How the H-Factor Diet can help you lose weight
The H-Factor Diet came about from research into the most common question I am asked as a personal trainer and online weight-loss coach - why can't I lose wieght? People often say to me that they exercise and eat all the right things but just can't seem to lose weight. There seems to be a genuine, underlying reason that holds people back from getting results. These people find it hard to lose weight even when they follow the same lifestyle plan that works for others, and they jump from one program, diet and fad to the next looking for a solution. It's like there's an invisible enemy holding them back.
Learn how to overcome weight loss resistance
This stubborn fat can seem near impossible to get rid of, even after months of regular exercise and dieting. I have trained people like this — people who follow the right diet and push themselves as hard as they can, but who just don't seem to get results. I have seen their frustration, and felt frustrated myself when traditional and sensible training methods haven't seemed to work. If you have ever struggled to lose weight, you might be familiar with this frustration yourself. It's in an attempt to learn how to beat this resistance to weight loss that I have done further reading and research into the underlying factors that control body fat. What this has led me to understand is that hormones have a massive impact on your level of body fat. I have called this 'the H-factor'. And for all you men or younger women who might think that hormones don't impact upon weight, you will soon learn that nothing could be further from the truth.
Your balance of hormones is the number one factor determining your body shape.
But not only that: hormones also have a massive impact on your health, energy levels, longevity and even your mood. And that applies to both women and men of all ages. I was staggered by how often my research uncovered complex information on how hormones influence sleep and vitality, how they affect your blood sugar levels, how they are altered by stress. I discovered how your weight and health can benefit from the stimulation of some hormones (melatonin, serotonin, glucagon and human growth hormone), while it's best to minimise the release of others (insulin and cortisol). The secret of the H-factor diet's success is to combine all these individual parts and pull them together into one complete, simplified system of wellness and weight loss.
Not only do hormones make you fat, but they can also make you thin.
Restoring balance to your hormones is the secret weapon in the battle of the bulge. Your hormone balance can be manipulated and naturally adjusted to maximise both your quality of life and your longevity. It's exciting to think that focusing on this one key area (hormone balance) can help you to get positive results in three of the most significant health issues facing people today: weight control, longevity and energy levels. However, this focus on hormones is not an excuse to forget about healthy eating and physical activity. Quite the opposite, in fact. Hormones can be manipulated by diet and exercise, and you will find the H-factor diet includes a wide range of exercise and healthy eating strategies.
Use the 21 day menu plan to help you make food choices that are tasty and practical
Most people can probably relate to the fact that conventional diets just don't work over the long term. The primary focus of most of most weight-loss programs (my previous books included) is to manage your kilojoule intake to help you lose body fat. The theory states that by moderating your kilojoule intake, and maximising the amount of kilojoules you burn off, the body is forced to tap into its stored fuel supplies (body fat), helping you get leaner and healthier. As far as the H-factor diet goes, this equation still rings true; however, there are some additional considerations that need to be made.
Just focusing on your energy balance ignores the significant role hormones play in controlling your storage of fat, hunger levels, energy levels, and metabolic rate
So what sets the H-factor diet apart from other diets is its focus on your overall health and wellness. The word 'D.I.E.T.' in the title of this book is actually an acronym of the four key steps that can help you to balance your hormones. Instead of focusing solely on kilojoules, carbohydrates, fat and protein, it addresses the missing piece of the weight-loss puzzle: your body's hormone balance. This must be considered if you want to get results and overcome your body's natural, evolutionary resistance to weight loss.
This is not just a diet, it's a complete lifestyle system.
A plan to just eat less and exercise more is too simplistic. Sure, you can make a difference, but if you want a life-changing, energy-boosting transformation that stands the test of time, you need to do more. You need a system that gets your body's hormones working for you, not against you. It's all about working smarter, not harder. Inside The H-Factor Diet you will learn why the healthiest possible diet is never going to be enough to help you lose weight if you are sleep deprived. How no amount of training can compensate for chronic stress and emotional binge eating. How a well-structured strength-training program won't strip much body fat if your thyroid isn't functioning properly. It's empowering to know that there's more to weight loss and dieting than just will power, fighting hunger, counting calories and trying to get motivated. It's not just about bad habits; biology has a role to play too.
How to use this book
First up, you will learn which hormones have the biggest influence on your body shape and why. You will learn how they can get out of control, and what you can do to restore their balance and thereby overcome any resistance to weight loss. You will learn more about how your body works, and how you can maximise your health and wellness. Once you have established good hormone health, your body will easily follow. Then we'll move on to the four key steps to the H-factor diet that will help your body to drop its defenses, and make weight loss much easier. These four steps are:
Step 1: Don't stress
Step 2: Improve your sleep
Step 3: Eat well
Step 4: Train smart
The eating plan, exercise plan, stress-management plan and guide to better sleep outlined in these four steps all complement each other and are designed to work together to restore hormone balance and help you lose body fat, boost your energy levels and live longer. For example, if you eat better, you'll sleep better, and when you sleep better, you'll feel better and want to eat better. However, while they all have equal importance, you will find sleep, diet and exercise easier to modify when you gain control over stress. That's why managing your emotional stress is the first step in balancing your hormones. While this approach to weight loss is scientifically based, I should stress that this is not a scientific textbook. The focus is on helping you lose body fat rather than getting too technical about the roles of the different hormones and how they interact. I don't pretend to be an endocrinologist, but I do know how to help people lose body fat. And over fifteen years of experience in the health and fitness industry has shown me that the best possible way to lose body fat is to adjust your lifestyle to manipulate your hormone balance.
Make no mistake: this system works
By following the H-factor diet, you can benefit from the trials and successes I have experienced with my online personal training clients. So I hope you are ready to discover a diet system that will not only motivate and inform you on how to eat better and exercise more, but that will also improve your total health and wellbeing. Once you gain control over your stress levels and prioritise sleep, healthy eating and regular exercise become a whole lot easier. Your hormone balance will improve and, over time, your body's resistance to weight loss will be a thing of the past.
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