How to Lower Your Set-Point Weight
Step 1 of 6
Warm-Up
It’s all good if you don’t know the answers. You will get another shot at this quiz later in the lesson.
Q1
Obese animals given an unlimited quantity of higher-quality food return to a healthy weight and stay that way long term.
True
Correct! You are about to learn exactly why.
False
Try again and don’t worry…today’s lesson will clear this up.
Q2
Processed starch-, sugar-, and trans-fat-based edible products literally break the brain, digestive system, and hormones much like cigarettes break the lungs.
True
Correct! You are about to learn exactly why.
False
Try again and don’t worry…today’s lesson will clear this up.
Q3
It is practically impossible to chronically eat too many calories while living a SANE lifestyle.
True
Correct! You are about to learn exactly why.
False
Try again and don’t worry…today’s lesson will clear this up.
Step 2 of 6
inSANE
Lowering Your Food Intake & Ditch Deprivation Dieting
Listen
Note 1
Think of your set-point body weight like your set-point body temperature: it rises and stays elevated when something is wrong with your body.
Note 2
Both body weight and temperature can be violently lowered temporarily by depriving yourself of energy.
Note 3
Violent deprivation-based approaches do nothing about the root cause and do more harm than good long term.
Step 3 of 6
SANE
Lowering Your Set-Point & Burn Fat Automatically, Always
Listen
Note 1
When the brain becomes inflamed, when the digestive system breaks down, and when metabolism-related hormones can no longer do their job, the brain tells the body to take in more energy than it needs and then doesn’t automatically burn an appropriate amount off.
Note 2
Both human and animal studies show that eating more high-quality SANE foods can reverse the brain, digestive, and hormonal breakdown that increases the set-point.
Note 3
If cutting calories ever works, it works because the amount of inSANE low-quality substances eaten is reduced. However, if these inSANE “foods” are not replace with high-quality SANE foods, the diet can’t be sustained and therefore fails more than 95% of the time.
Step 4 of 6
Quiz
Remember these? Give them one more try now that you’ve spent a few minutes going SANE.
Q1
Obese animals given an unlimited quantity of higher-quality food return to a healthy weight and stay that way long term.
True
Correct! You can review the amazing studies proving this in Chapter 3 of The Calorie Myth.
False
Try again.
Q2
Processed starch-, sugar-, and trans-fat-based edible products literally break the brain, digestive system, and hormones much like cigarettes break the lungs.
True
Correct! This is part of why focusing on calories is so harmful. It’s everything other than calories that harms (or heals) your body, not the calories themselves. Remember, cigarettes have zero calories in them. That doesn’t mean they are harmless.
False
Try again.
Q3
It is practically impossible to chronically eat too many calories while living a SANE lifestyle.
True
Correct! If you eat double-digit servings of non-starchy vegetables and three to six servings of nutrient dense protein per day, it would be painful to consume too many calories.
False
Try again.
Step 5 of 6
Support
The number of people keeping you accountable is your #1 predictor of long-term success.
Sharing your SANEity enables you to enjoy instant accountability and support from your social networks. The science is 100% clear: The more you share your SANEity, the more success you will enjoy. To help you live what you learned today, please click on the photo to share it on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
Step 6 of 6
Celebrate
Nice job! Here’s some recommended eating and reading to help you celebrate.
Recommended Eating
Wheatgrass
Recommended Reading
Recipe: Lemon Blueberry Cream Smoothie
