What's up guys! Carlo Macapinlac here from NewbieFitnessAcademy.com. I help busy professionals
reach their fat loss goals so they can feel more confident, be ready for any situation,
and get the most out of their lives. And in this video, i'm gonna answer a very common
question that I get asked all the time. Why is it so hard for me to lose weight? I'm
gonna give you a hint. It's not your fault. If you're new to the channel, make sure
you hit that subscribe button to get notified every time I post a new video every week.
Alright, let's dive in.
Okay, how many times have you heard someone tell you this cookie cutter advice that if
why am i not losing weight, just eat less and move more? Your doctor probably told you that.
And it should work. Right? Hhhmmm not so fast. Now, one of the most unfair things that we
do to people is that we tell them that it's their fault why is it so hard for me to lose weight.
We say things like oh, they've let themselves go, they just don't take care of themselves,
and they must have no will power as if the weight problems that they're suffering from
is their fault. A common thing that I hear from my private coaching clients when I first
meet with them because they're in so much pain and they're not getting results is
this statement, "what am I doing wrong?"
And what it really comes down to is that we believe in this calories in vs calories out
model. Right? And almost everyone I know including their dog has tried to lose weight using that
principle. And therefore, since we're in control of the calories in and calories out,
if you don't lose weight from it then it's somehow your fault. That is, the person who's
suffering from the disease of obesity for example is at fault for causing that disease
and the evidence to support this really doesn't exist. It's almost never worked for anyone
for a sustainable amount of time.
Now, raise your hand if you've had a hard time losing weight despite following the dietary
guidelines that your doctor, or some nutritional expert told you to follow. But you actually
followed them but you didn't get results and you felt like a complete failure. Now
the standard belief in the diet community is that you have emotional issues, and you
just don't care about your health. And if you only cared a little bit, you'd eat less
and move more. It's soooo simple. You must have no will power at all. Sound familiar?
So, let's talk about the obesity epidemic that's happening right now because that's
what it really comes down to. An epidemic that happened in the US around 38 years ago.
Americans were actually never this fat. And there's a reason for this. So if you look
at studies, the prevalence of obesity increased significantly among adult men and women between
1980 to 2000. And 1980 is an important year that we'll get to in a second here. Now
here are some scary numbers. The overweight percentages for the overall US population
has steadily climbed since 1980 reaching 39% in 1997, 44% in 2004, 56% in 2007, and 63%
in 2008. In 2010, the (CDC) reported even higher numbers counting 65.7% of American
adults as overweight, and 17% of American children, children! And according to the CDC,
63% of teenage girls become overweight by age 11. They estimated that 3/4 of the American
population will likely be overweight or obese by 2020. (rub face)
Now, I mentioned earlier that 1980 was an important year so let's talk about that
real quick. That is the year when the USDA started publishing dietary guidelines for
Americans. Here's the first one. And this should give you an idea about everything that's
wrong with today's modern American diet. They told us to eat a variety of foods, maintain
ideal weight, avoid too much fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol, and if you're still
in the dark about this, eating saturated fat and cholesterol is NOT bad for you. You need
cholesterol for your hormones. Your body makes it. And eating fat will not make you fat,
contrary to popular belief. That's like one of the biggest nutrition myths of all
time. Nonetheless, this is what we've been led to believe for decades and it's based
on very weak science at best. I'm gonna put a link to one of my videos somewhere at
the top here if you wanna know about this. I'm also gonna put some links in the description
box.) Going back to the guideline, it says eat foods with adequate starch and fibre,
avoid too much sugar, avoid too much sodium, meaning salt. And this is another myth because
you need salt in your body. You'll diet without it. And lastly, if you drink alcohol,
do so in moderation. They also said that if you limit your fat intake, you should also
increase your calories from carbs to supply your body's energy needs. How many of you
keep a jug of low fat skimmed milk in your fridge that you use for your cereal? The major
health hazard from eating sugar according to the guideline is tooth decay. Freaking
tooth decay! It literally says right there. Contrary to widespread popular opinion, too
much sugar does NOT seem to cause diabetes. That is insane!!! This is giving me a headache
right now just reading this. This is how the US government started the discussion with
Americans with their diet and the rest of the world followed along. What happened since
then is that obesity has steadily risen in the US. So if you think about it, in 2017
there are 325 million people in the US. 65% of them or 211 million people are either overweight
or obese. Now, I'm from Canada and the obesity numbers here aren't much better. As of 2017,
research done by the Public Health Agency of Canada has reported that 64% of Canadian
adults over the age of 18 are overweight or obese, almost the same as the US and 60% of children
aged 5-17 are suffering from weight problems. That's pretty scary.
