Having lost 20kg's over the past few years, I have learnt that weight loss is not about dieting and drinking silly shakes. Weight loss is about input vs output as well as food education. If you eat less than you need, you will loose weight provided you are eating nutritional food and not calories in the form of KFC or Cadbury's. Simple. Now, food is all about education. There is a thing as a healthy take away. For instance a nandos burger without the mayonnaise is actually good for you. It has carbs, some lean protein which isn't fried and some veg in the form of lettuce, cucumber and tomato. You could also have a penne napolitana at a restaurant which is also clean and healthy food. Ok, one shouldn't be eating a heavy carb meal at night, fine. Carbs for breakfast, carbs for lunch with some protein and fat and then protein at dinner with a small amount of carbs and some fat. Fat will find its way to the plate naturally so don't go ladle on the butter! All these tubs of stuff that they have at the pharmacies promising this and promising that IMHO is a load of shite. It comes from factories in china and who the hell knows what they put into them. There is more than enough natural unprocessed food in this world which we could all eat to get us to our optimal weight. No need for supplements. There are times however that during crazy training that a supplement may me needed, but thats it.
