Everybody knows you need to move more and eat less to lose fat.
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But that’s an oversimplification.
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Here are some proven, yet weird food tricks you can use to lose fat faster.​
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​1. Don’t watch TV while you eat.​
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​Watching TV while you eat may cause you to eat twice as much food, according to researchers from Cornell University’s Food and Brand Lab.
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They found that action content (say, The Walking Dead) made subjects eat 98 percent more than their counterparts who watched a talk show.
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Sad content made participants eat 55 percent more than those who watched more upbeat content.
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Most of the time, turn off the TV and either listen to music, chat with another human, or focus on enjoying your food. It’ll be a more pleasurable experience and you’ll eat less.

2. Cook and Cool Your Carbs​
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The glycemic index is a tool that measures how foods affect blood glucose levels. Foods that have a high GI (70 or higher) cause blood sugar to rise more than foods with a medium (55-69) or low (55 or less) GI.
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Eating too many high GI foods is associated with higher rates of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and rapid aging.
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So, does this mean you need to KILL all the carbs in your diet?

Not at all.
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Post-workout is the ideal time to have high GI foods like potatoes.

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And if you want to enjoy the same types of foods during different times of day and cut the impact on blood sugar in half here’s what to do:

• Cook your potatoes ahead of time.
• Let the food cool for 12-24 hours.
• Reheat and eat.

The heating and cooling process of the potatoes causes starch retrogradation. Retrogradation is a reaction that takes place when the amylose and amylopectin chains in cooked, gelatinized starch realign themselves as the cooked starch cools.
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When this happens, the previously “fast” GI food slows down, causing much slower rises in blood sugar. This can take the regular ole’ potato and make it a great meal choice around the clock without spiking your blood sugar.
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Bonus: You can do a similar process with white rice by cooking it in a teaspoon of coconut oil and letting it cool.
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​3. The 20-minute rule.
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​It takes about 20 minutes for hunger signals to travel from your gut to your brain.
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Meaning, if you woof down half a pizza in 15 minutes, you can easily devour a day’s worth of calories before your brain knows what happened.
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Try this to eat less:
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1. Drink 20oz of water before you eat. Your stomach fills up on volume, NOT calories.
2. Eat a big-ass salad (BAS) before your main course for the day.
3. Turn off distractions while you eat.
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You don’t need a complex diet to lose fat and look great naked. In fact, 90% of the time having a complex plan leads to information overload and overwhelm.
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That’s why at Bach Performance we’re here to simplify.
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If you’d like a proven, yet simple way to look great naked without living in the gym head here and apply for coaching: https://bachperformance.com/coaching/ ​
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Yeah, we’ll mix in some tactical strategies like featured in the email but most importantly, we’re going to remove confusion and overwhelm from building your best body.