The last time we talked I talked about Leptin and how it is your master metabolism hormone. I also told you how typical Calorie restricted dieting will lower Leptin levels and your metabolism. This means you are burning less Calories than you should be every day.
During that discussion I mentioned the need of a high Calorie day about once per week to keep your Leptin levels high. This way your metabolism stays high and you burn more Calories every day.
That is the physiological benefit of a “cheat day.” Today I have a video for you about the psychological benefits of a cheat day. Watch the video below to find out more. Continue reading
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I love vegetables. They taste great and are amazingly healthy. I prefer to eat most of my vegetables raw but sometime you just gotta set them over an open fire and grill them up. Here is a super quick and super easy grilled vegetable recipe. 
Many times in the health and fitness world we get too focused on the result. Well that is probably true for everything we do in life.
So I was out having lunch the other day with Jenn. While we were sitting at the restaurant we noticed another one of our members. We will call her Nancy. Nancy is not her real name of course but that is the one we will use today. Anyways Nancy and Jenn and I had a really great talk while we were waiting for our food to come. But then Nancy said something that really caught my attention.
I am a big believer in coconut oil. I eat either coconut oil or coconut mana every single day. It tastes great, it is a more stable cooking oil than Olive oil, and has a better fat profile in both quantity and quality than any other oil I have come across.