In a recent article in Instyle Magazine, Heidi Klum and David Kirsch are featured with that lovely article title: “How to lose your muffin top in three weeks” . With Heidi being the beautiful Victoria’s Secret’s model and David being the coach, they seem to have an effective program. He offers a huge list of No No’s and a list of cardiovascular/body weight workouts and BAM- you could look as beautiful as her.
David’s list of No- No’s includes no alcohol, soda or coffee, no breads or starchy carbs, no dairy unless it’s skim milk or non-fat greek yogurt, no extra sweets and no excessive fats or fruits.
Phew! That’s a long list of don’t’s in my opinion!
Here’s my take on the whole weight loss/fat loss thing:
It’s taken me a LONG time to finally lose most of my body fat- and I’m not there yet. And, a LOT of hard work. I do not do any “endurance cardio” ever! Our workouts are massively structured and always have a anaerobic capacity to them- but almost never will I be doing “long, slow distance” as my coach from high school called it. Weight loss does not happen over night. It doesn’t happen in three weeks. Although, I’ve heard it happening- most people want to make small changes over a long period of time, right? Yes, you could lose tons of weight on the David Kirsch method, but, would you be able to stick to it over the long haul? Me, I don’t think so. I like cheese. And, from reading it,the diet seems unreasonably restrictive and lacking in carbs and fats- even good fats like avocado’s and olive oil.
Remember, I am not a nutritionist, just a girl on a journey, really. The things I’ve learned and have applied are very little breads/cereals/ white flour foods {And, seriously, my tummy gets ANGRY when I eat that stuff!!}. I splurge on good dark chocolate. I eat egg whites with hummus or an apple + 3 macademia nuts for a snack. I eat fruit- like in my greek yogurt or cottage cheese. I am following the ZONE diet but I cheat. Losing unwanted body fat takes time. It’s taken me years to develop these habits, I’m not going to dump them all over night. One of these days, I might. However, in the meantime, I am still going to enjoy iced americano’s with cream (no sugar), chocolate and sometimes wine.
Who’s with me on this? Anyone believe that you can achieve what the magazines say you can? Why are the diets and/or articles always based on speed? This type of writing – is just plain lying, isn’t it? We are not going to get “great abs in three moves” or 15 minutes a day, etc…it’s going to take dedication to a fairly clean diet and sweat!
In a recent article in Instyle Magazine, Heidi Klum and David Kirsch are featured with that lovely article title: “How to lose your muffin top in three weeks” . With Heidi being the beautiful Victoria’s Secret’s model and David being the coach, they seem to have an effective program. He offers a huge list of No No’s and a list of cardiovascular/body weight workouts and BAM- you could look as beautiful as her.
David’s list of No- No’s includes no alcohol, soda or coffee, no breads or starchy carbs, no dairy unless it’s skim milk or non-fat greek yogurt, no extra sweets and no excessive fats or fruits.
Phew! That’s a long list of don’t’s in my opinion!
Here’s my take on the whole weight loss/fat loss thing:
It’s taken me a LONG time to finally lose most of my body fat- and I’m not there yet. And, a LOT of hard work. I do not do any “endurance cardio” ever! Our workouts are massively structured and always have a anaerobic capacity to them- but almost never will I be doing “long, slow distance” as my coach from high school called it. Weight loss does not happen over night. It doesn’t happen in three weeks. Although, I’ve heard it happening- most people want to make small changes over a long period of time, right? Yes, you could lose tons of weight on the David Kirsch method, but, would you be able to stick to it over the long haul? Me, I don’t think so. I like cheese. And, from reading it,the diet seems unreasonably restrictive and lacking in carbs and fats- even good fats like avocado’s and olive oil.
Remember, I am not a nutritionist, just a girl on a journey, really. The things I’ve learned and have applied are very little breads/cereals/ white flour foods {And, seriously, my tummy gets ANGRY when I eat that stuff!!}. I splurge on good dark chocolate. I eat egg whites with hummus or an apple + 3 macademia nuts for a snack. I eat fruit- like in my greek yogurt or cottage cheese. I am following the ZONE diet but I cheat. Losing unwanted body fat takes time. It’s taken me years to develop these habits, I’m not going to dump them all over night. One of these days, I might. However, in the meantime, I am still going to enjoy iced americano’s with cream (no sugar), chocolate and sometimes wine.
Who’s with me on this? Anyone believe that you can achieve what the magazines say you can? Why are the diets and/or articles always based on speed? This type of writing – is just plain lying, isn’t it? We are not going to get “great abs in three moves” or 15 minutes a day, etc…it’s going to take dedication to a fairly clean diet and sweat!