Nutrition/Weight Control

Sublime Bliss’ Idea of Good Nutrition
Sublime Bliss knows that good nutrition doesn’t have to be complicated. Let us teach you the simple way to deliver the nutrients your body needs at the cellular level.

Each day, your system is challenged by factors that rob you of valuable nutrients, undermining your health, damaging your skin and making weight management a struggle. When your body’s nutritional needs are not met, your health suffers.

Sublime Bliss understands that it can be a daunting task to ensure that you are getting the essential vitamins an minerals necessary for optimal health in the right balance every day. We at Sublime Bliss have made nutrition simple with our nutrition program.

Whether you need to lose weight, gain muscle, want to increase energy, have softer, shinier hair or improve your quality of life, the foundation of Sublime Bliss’ wellness philosophy is designed to address these specific concerns.

Sublime Bliss teaches you how to eat healthy
There are many popular (aka “fad”) diets on the market today. The following are just a few mechanisms we employ in Sublime Bliss’ wellness philosophy to help you avoid the fad diets.

1.   Determine how many calories your body needs to function each day.
This number can vary wildly, depending on your metabolism and your level of physical activity. As a rough estimate, if you’re the type of person who puts on 10 pounds just smelling a slice of pizza, then your daily caloric intake should stay around 2000 calories for men, and 1500 calories for women. Your body mass also plays a part in this equation. More calories are appropriate for naturally larger individuals and fewer for smaller people. Likewise, if you have a metabolism that allows you to eat anything you like without gaining a pound, or you’re physically active, you may be able to increase your caloric intake. Sublime Bliss also considers the amount of muscle mass of a person – the greater the mass the more calories you need to function.
 

2. Don’t fear fatty foods You need to consume fat from foods for your body to function properly. However, it is important to distinguish between the various types of fat. Most animal fats and some vegetable oils are high in calories and high in the types o fats that raise your LDL cholesterol level (often referred to as bad cholesterol). Contrary to popular belief, eating cholesterol doesn’t necessarily raise the amount of cholesterol in your body. If you give your body the right tools, it will flush the excess cholesterol from your body. The tools your body need are monounsaturated fatty acids, which you should try to consume regularly. These are referred to as good cholesterol.

3. Carbohydrates are important
Sublime Bliss will teach you that you need to eat foods that are high in carbohydrates (“carbs”) because they are your body’s main source of energy. The key is to choose the right carbs, complex carbs, rather than simple carbs. Simple carbs such as sugar and processed flour are quickly absorbed by the body’s digestive system. This causes a kind of carb overload, and your body releases huge amounts of insulin to combat the overload. The excess insulin is detrimental to your heart and also encourages weight gain. Insulin is the main hormone in your body responsible for fat storage. 

Thus, the goal is to consume lots of the right types of carbs, paricularly complex carbohydrates. We, at Sublime Bliss will teach you how to choose carbs that are slowly digested by the body, giving you an abundant source of energy throughout the day. 

4. Eat larger meals early in the day
Your metabolism slows down toward the end of the evening and is less efficient at digesting foods. That means more of the energy stored in the food will be stored as fat and your body won’t absorb as many nutrients from the meal. Many Americans tend to consume their largest meal at dinner. The problem with this approach is that your day is essentially over, thus your body’s need for energy is normally at its lowest point.

5. Don’t skip breakfast
Research indicates that people who skip breakfast are usually fatter than those who eat a well-balanced breakfast. Although you might not feel hungry first thing in the morning, if you skip breakfast you will feel extra hungry by the time you eat lunch, making you more prone to overeating. In addition, skipping breakfast makes your body think you are starving. After skipping breakfast, your body will store up most of the energy you get from food, instead of allowing you to burn it, in anticipation of food scarcity. This not only will cause you to be tired during the day when your body isn’t using the food you ate, but will also result in weight gain. 

6. Make Eating an Adventure
Avoiding simple carbs and fatty foods doesn’t have to be boring. Have fun not only with the food, but also in choosing and consuming the meal. Dining with family and friends makes the meal more satisfying than eating in front of the TV or in the car on your way home from work. You will eat slower when you savor the meal, which allows your brain to realize it is full at an earlier moment. Thus, you eat less, gain less unwanted pounds, and achieve a healthier body.

7. Give yourself a cheat day
Cheating doesn’t mean overindulging (aka “pigging out”) all day on all the wrong foods once a week. It means allowing yourself the luxury to really enjoy and savor the foods you love, in moderation. Give yourself permission to indulge in a couple slices of greasy pizza on Sundays, or a big slice of double chocolate cake on Saturdays. This cheat day will help you stick to the change in diet, will prevent you from feeling deprived, and in some ways is actually good for your body. 

8. Avoid excess amounts of alcohol
Excessive drinking is detrimental to your body, but it is also detrimental for your will power. A heavy night of drinking can send you to the fridge overindulging in all the wrong foods. However, the latest research indicates that moderate alcohol is actually beneficial to your health, both short term and long term. Wine contains antioxidants which help fight illness and stave off age related disease.