Lizzie's Paleo Experience

After Shane had gone through many different diet plans to shed those few pounds he had put on after his bodybuilding show, it seemed like he had had enough.  Nothing was working for him. So he told me he was going to try the “Paleo” diet where you can’t eat anything a caveman in the Paleolithic era wouldn’t have had. I told him “That is just silly.” I did NOT plan on doing this dietary idea with him. I liked my carbs and cheese way too much! Especially since I’m already skinny, I thought if I started a diet with no whole grain, no bread, no dairy,  I  would get TOO skinny.

Well it turns out that when you’re married to a hungry man you can’t keep ANYTHING against his diet in the house, even something healthy like wheat bread or yogurt. I would wake up in the morning to like 5 empty cups of yogurt by the bed. Then he would get all sad because it went against his diet and he ate it all in the wee-hours of the night when he would wake up hungry.  I felt bad because I knew he really wanted to keep up this diet. So I was forced to try this diet with him. I kept only “Paleo” food in the house so he wouldn’t sleep eat.

We started out doing Paleo not knowing exactly what to do. We were just like “Ok only meat, veggies, and fruit.” But there is so much more you can do! As we got more into it, the more recipes and cool stuff we found out about Paleo. All of our trainers started joining in with it too. What really sold me was when I saw my face start to clear up. I have always lived with those nasty pimples on my face and I would try everything to get them gone! Finally something worked! Shane lost 33 lbs and is back to his competition weight. He is so happy and that makes me happy! So now I’m hooked!!  …I still haven’t completely given up on my coffee or cheese yet… it’s my only vice! But it’s ok to not be super strict! You can join in  on the Paleo idea and not give up EVERYTHING! But I think you’d be happy to find you can replace almost any treat you love with a Paleo recipe!

I know you will love this too, so we’re having a free seminar on “What is Paleo?” to educate El Paso about this new dietary idea that is working miracles! We hope to see you there Saturday at Noon!

Does the Paleo Diet work?

         I have always told my friends and my clients, “you need to have a nutrition plan to see results, I don’t care if its Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Low Carb Diet, Paleo Diet, etc. If it works for you stick to it!” I have clients that have lost a lot of weight doing weight watchers and the only small adjustment I made was increase their protein slightly because they will be doing weight training so they need the extra protein for recovery and muscle building.” I have come to a conclusion like many of you have, that as we get older the harder and longer it takes to lose weight and get toned. For the past 6-8 years I have been following a low carb meal plan with a high carb day. This is also called Carb Cycling, the whole science to this is that you are shocking your body and not letting it get plateaued! This has been working for me for the longest time until now. I literally tell myself, I don’t eat junk food why in the world am I still fat!! How does that make sense? You guys might not think im fat but we usually are our own worst critics, and with all the sacrifices I have been doing, I better have an 8 pack!!

My Diet Observations:

oatmeal for bodybuilding

        I have noticed lately that certain foods bloat me up. Oatmeal is a staple in every bodybuilders diet. Since Arnolds time it was oatmeal in the morning, high in fiber and a low glycemic carb. Another great carb is brown rice, low glycemic and good fiber. Why are these carbs bloating me up? A lot of my old nutritionist would tell me to be careful with bread because since its processed it loses a lot of its nutritional value, maybe the same thing happens when you eat oatmeal and any other carb that has been man made.That is why Paleo dieting struck an interest in me.

What is Paleo Diet:

          Im going to keep it short and simple so I don’t have to bore you with a super long blog. Paleo Dieting is basically sticking to foods that cave man would eat in the Paleo-lithic Era. Everytime you want to eat something you have to ask yourself, “did the caveman have oatmeal, rice, etc.” the answer to many of these questions is no. The easiest way to keep this plan is to keep it simple. I have people trying to confuse me about certain foods if they are paleo and I tell them, first of all I would never eat that weird food you are telling me, and second I eat very simple foods to make my life so much easier. Working 12 hours a day with clients, 1 hour of marketing for the gym, oh and my facebook/instagram obsession there is no way I can keep a very elaborate menu.

If you do Paleo you are cool!

