!" The reason it's awful is because they're just emptying people’s
pockets because they're preying on people's emotional wants, and there's a huge lack of
integrity when it comes to the weight loss industry out there. So don't be a part of
it and just do some of these things I'm telling you in this video. Now the other thing I want
to do is if you want to learn more about like intermittent fasting or ketogenic diet, I'll
put links for all the different resources in the description below.
Get weight loss supplements. So weight loss supplements. You know, so many people say,
are going to help you lose that weight. Well, this is false. Most of the weight loss supplements
that even work are doing it by the basis of placebo. And so, when we look at weight loss
supplements, once again, huge, big thing, that's preying on people's emotional wants,
and it's just a big lack of integrity in this area. They don't work, and I'm not a fan,
and I just hope you don't go that route. Now if you want to use some different supplements,
focus on the basics. A good multi-vitamin and mineral, focus on a good fish oil, focus
on probiotics. Science says again and again that these are going to fulfill some of your
basic needs. And so, focus on that, but don't do this stuff.
Next, everyone loses weight equally. Okay, this is not true at all. Everybody shows up
to the starting line of weight loss completely different, okay. So let's say your friends
and co-workers are all trying to lose weight. You know, this person over here, the weight
loss just flies off. This person, it goes pretty fast, and then you come along and you
can't get things to budge. Everyone approaches weight loss differently. Some people are going
to have a lot of inflammation. Some people are going to have a lot of hormone dysregulation
in the way of metabolic hormones.
And then, the other thing is that some people are going to be maybe suffering from a condition.
If you're female, you could have PCOS, which is going to block weight loss. And so everybody's
going to show up differently. Here's the thing, keep your head up, keep a smile on our face,
and keep charging forward, because the big thing is persistence here. The big deal is
that some people are going to have to go through a healing period before they ever actually
get to the weight loss period, okay. So if your body has just kind of focusing on down-regulating
inflammation, balancing out metabolic hormones, let it do it's thing and just keep persisting
through 'cause the weight loss will come. But everybody is going to lose weight differently,
so don't compare yourself to others.
Next here is all calories are created equal. This is something that I see a lot in the
fitness industry, where they just say, "Calories in/Calories out," and you have to be at a
calorie deficit, and that's all that matters, okay. No, all calories are not created equal.
Eating a piece of white bread versus eating a sweet potato, they're both carbohydrates,
right? But one has no nutrient quality and one has a lot of nutrient density to it, okay.
So all calories are not created equal. That's why following a good, healthy diet is very
important. Like I said, ketogenic diet, low carb diet. But don't buy into, "It's just
about measuring your calories and eating whatever you want." That's going to set you up for
failure because a lot of these foods are highly inflammatory, highly processed, and they're
going to mess you up. So follow a good, healthy diet, and don't buy into "All calories are
created equal."
You just need to exercise more. So this is something I find interesting, because a lot
of people based on whatever is more comfortable for them, they tend to go that route. So if
eating healthier is more comfortable for you. You tend to just really double-down on just
eating healthy, and if exercise is more easy for you, then you tend to just double-down
on just, I'm going to exercise like a mad person. And so, the thing is, is that when
I talk to people and they say, "Here's how I'm going to focus on losing weight. I'm just
going to focus on my diet." I say, "Well, you need to do exercise too." And recently
the person said, I'm just going to start exercising more. I said, "Mm-mm, nope, hold off on exercising.
Don't do that because you're going to go to the gym. You're going to feel terrible, and
you're going to want to give up." Because eating a low quality diet, being overweight,
and pushing exercise hard, is going to be very uncomfortable.
So I said, "I want you to focus on your diet, focus on nutrition, double-down there. After
you do that for two weeks, then start exercising." And they said, "Okay, all right, that'll work."
But here's the deal, it's a 50/50 thing. You can't just exercise and you can't just focus
on diet. You need to do both. And when you look at, "I'm just going to keep exercising
more," it's a bad idea. Because if you're going into that exercise without fixing up
your diet first, you're going to just be doomed for failure.
And so anyway, here are some of the top weight loss myths. Like I said, I will put links
to intermittent fasting and the ketogenic diet, and some of my top weight loss techniques
that I recommend all in the description below. So be sure to give this video a thumbs up,
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