there was no way i would be able to do this myself fear of bulking up made me very reluctant to try any sort of weight lifting but why did i have to suffer being hungry is exactly the wrong feeling for sustainable weight loss and a healthy lifestyle all types of fruitapples oranges grapes watermelon cantaloupe bananas strawberries exercise and fitness were intimidating and offputting to me like a killer whale going through a school of fish i would eat everything i could as fast as i could if i was dreaming of the next time i would eat i was doing well 5 the formula was straightforward i needed to go on a diet any diet and stick with it it probably meant you were cheating he volunteered to be my trainer but i loved them the reset fat around your gut is bad but fat in food is not necessarily the enemy i had to have rice or pasta with every meal that i ate i need complex carbohydrates loaded with vitamins minerals and phytochemicals combined with fat and protein to engage my fatburning machine i loved to skip breakfast or work through lunch truthfully what is more disgusting than potatoes fried in oil with salt and the payoff is that i can love what im eating without guilt or fear of sliding back my body chemistry was set up in such a way that each diet was just making me fatter by making me more insulin resistant i thought of it as a good way to spend more time with the boss so i agreed the reset the more fruit i ate the hungrier it made me how bad could it be for me you have to be hungry to lose weighti always equated weight loss with hunger pains 8 i think this idea goes back to my past when i tended to binge on food so i wouldnt miss the old foods so much i was a fatstoring machine theres nothing worse than following a path that you know from past experiencedoesnt lead to your goal as i look back there was no way that those diets were going to work beyond the start but the idea has been around for a long time for example begin with a diet that is 35 percent fat 35 percent protein and 30 percent carbohydrate i could never stop cheating once i started after a workout i would love to have a juicy red apple or two or three i literally had to train my palate to like fresh vegetables the key challenge was how to fold strength training into an aerobic programor how to fold an aerobic program into strength training they were completely false so i had it completely wrong i couldnt get my insulin stabilized no matter how much exercise i did im the problem was i just couldnt really figure out how it fit into my life and therefore was able to dismiss it