So, the American dietary guideline was established in 1980, we were told to follow it, generally
everyone did. They cut back on saturated fat, they started eating more vegetable oils, they
started eating more simple carbs, and now we have an obesity epidemic. Can we really
blame people for not having the will power to stick to their diets? Can you really blame
yourself for having such a hard time losing weight?
Now let's say you have a classroom of about 100 students. And if one of those student
fails well that's their fault. They didn't study. It happens all the time. But if all
of a sudden, you have about 65 students out of 100 failing, then you simply can't say
that it's the students fault. That's ridiculous. It's clearly the teachers fault for not
giving the right information. When it comes to diet and obesity, what we have are 65%
of the students failing and yet we turn around and blame those students. It makes no sense!
And a lot of the research community, and so called experts, dietitians, and the nutiritionists
still consider the first law of thermodynamics as the reason why am i not losing fat. So let's
talk about that. The First Law of Thermodynamics refers to
a law of physics where energy cannot be created or destroyed in a closed system and is ALWAYS
true. However, in the complex world of human physiology,
it's true but completely irrelevant. What the calories in vs calories out people think
it means is that if you reduce calories in, you'll lose weight. Of course, it means
nothing of the sort because the human body is way more complicated than that and I think
it's almost incomprehensibly naively simplistic to think about it that way. It's lazy. And
just wrong. But nonetheless that's still how the majority of experts think about weight
loss. So who gets the blame here? Doctors? Dieticians?
Food companies? Who? I think it's fair to say that we should blame the dietary guidelines
and the advice that we give to people. This sort of low fat, count your calories sort
of advice. It simply hasn't worked. It's been 38 years of us trying to follow it and
all it's caused is an obesity epidemic. This calorie centric model being if you wanna
lose weight, you should take in less calories and burn more through exercise. And this assumption
has guided the USDA guidelines to tell us what we should and shouldn't be eating for
decades. Are you starting to see the big picture here? It simply has not worked.
So this is where the blame game comes in. Right? Nutritional experts, like the government,
doctors, dieticians, can either do two things. They can either say, well, the evidence is
that our advice doesn't work. We're wrong. And the next time they admit they're wrong
would be the first. Or they can simply say well it's not our fault. We're right,
you're wrong. Even though 65% of people are failing. It's your fault. So they shift
the blame from themselves to the general public. And it's a game called blame the victim.
And that's where a lot of people find themselves. You followed the guidelines, it didn't work.
So you assume it's your fault. But this is completely out of your control. This is
beyond any will power issues that a lot of people struggle with on a day to day basis.
It's simply not your fault.
Okay, the next question then becomes, how are you actually supposed to eat if you wanna
lose weight? Do you have a proven plan that you can follow? To help you with that, I wanna
give you a free copy of my Lean Body Blueprint. This is how I melted all the fat around my
stomach and turned it into a six pack without going on a crazy diet or wasting hours at
the gym. It's a simple 4 step process specifically designed for busy professionals and it's
the exact same blueprint that I teach all my private coaching clients and they've
all gone to see some amazing results. If you want to be the next success story then download
your free copy of the lean body blueprint right now. There's gonna be a link in the
description box. Just click on it, type in your email, and I'll send it to you right
away.
Alright, that's all I've got. Give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it and share
it with your friends. Please subscribe to my channel if you haven't already, I post
a new video every week. And hey, leave me a comment below if you found this video helpful
of if you have any questions about why is it so hard for me to lose weight. Thanks for watching and
I'll see you in the comments section! Virtual high five!
Không có nhận xét nào:
Đăng nhận xét