  I don’t know what it is but when you do Paleo, you feel so cool and you feel like a rebel! Its silly but when I normally would diet I would just tell people I have a low carb diet and it sounded so boring! Now when I tell people that I do Paleo its like if you are part of this hippie cool clan. It is a challenge to find things that are paleo but it’s a fun one. I have applications on my iphone that tell you if certain things are Paleo or not, and even some restaurants around town are known as, “that’s where the crossfit people go eat and hang out!” if you don’t know by now, Paleo Dieting and crossfit go together like organic peanut butter and sugar free jelly! Lol. But the Paleo wasn’t specifically designed for Crossfit people, Wikipedia states that it has been around since the 1970’s made by a Gastro doctor. 

Shanes Paleo version:

            I have been doing a modified version of Paleo Dieting and it has transformed by physique.

Meal #1- 6AM             4-5 organic egg quiche 

Paleo Quiche 

 Snack:- 9:30AM         Green smoothie shake w/ Protein Powder ½ a pear

green smoothie- recipe in last blog

Meal #2- 12:30pm:      8oz Flank Steak w/ ½ of sweet potato

flank and 1/2 sweet potato

Snack: 4:30pm            Green smoothie shake w/ Protein Powder

green smoothie

Meal #3- 9PM             Salmon or Tilapia w/ Asparagus

Salmon/Asparagus

Detailed Instructions:

1.  Do the carbs the same Monday-Friday 
2. Saturday i go Zero carbs cuz that is the day that i can cook something delicious because i don't work the whole day. 
3. Sunday i go back to the menu above. i do this for 1-2 weeks.
4. Shock your body and eat 2-3 sweet potatoes one day and go 0g carbs the following day usually after 2 weeks of this diet. 

This has been doing wonders to my physique and my energy levels! i am not tired anymore like i sometimes would get a with a low carb-cycling diet. 

$1.20 @ Albertsons

I buy those yams/sweet potato that you put in the microwave and they are in a steam bag, and I know that the caveman didn’t have Protein powder. I basically keep all the rules to the Paleo except for protein shakes, skinny vanilla latte from Starbucks, and light cheese on my morning breakfast.

 How many carbs can you have a day on Paleo?  

          Everywhere I have looked it just tells you that it all depends on your level of exercising and how much you exercise. Well…That doesn’t work for me. I need to know! i modified this diet by carb cycling the Paleo carbs and i am still just eating carbs for breakfast and for lunch. No carbs after 3 pm because your metabolism slows down at night. 

Abs are made in the kitchen!

So there you have it, the moral of the story is that not every diet or meal plan works for everyone. God made us all different shapes and sizes and works for me might not work for you. that is why try different meal plans, workout plans, and once you find that sweet formula for success, hold on to it and dont let go. I can meet with anyone of you guys if you need nutritional counseling just send me an email @newyougym@gmail.com 

Thank you so much for reading my blog! i started writing it because i always have so many questions and everybody contradicts each other when giving advice. So I'm writing it to share my experiences!

God Bless you and remember that we honor God by taking care of our bodies!

Shane Martinez

        

JUICING VS NUTRIBULLET what to buy

When juicing you leave all the pulp on the side to waste doesn't your body need all those nutrients as well, all the fiber etc?

    I started doing my green smoothies and i am obsessed!! i feel great, coffee energy lasts me exactly one hour and green smoothie energy lasts me 2-3 hours. i remember seeing the infomercials about how energized you feel etc and i was like whatever! and how great jack la lane looks because of juicing. now i am a believer!

Jack LaLane

    I started getting obsessed and i started researching what else i can add to my smoothie to help me.

current smoothie ingredients:

1. 1/2 pear (want to keep it low glycemic and low sugar) 
2. spinach (handful)
3. kale    (handful)
4. celery (2 sticks)
5. cucumber (1/2)
6. ginger root (small piece cuz it might get too spicy. just enough to add zing)
7. hemp seeds (found these to be better than flaxseed)
8. peanut butter (1 tbls)
9. Protein Powder (Elite Fusion-7 is the secret for taste)

My Green Smoothie using Nutribullet. Consistency is way better than on a blender

As you can see all these ingredients are awesome and it doesn't take forever to add them and the benefits are amazing. 

These are the benefits that i have been getting aside from all the great anti-oxidants, vitamins, anti-cancer preventions, etc.

1. amazing energy
2. when you go number 2 in the restroom it doesn't smell
3. your breath smells super clean
4. your sweat doesn't smell
5. my abs started popping out more
6. my face is super clear

What started happening is that my smoothies stopped being smoothies and felt more like i was chewing instead of drinking. It reminded me of the old days when our Mexican moms would put all the ingredients they could find to  make us our school breakfast! lol. 

