Two Easy ways to lose weight, get fit and feel energized

The most frequent advice you hear to get healthy consist of two easy things: eat right and exercise. So I was browsing on Google Reader and found two great articles about exactly these two things. These two advices are part of the Primal Blueprint Lifestyle Lifestyle that I've been following for a couple of months and I can testify that it was worked great! I'm now able to maintain the weight that I'm in and feel energized throughout the day. And it didn't take much for me to do this. All I had to do was eat right (paleo style - meat and vegetables) and go to CrossFit 3-4 times a day.

STEP 1: Eat Right through High Quality Nutrition
High-quality nutrition can be boiled down to 7 basic categories:
1) Vegetables – Source of carbohydrate.
2) Fruits – Source of carbohydrate.
3) Beans – Source of carbohydrate. Not Paleo for those looking to stay strict to the Paleo Diet
4) Meats – Source of protein.
5) Fish – Source of protein.
6) Nuts – Source of fat.
7) Seeds – Source of fat.
8) Oils – Source of fat.

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Notes:
Focus on eating better quality food. We want to fuel our life and our workouts using 'premium' fuel for 'premium' performance.

STEP 2: Exercise
According to the Primal Blueprint
, our ancestors did two things throughout the day that helped them become fit and healthy. They had to lift heavy things (returning gathered items) and they had to sprint once in a while (to avoid being eaten) or to catch dinner. So on the same note, we try to imitate what our body is built to do in modern times, and this can be done by performing CrossFit type workouts.

Why CrossFit? Because CrossFit implements its workout through:
Metabolic Conditioning or Cardio
Interval Training
Gymnastics
Weightlifting
Throwing

Read a full (long but complete) article about this here, or watch CrossFit Founder Greg Glassman explain CrossFit as a Broad General Fitness in the video below:


Simple. Easy. Try it. Post comments and share your experience.

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WOD - 1/14/2010
Rest Day

Ever went to a gym where the workout for the day is to REST? In CrossFit, resting is an important part of the workout. Your body requires rest so that the muscles may repair itself and for you to regain strength from all the workout that you have done. I'll post more about this in the following weeks.