Lose Weight Fast and Increase Brain Power

The secret to losing weight has never changed. Eat less.

The real secret is the realization that we don’t need as much as we think.

The real obstacle is the lizard brain that for a million years won’t let us starve ourselves. In fact, when it senses we are getting less calories than we are burning, it shuts down our calorie burning metabolism.

It’s us vs the lizard brain. Who will win?

I have never been one to starve myself. No one in my family is anorexic, but everyone believes in fitness and weight control.

In the last 6 years I have dropped 30 pounds. I have had to convince myself that I could live off less. I have always had an active physical fitness program. It has never been the secret to losing weight.

I have generally cut down my intake in phases. Each phase resulted in a loss of another 10 pounds.

If you make a leap of faith that you don’t need as much as you eat, but instill balance you could lose weight very fast without starving.

What do I eat now? I wake at 5 a.m. and start writing. I have two cups of coffee and a smoothie with fruit and protein. I make a smoothie that has at least 4 glasses that I consume during the day. Between 9 and 10 I run 1,000  steps at the beach and may run a half mile on the hard sand. I exercise 5 days and take two days off in between days. Several days a week I will surf for half an hour.

If you are comparing your consumption also consider I weigh 190 pounds.

I write again in the late morning and then again at night.

Somewhere in mid morning I will make half a tuna melt or a fish taco. In the afternoon I may have some chips or more smoothie. For dinner I have a vegetable salad with more tuna. I have half a Snickers bar for dessert. Before I go to bed I have a bowl of oat meal with some cantaloupe.

You can have light snacks during the day as you need them. No Big Macs.

I haven’t had cooked meat in three months.

In the first two months of this diet I lost 7 pounds. I never starved.  My weight has since stabilized.

What I have learned is that my body doesn’t need much and enjoys consuming less. I have the energy to keep increasing my exercise and to write with focused attention.

The important ingredients to keep alert are minimum food and few carbohydrates other than fruit or vegetables and no bad fats or refined sugar. No soda. Protein, hydration, and Omega 3 are the brain’s best friends.

Everyday I exercise, write for several hours, and sleep well.

The more weight I lose the easier it is on my body to exercise and the better I feel. The less I eat, the better my brain functions. I am never sick and haven’t been for at least 5 years.

Over all fitness, performance, and self esteem can grow tremendously when you slay the lizard brain.