       After 2 weeks of this i wanted to look for other alternatives so i got a juicer from my amazing friend Adrian. i literally got 2 cups of juice after juicing like 3 lbs of fruit and veggies. What happens to all the pulp doesn't your body need all the fiber you are throwing away? 

Pulp might be used for bread etc, but it doesn't look appealing  to me

      The juicer was so hard to clean up after. i thought of making juice on Sundays and having it at least for 2 days and everyone told me it was dangerous and i would lose all the benefits if i don't eat the juice fresh. i was very sad because i wake up at 4am everyday so that means i cannot juice that early in the morning as it is we have to cook our meals sometimes. 

Unfortunately juice cannot be stored for days because you will lose nutritional value and fruit might rot! FML! 

      My client and friend, David Llarenas told me to buy a Nutri-Bullet and i saw that it costs $100!! i told him, its a friggin blender for $100, no way! but he told me its very powerful and easy to clean up and it blends everything smooth! i tried it and i loved it! i don't feel bad throwing away the pulp and fiber anymore. The consistency is super smooth and not lumpy at the top of the blog i attached a pic of how smooth the shakes look.

       My conclusion is if you have the money to purchase both, you should do it in case you get bored of the consistency of the nutri-bullet and want juicing. Juicing is better for super hard stuff like beets and other things. if you are just going to make the Green Smoothie Experience get the Nutri-bullet its $100 but its very worth it!  

Thank you so much for reading my blog! i started writing it because i always have so many questions and everybody contradicts each other when giving advice. So I'm writing it to share my experiences!

God Bless you and remember that we honor God by taking care of our bodies!

Shane Martinez

        

GREEN SMOOTHIE EXPERIENCE

Green Smoothie Experience

      My wife and i started watching a documentary called "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead." i didn't want to watch because i figured watching one documentary like "Forks over knifes" would be enough gross torture to turn you organic. In other words you seen one, you have seen them all! But this documentary attracted me because the producer of the film says that he always worked hard to be able to provide for his family and worked in wallstreet and made a fortune. by the time he was able to workout and eat healthy he already was seeing 6 different doctors and taking 12 pills a day that included High Cholesterol pills. He even got this strange disease that with a simple hand shake he would get irritated palms that look and felt like mosquito bites. 
     the man got on a 60 days juicing diet where he did not eat anything but shakes that included fresh fruit and greens. I liked the documentary because it broke down all the information in cartoons so that i can even understand. 
So if you guys have a chance to watch it on netflix please do. 
     While thinking of my nutrition i realized that i was not eating enough greens. first of all the only way i can eat greens its if Lizzie makes me grilled asparagus or steamed broccoli. and since we are always on the run and sometimes work 11 hours a day we can hardly make a full balanced meals. my meal will always include chicken and brown rice but no veggies. So this past Sunday i embarked into a Green Smoothie Experiment. 
       I asked around with some clients and asked to see what the most important greens are and the top two that always came up were spinach and kale. i don't like the texture of either of them, the only greens i like in my salads is lettuce and they say that its not highly as nutritious as spinach.
i decided to put them in my protein shakes instead that way i don't have to chew them. 
So my diet is as follows:
Meal #1:    6am   6 egg white omelet/ 2 Ezequiel wheat toasts
Snack:       9:30   Green Protein Smoothie ( cup Kale, cup Spinach, protein powder)
Meal # 2:  1pm    6oz Flank Steak  1 cup brown rice
Snack:      4:30pm Green Protein Smoothie "same"
Meal #3:   8:30 pm   6 oz Chicken (by itself cuz I'm not usually hungry)

i normally try to follow this plan, but since this Sunday i lost 3lbs and i can honestly say that i owe it to the green smoothies. Its not a placebo effect, i feel more energized and my abdominal fat has gone down dramatically. 

The thing i regret the most is not been doing this earlier, i always tried to buy Micro Green powder or take pills to get all my greens. I cannot believe how lazy we have become that we try to find ways and shortcuts to not eat what we have to eat. If you guys have more ingredients and suggestions to my green shake please comment. i just tried to make the shake low carb and low in sugar because all the Green Shakes i have been finding online suggest pears, bananas, etc. i know that they are good for you but my metabolism is so slow that just by smelling bananas i get fat! lol. 


Thank you for reading my blog and i hope it can inspire you to add more greens in your diet! 

God Bless you and remember, "When we workout we are honoring God for the blessing of good health."
Shane Martinez