Paleo Diet and the Twelve Minute Fitness Program
The Paleo Diet is slowing taking off and gaining broader acceptance.
In many ways, it’s similar to the Atkin’s Diet, following a similar theory of insulin resistance and blood chemistry. But it’s driving forces are very different different- whereas Atkin’s was formulated on the concept that carbs were bad and the cause of weight gain, and not much else, the Paleo Diet is formulated on an evolutionary analysis of the human diet. Basically, our bodies are an evolved response to our environment and as a result what’s best for our bodies is what was typically available to our ancestors for millions of years. But more than just hand-waving and guessing, the Paleo community is really dedicated to research and confirmation of its theories. Popular blogs are awash with postings of research studies and comments from very well studied chemists, biologists, and self-taught enthusiasts.
It’s the natural sibling of the HIT movement - high intensity training - which argues that short training (as little as twelve minutes) once a week will produce more and better results then training hours several times a week. Both have an incredible enthusiasm for research confirmation and exploration of the best way to train and feed our bodies. And both draw a lot of their inspiration from evolutionary analysis of human physiology. Many of the figures in one are involved in the other, and we will discuss both more frequently down the road. InnerPlate.com is a diet tool and psychological approach that’s focused on tracking food consumed and feedback on how you are doing and how that correlates to your weight loss. Its principles and philosophies are based on performance psychology, and recognition of only one diet and exercise principle- exercise doesn’t cause your to lose weight.
Of course, some people will say that’s ludicrous, and it surely does because it burns calories and calories in = weight gain/loss. Yes, that’s true, but practically speaking it doesn’t cause weight loss, and well constructed studies have shown this. The reasons are pretty simple:
- You don’t have time in the day to do enough exercise to produce meaningful weight loss.
- The impact of calorie reduction is far more important.
- Activities tend to make you hungry, and it’s easy to overcompensate and wipe our any marginal calories burned.
- the stress on your life losing 10 hours a week to the gym is pretty harsh, making it hard to find the time to focus on food. We can only focus on so much, and it can be better to focus on food.
- The metabolic advantage of muscle is overrated. If you gain 5 lbs of lean muscle, you may burn an extra 250 calories a day. But some studies have put it as low as 50 calories for 5lbs lean muscle gained. And in any event, your body will likely be 250 calories “hungrier”, making your sustainable calorie deficit the same.
And that’s what the core to weight loss is- finding and maximizing your sustainable calorie deficit. What is yours and how can you improve it?
This is where food selection and exercise can be critical. While we haven’t talked much about these, focusing on the tracking, feedback, and instinct development, we are seeing the need.
So, in order to help our members move forward more effectively, we will be discussing in our blog and on twitter more food selection and exercise considerations, with a strong emphasis on FINDING WHAT WORKS FOR YOU. InnerPlate.com provides an amazing tool for tracking your patterns over time and learning about things like 1) your true basal metabolic rate (BMR) and stable daily calories, and 2) what kind of foods to eat and when to maximize your sustainable calorie deficit. Within this framework, you can experiment with different eating and exercise patterns and continually improve on your progress. There is just one rule of Inner Plate dieting- DON’T STOP TRACKING!
If interested in Paleo Dieting or High Intensity Training (in only 12 minutes a week) have a look at our blog roll on the bottom right side of our blog. As we add new entries to our blog roll, we’ll tweet and discuss them in the blog.
The Paleo Diet is slowing taking off and gaining broader acceptance.
In many ways, it’s similar to the Atkin’s Diet, following a similar theory of insulin resistance and blood chemistry. But it’s driving forces are very different different- whereas Atkin’s was formulated on the concept that carbs were bad and the cause of weight gain, and not much else, the Paleo Diet is formulated on an evolutionary analysis of the human diet. Basically, our bodies are an evolved response to our environment and as a result what’s best for our bodies is what was typically available to our ancestors for millions of years. But more than just hand-waving and guessing, the Paleo community is really dedicated to research and confirmation of its theories. Popular blogs are awash with postings of research studies and comments from very well studied chemists, biologists, and self-taught enthusiasts.
It’s the natural sibling of the HIT movement - high intensity training - which argues that short training (as little as twelve minutes) once a week will produce more and better results then training hours several times a week. Both have an incredible enthusiasm for research confirmation and exploration of the best way to train and feed our bodies. And both draw a lot of their inspiration from evolutionary analysis of human physiology. Many of the figures in one are involved in the other, and we will discuss both more frequently down the road. InnerPlate.com is a diet tool and psychological approach that’s focused on tracking food consumed and feedback on how you are doing and how that correlates to your weight loss. Its principles and philosophies are based on performance psychology, and recognition of only one diet and exercise principle- exercise doesn’t cause your to lose weight.
Of course, some people will say that’s ludicrous, and it surely does because it burns calories and calories in = weight gain/loss. Yes, that’s true, but practically speaking it doesn’t cause weight loss, and well constructed studies have shown this. The reasons are pretty simple:
- You don’t have time in the day to do enough exercise to produce meaningful weight loss.
- The impact of calorie reduction is far more important.
- Activities tend to make you hungry, and it’s easy to overcompensate and wipe our any marginal calories burned.
- the stress on your life losing 10 hours a week to the gym is pretty harsh, making it hard to find the time to focus on food. We can only focus on so much, and it can be better to focus on food.
- The metabolic advantage of muscle is overrated. If you gain 5 lbs of lean muscle, you may burn an extra 250 calories a day. But some studies have put it as low as 50 calories for 5lbs lean muscle gained. And in any event, your body will likely be 250 calories “hungrier”, making your sustainable calorie deficit the same.
And that’s what the core to weight loss is- finding and maximizing your sustainable calorie deficit. What is yours and how can you improve it?
This is where food selection and exercise can be critical. While we haven’t talked much about these, focusing on the tracking, feedback, and instinct development, we are seeing the need.
So, in order to help our members move forward more effectively, we will be discussing in our blog and on twitter more food selection and exercise considerations, with a strong emphasis on FINDING WHAT WORKS FOR YOU. InnerPlate.com provides an amazing tool for tracking your patterns over time and learning about things like 1) your true basal metabolic rate (BMR) and stable daily calories, and 2) what kind of foods to eat and when to maximize your sustainable calorie deficit. Within this framework, you can experiment with different eating and exercise patterns and continually improve on your progress. There is just one rule of Inner Plate dieting- DON’T STOP TRACKING!
If interested in Paleo Dieting or High Intensity Training (in only 12 minutes a week) have a look at our blog roll on the bottom right side of our blog. As we add new entries to our blog roll, we’ll tweet and discuss them in the blog.
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