Borrowed from Dr. Loren Cordain, Ph.D. and “The Paleodiet Cookbook.” This is a little twist if you like melon’s.
Melon Blankets
1 Cantaloupe or melon, chilled
8 pieces of thinly sliced turkey breast, about one ounce or so each
Ground black pepper
Wrap one slice of turkey around each piece of melon. Use a toothpick to hold in place. Pepper to taste.
Quick, simple but a variation to the turkey/lettuce wraps we posted a few months back. Enjoy!
Every year we coordinate a 30 day weight loss challenge at our office. It is not only designed to help mold proper dietary habits for the upcoming year but to also educate on how to organize your exercise regimen to achieve fitness and weight loss goals. Inevitably every lecture I get the question, “Dr. Dave I do 100 sit ups a day and yet I’m not seeing any fat loss around my waist, am I not doing enough sit ups?” Or I see the people in the gym trying to train their thigh muscles to reduce fat in their legs. I have to remind them, this is not how the body works.
Research has shown you cannot lose weight in a specific place on the body (abs, thighs, etc.) by training that location. Some people call it ‘spot reduction’ but the guy doing crunches to lose abdominal fat and the lady completing hundreds of reps on ‘Suzanne Sommer’s Thigh Master’ are pretty much wasting their time and energy. Doing sit ups and Russian twists every day to reduce your gut are not the answer. There are much more efficient ways to get the fat loss you’re looking for. Not to say core training is not needed, that is not what I’m implying. Core training is a very important part of spinal stability and should be a part of any rehab or exercise plan, it’s just not the best way to burn fat.
Our patients are taught that proper diet, interval training and whole body movements will do far more in stimulating fat loss than open chain, isolated muscle moves. To see the best results with fat loss get with your chiropractor, trainer, therapist, etc. and have them go over an interval cardio plan and some functional whole body movements for you to use at the gym. Not only by assessing your movement faults will your body feel better but by incorporating the functional exercises to help correct the problem you will get a better metabolic blast to help with your fat loss. Incorporate the paleo diet we talk about (paleoplan.com or thepaleodiet.com) and you will see significant improvements in your weight loss and overall health.
