Page 27 - Bliss Planet March 2018 Health And Wellness Magazine
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Strategy is our action plan.
Our story and state need to
be in the right place before
we can execute on strategy.
This goes back to the idea
of mobilizing emotional and
spiritual resources before
taking physical action.
You say that lean muscle
mass is the single-most-
important of metabolism
that is within our
control. Why is weight
resistance training such
an important thing for us
to be doing?
Resistance training is the most critical and neglected
component of exercise and lean muscle mass is the
single most important component of metabolism that
we can influence. People with more lean muscle mass
have better posture, are less likely to fall, live longer,
look better, and most importantly, for the purposes of Turbo Metabolism, they
burn more fat even at rest because muscles burn fat. People with more lean
mass can give in to the temptation to eat off plan occasionally and still burn it
off!
What is your best advice regarding meal timing and frequency?
A lot research is happening with regards to meal timing and frequency. The
body is designed to have periods of fasting cycling with periods of feeding.
Thus, if we can time our meals to create sufficient fasting periods in between
feedings, the body has a chance to go into fat burning mode. One way to do
this would be to restrict our eating to an 8-hour window between 9 AM and 5
PM. thus fasting for the remaining 16 hours from 5 PM until 9 AM the next day.
What role does water play in Turbo Metabolism and how much water
should we drink in a day?
We often mistake thirst for hunger. Therefore, drinking half your body weight
in ounces of water every day is a good rule of thumb. So if you weigh 200
pounds, you would drink 100 ounces of water a day. Also, having a tall glass
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