Kitchener Personal Trainer

I have talked about this before. In fact when they introduced the Atkins Diet way back when, boy that was a long time ago, so called experts were trying to say the reason you were gaining weight was all because of Carbs and we need to eliminate them and basically starve you to death(ketosis period). Ok I’m being a little overdramatic but am I really?

Part of their diet is to allow your body to enter into ketosis. What the heck is ketosis? For all those people who didn’t go on any carb diet, ketosis is a state where you are basically depriving your body of any of the required nutrients you need but I will give you the actual definition-In high-protein diets, the body’s normal fuel for energy—carbohydrates—are in severe short supply, so it compensates by burning fat. But this inefficient means of providing the body with an alternative source of energy also produces toxic byproducts known as ketones, in a process called ketosis.

Ok so I hope you’re getting the point that this not very good for your body and years ago I tried desperately to turn these people that were on these diets around and educate them. No easy task. That was then….

So something that happened the other day brought me to this topic again. I read a post from a person on social media that said the reason they were gaining weight was because of Carbs. That was their exact sentence so I believe that some people are still buying into the notion that Carbs are still the enemy.

You need Carbs to fuel your body. It is your primary source for fueling your body for daily activity, etc.. Having said that there are “types” of carbs that we should all be leaning towards and “types” that we should be avoiding. So types to avoid are simple carbs full of sugar an example, cookies, jams, pastries, cakes, etc…the ones we should be leaning towards are Complex Carbs- veges, bran cereals, whole grain breads, brown rice, .

Keep in mind when you are trying to lose weight that moderation of everything is key. Do not completely eliminate everything in your diet and yes that includes Carbs, Fats and Proteins , even cake! Ha ha!!

And for heavens sake please get some exercise and if someone tells you that you don’t need to or that it’s not needed- run screaming from the room. Just kidding! Just run…..