Fitness specialist-turned-author talks about weight loss philosophy - NJ.com |
| Fitness specialist-turned-author talks about weight loss philosophy - NJ.com Posted: 11 Jan 2011 07:27 AM PST Tuesday, January 11, 2011 By MATTHEW RAPPAPORT FOR THE JERSEY JOURNAL "Fitness programs will fade, but mac and cheese ain't goin' nowhere," certified nutritionist, sports psychologist and fitness specialist Robert Ferguson exclaimed during a presentation Saturday morning at Global Boxing Gym in North Bergen. The event marked the first stop on a book tour celebrating the release of "Diet-Free For Life: A Revolutionary Food, Fitness, and Mindset Makeover to Maximize Fat Loss" ($25), which hit the shelves last Tuesday. Ferguson - the self-proclaimed "People's Fat Loss Coach" and founder/CEO of Diet Free Life, LLC - spoke to a small but attentive crowd of a little more than two dozen people about what he called the proven and revolutionary science behind his weight loss philosophies. A conditioning coach for professional boxers who has appeared on television programs such as "The Mo'nique Show" and "Good Morning America," Ferguson said the problem with many diets is that "they don't meet you where you are." Many diets, he said, don't allow you to continue to eat the foods you are accustomed to and make you rely on pre-packaged and point-approved meals. Ferguson insisted that whether one's lifestyle puts them in a position where they are only able to snack and eat fast foods throughout the day or enjoy sit-down meals and organic foods, with the help of certain dietary techniques, anyone can eat to lose weight. The goal, he said, is to keep your body in "fat-burning mode" as opposed to "fat-storing mode" by eating meals and snacks according to the clock, not how hungry you feel. With a marker and pad, Ferguson illustrated how bad foods in certain portions can actually be beneficial for sustaining healthy blood sugar levels, in turn keeping your metabolism high and your body in "fat-burning mode." Diagrams illustrating which foods to eat and in what portions particularly caught the audience's attention; many were in disbelief that a baked potato with butter can be balanced out with a serving of protein and veggies to maintain fat-burning blood sugar levels. Ferguson shot down some common dietary beliefs. For instance, the idea that food eaten after 8 or 9 p.m. sits in your stomach while you sleep and metabolizes slowly is not necessarily true, he said. Instead, meals eaten at least an hour before bed can actually work to increase your metabolism as you sleep. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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