Get Fit for Spring: Dieting

     Ok, its February now and the first month of people pretending to go to the gym for their New Year's Resolution is behind us.  You probably still have those extra 5-10 lbs you gained during the Christmas holidays lingering with you as your pants are just a little too tight for comfort.  Well, Spring is just around the corner, which means warm weather, beaches, pools, sunscreen, and 95% of the population making a futile attempt to suck in their gut to look slimmer with their shirt off! 

    So lets just move on to how we can prevent what we all dread every year and start looking and feeling our best!.  Here is the plan, it is not going to be fun.  If it were easy, everyone would have abs like "The Situation" (actually I'm not impressed with his abs but that's what he's known for so I use him as an example).  Lets start with diet.  I am not going to reiterate what I've previously written about proper nutrition, you can go back and re-read them, but I will say that the key to losing the tire, muffin top, whatever you want to call it, around your waist is a good diet. 

     Here is my "diet plan" that I feel will help you reach your goal

Breakfast: 1 part Protein, 1 part Complex Carb
Mid Morning: 1 part Protein, 1 part Complex Carb
Lunch :1 part Protein, 1 part Complex Carb
Mid day: 1 Part Protein, 1 part Complex Carb
Dinner: 1 part Protein only

     Yes it's monotanous and boring, but it works.  Notice I haven't defined what indicates a "Protein" and a "Complex Carb", that's because I am going to let you fire the extra neuron in your brain and have you think about what they would be.  In general, stay away from the fried foods, sugar, and white breads.  Really you should stay away from bread period, but I leave that up to you.  Stick with the small, more frequent meals like described above and you will have one part of the puzzle to looking "beach ready" in a relatively short period of time. 

****Side Note: If you go breaking your diet too much, you will NOT lose weight.  I can't tell you how many times I have written diet plans specificaly designed for people to lose weight, then they complain to me that it is too hard.  Well I guess they didn't want the "beach ready" body they said they wanted! If Aron Ralston can suvive for 5 days with his arm crushed by an 800 lb boulder, you can go for a couple of days without Fast food and Coca-Cola! I'm just sayin'........

In Good Health,

Dr. Ara