We bought in a highly regarded guest speaker Andrew Jobling who is an ex-AFL footballer, personal trainer and now professional speaker, writer and author who focuses on helping people believe in their own power and potential to expand their boundaries and to create positive long term change to live a happier, healthier and more dynamic life.
Some of the main points those in attendance took away were:
Decide Not Just What You Want, But Why You Want It - only when you really find a real world reason to want change will you truly seek it. Andrew was using the example that for a very office worker to fit exercise in their busy schedule, they will need to train at 5am. With a few of these types in attendance it didn't really agree with them but the point being made was that if just fitting in some exercise is not worth getting up at 5am for then find something that is like running on the beach with your grand kids who haven't even been born yet.
The Power of Metabolism in Body Composition - up to 90% of all calories burnt are through your metabolism which is effected by exercise but even more so through nutrition. Processed foods have little to zero nutritional quality to them meaning they don't require any energy to digest. Now place this next to a steak that can use up to 70% of it's OWN calories in just eating it!! So if you're trying to lose some bodyfat, and who isn't, chewable foods is the best place to start because of the 'negative" calorie balance they can provide but also chewable foods are generally the best foods.
Managing Blood Sugar Levels - we've all heard of the Glycemic Index (GI) but I bet if I asked you how it actually worked in the body over a course of a day then you'd probably find that you didn't really know as much about it as you should. In a nut shell when we sleep we go into a "fast" and we wake up our blood sugar levels are low. A great idea is chomp on a piece of moderate to high GI fruit to get a quick blood sugar spike and get us back to "even". Your goal for the rest of the day is stay as close to even as you can. This can be done through frequent feedings throughout the day of small to moderate portion sizes. The most important part is what you decide to eat at these times. The general rule is that sugar will raise your blood sugar and protein and fat will stabilise it so if you have fruit, muesli and yogurt all at the same time, then be prepared for a pretty dramatic drop in blood sugar in an hour 2. Split that sugar up through several meals throughout the day instead.
So there you have it. Not my usual laugh-your-arse-off type of post but an extremely informative one.
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