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Former Fat Guy Newsletter Health * Fitness * Regeneration * Empowerment Weight Management Strategies by Rob Cooper Issue 13 06 Feb 2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Former Fat Guy dot com ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Join? 2 Leave?...See End ---------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS: 1: Quick Intro... 2: Fruit In The MOrning Until Noon ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1: Quick Intro: Hi Friend, as promissed here is part one of the series on jump starting your fat loss series. it's about fruit, the importance of fruit and your bodies cleansing cycle. I got this quote sent to me by a reader after announcing the "jump start" series... ..."Great things are done by a series of small things brought together." -- Vincent Van Gogh The next part in the series will be out in two weeks. Until next time Namaste Rob Cooper ---------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Venuto - Lifetime Natural Competitive Bodybuilder, Personal Trainer, Fitness Nutritionist, and Professional Success Coach teaches you his body transforming success system jam-packed with all the rapid make-over methods previously known to only a handful of top competitive bodybuilders and sexy fitness models. http://www.formerfatguy.com/burnthefat ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2.The importance of your bodies ability to clean itself or "fruit in the morning until noon" by Rob Cooper When we're fat, we're carrying a lot of stored toxins. Our fat cells are used as a way to store toxins so that our body can protect itself from them. Interestingly enough, our cells can store more than just toxins too, they can store memories. Keeping Clean Keeping clean is one of our bodies prime functions. It's also one of the first to break down and or have energy diverted from it for other things. Think of how important it is to have a shower every day to keep the outside of your body clean and then imagine what it's like on the inside and in your cells if that isn't happening as efficiently as it could. There are many cultures and ways of eating that believe that our body operates on cycles. Without getting too technical about it, lets just say that our day is broken into three separate cycles. 1. the intake of food 2. the processing of that food 3. the elimination of that food or the cleansing cycle Now, based on who you talk to the cycles and their times vary, but what I've come to believe, know and practice is that the cleansing cycle begins at about 4 am and lasts for about a third of the day, or 8 hours. So, the cleansing cycle begins at 4 am and goes until noon. Now, lets state for the record another principle before we move on. "The Digestion of Food is the Most Energy Consuming Thing the Body Does". You can choose to believe that or not, but before you dismiss it, think about some times in your life when you've really felt burnt out and low energy after eating a meal. Remember what mom told you "wait at least an hour after eating before going swimming". She said that it was because you'd get cramps, but in reality it was because of how much work was going on in your stomach. Blood gets diverted to the digestive system after we eat a meal and our energy gets diverted to digestion instead of strength in our arms and legs and it's safer to wait to swim in case you need to use your arms and legs for an emergency. The same is true for waiting after eating before doing a heavy workout. When doing a heavy workout or any strenuous activity after eating, blood then gets diverted to the muscles and away from digestion causing digestion to be incomplete, last longer, not complete and then pass a rotting mess into the intestines causing gas and bloating. You may not feel hungry again for hours instead of the normal three or four hours. Ok, so remember now that the cleansing cycle lasts from 4 am until noon. Remember also that Digestion of food requires an enormous amount of energy. What's the most important meal of the day? Breakfast. What happens when you eat breakfast at 6 am or 7 or 8 am? Energy gets diverted from the every important cleansing cycle to digestion and thus becomes incomplete. Jump Start Your Weight Loss Part One So here's what I propose as part one of jump starting your weight loss goals. I propose that you might consider how important it is to give the cleansing cycle of your body a good jump start itself by allowing it the full 8 hour un-interupted period of time to do it's job. Am I proposing that you don't eat until noon? No. Here's the deal: Fruit in it's ripe state does not require any digestion, but rather is designed to slide right through the stomach and into the intestines where it provides all the vitamins, nutrients and cell cleansing water that nature provided it with. The Plan: For each morning, from now until the end of this 10 part series, begin each morning with a glass of clean water. Then follow that up with a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice or a couple of apples. Then every couple of hours until noon, have a couple more pieces of fruit. When you eat fruit, it should be on an empty stomach and then given half an hour or 45 minutes to make it's way through the stomach. Follow it up with another glass of water to help wash the fruit from the stomach and provide some more clean fluids for hydration. Does this mean no coffee or tea in