It has been an eye-opening experience to read and answer questions about weight loss on Quora.com.
When I was a personal trainer and I had my fitness studio, I would often ask what people want when it comes to a nutrition and training program. The simple answer is that they want results.
My history with significant long term weight loss taught me that reducing carbohydrates and building muscle reliably causes fat loss and reshapes the body. When I would offer body transformation challenges at Gordon Studio, nine out of ten participants would lose weight over the six week course, and even the few clients who didn’t lose pounds would lose several inches in all the right places. I even had one student who lost two sizes while staying at the same weight.
Now that I am focused on my creative work as a singer, dancer, and musician I will be sharing my personal program for fitness and nutrition. My new motto, “Eat for Yourself,” encourages my readers here, and my viewers at The Sugar Freedom Channel To find what works for them when it comes to food.
My two essential key’s to permanent weight, fat, and inch loss are:
- Drop Sugar.
- Lift Weight.
The info-graphic you see above is the macro-nutrient plan I will be using for the next nine weeks to optimize my “instrument” as a performer: my body.
I will share the journey here for accountability, and because it was the success of other women like me who had cut carbs and used resistance training to get lean, healthier, and happier that made me believe I could change for the better myself.
The Sugar Freedom Diet at sugarfreedom.com contains the food lists, and many of the recipes and meal plans I will be using, but I will be limiting my carbohydrates to 10 total grams per day instead of the 20 grams that are listed in the Sugar Strike. This gives me a good sized salad and a serving of a low-carb cooked vegetable each day. My experience with the Steak and Egg diet and Carnivore has taught me that I really can function well without carbs, but I did discover back in 2017 that a combination of very low carb and lifting was the best plan I have ever followed, so for the next nine weeks I will be comparing this plan with the no-plant food plan I have tested since 2018.
Post menopause, I have discovered that I need to find the levels of carbohydrate restriction and fitness training that give me the best chance to dance, create, and perform with freedom. I look forward to sharing what I learn with you.
As always, be well and eat for yourself,
Catherine Gordon
catherine@actwithfreedom.com
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