All day long I talk with clients, and one question I often ask them is why they believe they have gotten to the point where they are not experiencing the quality of life they would like to be living.  The number one reason I get is that they believe they eat too much food…..and that food is bad!  What!?  At this point, I usually chuckle a little bit, and try to tell them that, in fact, food is not the enemy; food is the best friend they could ever have.  I also tell them that the truth of the matter is that they are probably not over eating, but, rather, under eating.  Our bodies are wired to take in small, frequent meals throughout the day.  Many times, people who are overweight are actually just not putting enough fuel in the tank in small frequent doses to make their bodies run effectively.

Think about it this way:  You get up and get in your car in the morning.  You put your key in the ignition, crank it up, and shift into drive, but your gas tank is empty.  No matter how hard you push that accelerator, your car is just simply not going to go anywhere.  The same is true for your body.  You have got to realize that if you don’t have enough food in your body, which is essentially the fuel to keep your engine running, your machine, your body, is not going to run.  Moms usually amaze me the most when it comes to this.  They work 10 to 12-hour days, run kids to soccer practice, choir practice and other activities.  They require so much out of their bodies every single day, and they think they can function on a Slim Fast shake, a cupcake, and a couple of crackers for dinner.

You’ve got to have quality food in the right combination.  You can take in a good quality carb or protein, but not at the right time, and your body isn’t going to be able to metabolize and use it properly.  Small frequent meals are truly the answer.  You will increase your metabolism, burn body fat, increase lean muscle, and reset your metabolism to a higher level so that once you get that 20 pounds off, you never put them back on again. If you want good output, you’ve got to have good input.  Good in, good out.  Crap in, crap out.  It’s really that simple.

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