The 180* Solution to Weight Loss and a Healthier You!!

We all know it comes down diet and exercise.  We are all told that we need to workout at least 3- 5 days a week, and eat small clean lean meals throughout the day.  About 5-6 of them and breakfast is the most important meal of the day.  I have been doing this for a long time, and I was not getting the results I wanted.  Even if I lowered my calories, it didn’t help.  So I decided to do some research.   I first came across intermittent fasting.  I gave this a try.  I got some results, but not perfect results.  I did more research and came across the concept to eat fat to lose fat.  Now this is making a huge impact on my life.  I am actively doing the 180* Solution and getting results!  This goes against everything I was ever taught, but I feel amazing!

The Key Components to the 180* Solution

1.   Intermittent Fasting

2.   High Fat Low Carb Diet

3.   Exercise

4.   Stay Hydrated

Why I gave Intermittent Fasting a try…

I have been struggling to lean out for years.  I have been exercising almost all my life.  I love it!  I crave it!  But I have never had that lean look.  I always have some adipose tissue around the mid-section.  I have change my eating habits so they are pretty clean, but I just manage to maintain.  Not lean out.  The older I get the harder this is.  My weight also fluctuates up and down which is kind of annoying as well.  I heard about this diet from another Beachbody coach.  She eats only 8 hours out of the day.  She eats from 11am-7pm.  That is it!  All her food for the day is packed in those 8 hours.  She is a lean muscle machine!  LOL!  Also her weight does not fluctuate!  So I know it goes against all I have ever learned about how we should eat 5-6 meals a day, and the biggie is breakfast is the most important meal of the day. 
So you can say I have taken the 180 approach to my eating style.  I know eat 6 hours a day 1pm-7pm and fast the other 18 hours most days.  Some days depending on what’s going on I will change it up and eat in an 8 hour window.  This keeps my body guessing, which is good for weight loss.  I really enjoy intermittent fasting.  It makes my life much easier.  I don’t have to worry about breakfast, and the kicker is I am not hungry!  Love it!
The change from 5-6 small meals a day to eating in a 6 hour window took some time.  I was so used to being a carb burner.  I needed those carbs every 2-3 hours, or I felt like my body was eating itself.  LOL!  But I got through it! 
Why High Fat Low Carb…
Your body is made up of cells.  These cells burn two sources of energy sugar and fat.  Sugar burns dirty, and fat burns clean.  Burning cleaner fuel like healthy fats results in less cellular oxidation and less inflammation.  Sugar and bad fats increase inflammation and in doing so produce weight gain and health problems.   I am not going to get into the science behind this today.  Maybe in the future, but there are huge benefits to increasing your healthy fats in your diet.  It is good for cellular health, increased energy, and better absorption of nutrients in the body.  The good fats help with balancing your hormones, healthier skin, and optimizes brain health.  Not to say healthy good fats make our food taste better, and keeps us satisfied after meals longer.  Sounds like a win win to me!  Eat good healthy fats to lose bad fats!