the morning. Yep. No tea, no coffee, no milk, no dairy products. Nothing but fruit and water. Then at noon for the time being, have what you would normally have. What You Will Notice What you will come to notice is an increase in energy because no energy is being used to digest a big breakfast. You will also notice some more regular bowel movements in the days following as the extra fiber from the fruit and the energy put into the cleansing system takes effect. You may notice more gas and a little bloating. This is normal and due to a couple of things, one being that fact that some new fiber has been introduced into your bowels and the cleaning of your intestine is causing some normal cleansing effects. It may also seem like you've gone back to your teens and you've broken out with some zits again. You may notice a rash on your skin, and that as well is the signs of cleansing. You may notice that your nose begins to run and / or you begin to sneeze more often. Signs of cleansing Gas Bloating Skin rash Runny nose Acne / zits Sneezing Constipation Diarrhea The skin and the lungs are both cleansing organs and it might be something that you are not expecting to occur. Yes, your urine and feces may change as well, but you're probably aware of those as being the result of a change in your diet. As you begin to clean your body on a daily basis, your cells will thank you by opening up and pouring out the toxins. The energy saved by not digesting food and the increase in clean water both from a glass and from the high water content fruit all aid in cleansing and result in more efficient energy systems. More efficient energy systems is the first step in jump starting your weight loss goals. Q: does this also mean that if I don't eat any food until noon, I'll be better off? A: No. The addition of fresh fruit and fruit juices will provide clean calories, cellular water and fiber. All this nutrition goes straight into healthy new cells. Q: Will I have to eat fruit until noon for the rest of my life. A: For the rest of the 10 part series, I'd like you to follow this principle. Following that, you may choose what works for you. If it's serving you and your body, you may choose to continue, if you want to change back, you may do that as well. One thing I do wish to communicate is this: "The Proper Consumption of Fruit" The proper consumption of fruit rule states that, fruit, being pre-digested and not requiring digestion in the stomach should be eaten on an empty stomach, given 45 minutes to an hour (depending on the fruit) to slide through and only then eat a non-fruit item. Fruit should never be eaten after a meal. More about this rule here: www.formerfatguy.com/fatloss/weight-loss-specifics.asp#fruit This is a principle that I have broken only enough times to count on one hand in the last 15 years. If I break the rule, I experience incredible stomach distress including what I call "lightning bolts" into my stomach. So, once again, fresh fruit and clean water from the time you get up until noon is step one. This is a principle that will be built upon until the end of the series. Meet Stacey again: Stacey informed me that one of the primary principles that he was following was this very thing. He knows my story and he knows that I've told him over and over again about fruit being of prime importance in the morning and he adopted this as part of his new program from the start. He is having coffee in the AM with his fruit which I have advised against. I don't advise drinking Coffee at all. Coffee is like battery acid to the stomach and is one of the "stomach busters" of which I refer. If you are going to have coffee, leave it until after noon. If you'd like to replace coffee with another hot beverage, I highly recommend Sunrider Calli Tea. Calli tea was designed by the shao lin temple priests of china to nourish their cleansing systems. Drinking it daily assists the bodies own cleansing process and it makes a very nice drink. Clients of mine have been able to break the coffee cycle by incorporating Calli Tea into their day. for info about Sunrider Calli Tea, contact me by email Fat Cells Store Memories I mentioned at the beginning that fat cells can store memories too. As I began to burn my 288 pounds of fat, I found that I went through stages of cleansing. I applied this principle of fruit in the morning and the fat was dropping off. As I hit certain levels of weight, I'd begin to remember people, places, things and even began a habit I had when I was in grade 7. These memories would come in waves for a week or so and I began to realize that it coincided with particular cleanses. I became aware that these memories and habits were stored in my fat cells. As they were being cleaned, the emotions, memories and energy surrounding those times and events were re-experienced. Very cool, this body of ours. It was events like this that helped keep me on track with this big physiological experiment that I was doing. It was fun learning about the body, putting it into practice and seeing the results. I highly recommend the book "Fit For Life" by Harvey and Marilynn Diamond for more information about food combining, fruit and natural hygiene. I had the opportuinity to interview Harvey Diamond and have posted that interview on my website at: www.formerfatguy.com/interviews/harvey-diamond.asp it's 1.5 hours in length and split into 3 sections for your listening convenience. 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