Dieting For Fat Loss Part 3

Fat Burning Diets Answers To The Dieting Question

This is the third and final chapter in the Dieting For Fat Loss series. In parts one and two, we discussed the nuts and bolts of how to structure your diet for maximal and sustainable fat loss.

 Additionally, we addressed the cold hard “fat loss facts” that are truly non-negotiable if fat burning, muscle maintenance, performance, and overall health and are your goals (which they must be if you want to guarantee your success).

Now it’s time to put the finishing touches on the fat burning diet foundation that has already been laid down. In this post, we will fill in the blanks and provide answers to the important questions that rarely get answered in an honest and straightforward way. I chose the following topics because they are some of the most common concerns of dieting for fat loss.

The Question Of Protein Needs In Your Diet

The first issue I’d like to address is protein requirement. If you’ve been in the fat loss/fitness game for any period of time, I’m sure you’ve had just about every expert drill into your head the need for a very high protein intake for muscle building and fat burning.

I myself was a victim of the same rhetoric early in my training career, and I bear the scars of believing this flawed theory. In fact, I’ve wasted thousands of dollars on protein supplements, amino acids and enough steaks to feed an army.  In the end, none of helped helped my wallet, my health or my level of fitness.

You see, when I first bought into the high protein theory, I was eating two grams of protein per pound of bodyweight daily. Like an obedient soldier, I religiously followed this protocol for two straight years. During this time, I would hear my internal “protein alarm” sound off every 2 ½ hours; if I didn’t get a huge serving of protein within minutes of this alarm, I wasn’t very pleasant to be around.

What was I thinking?

Looking back, I was a real tool!  There I was, carrying my Tupperware (loaded with some type of flesh) everywhere I went. Like a drug addict, I was the guy walking out of the party to go to my car to get my “protein fix”.

Even with all of this sacrifice, dedication and sticktoitiveness, I did not get any leaner, stronger or more muscular during this time. Not even a little bit! Actually, considering I got no noticeable benefits from eating all of this additional protein, it is surprising that I stuck with it for two long years.

The truth is that I was scared to stop eating all of that protein

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