Welcome to the Wagon Plan Blog. This blog is intended to share my nutrition plan with friends and family and should not be practice until you discuss it with your physician or nutritionist.

Disclaimer: Please consult with your doctor or nutritionist before attempting this plan. This plan is not for the newbie and your doctor should clear you before doing this.

This statement used to haunt me everyday, it's like heaven to eat whatever your want and lose weight. I dreamed of cookies, cakes, pizza, and tons of snicker bars everyday but because I had a goal to lose the spare tire I carried around for 15 years, I fought these desires ending with me pigging out on infinite amount of foods and guided me to the path that made me part of the OH Community (Gastric Bypass). But what if this statement was infact true... it would be the Holy Grail, well call me Indiana Jones because I present to you the Holy Grail of Nutrition.

Blast from the past!
If you could remember as a child sucking on baby formula, you would be surprised that the food you cried for every 2-3 hours actually had no taste and was the most bland type of food on the planet. But you found yourself craving this bland food like clock work. It wasn't the wonderful taste of the formula or breast milk that caused the cravings, it was the connection the brain made associating milk with energy (Calories). 
It wasn't until you grew older and more and more foods were introduced to you that you started to crave the forbidden foods that so many claim played a major role in their obesity. Well, the brain functions and communicate with pictures. The higher the energy output of a certain food, the stronger the craving signal. For example, when you ate a BIG MAC value meal, the brain took the tedious task of adding up all the energy output for you and associated the picture of this meal with the number of calories or energy it will yield. Now, when you are critically low on energy and your body needs a tremendous amount of calories, it will send the picture or craving for a Big Mac value meal. It's not that the brain enjoyed the flavor of this meal, it associated it with energy.

Back to the Future!
When you crave certain foods, the body is low on energy and communicating the best way it knows how by sending pictures of foods that will motivate you to react. The brain knows if it send you a picture of green lettuce in comparison to a chocolate donut, the chances of you eating the chocolate donut is greater therefore supplying the body with energy. On the otherhand, when the body is not requiring energy, there is now cravings and the body remains in a homeostasis mode. When you fight cravings and resist what your body is trying to communicate to you, this is when the signal is amplified greater which causes you to binge. The best plan of action is to enjoy the meal the body is sending you because it is very close to how much energy your body is requesting. Have you ever had a craving for a donut, and after about 2 or 3 donuts in a row, your cravings are no longer there and the donut box sits on the counter for a couple of days? The brain knows your motivation to supply energy is using this picture is going to be less, so it has to create or send another picture to motivate you to eat when energy is low. So, if you satisfied your ice cream and cookies craving this week, the brain will send something just as motivating in order to keep you supplying it with energy. 

THE HOLY GRAIL
Obesity did not occur because of the many myths of being lazy, eating too much, just bad genes. The number one reason for obesity is NUTRITION PARTITIONING. Those who are making serious amount of money in this obesity business will not mention this because if they hint around to it, they will lose plenty of doe...and I am not talking about Hostess. Okay let's get down to it.
Insulin is a transporter of nutrients to the cells (Muscles, Fats, Brain, Etc). When I speak of insulin, think about a long train of carts with protein, glucose (carbs), and fats being shuttled throughout the body and dropped off at different points within the body. Insulin is released when we eat protein and carbs. Carbs obviously sends insulin release off the chart. In order to clean the blood stream of sugar, insulin is released by the pancreas to do this task. Insulin also is the KEY MASTER to the fat cells. It has the master key to open all the cells in the body to accept nutrients. When insulin is high, the fat cells thrive, when insulin is low, the fat cells starve (Liberate fats and shrink due to another hormone called Glucagon).

You can EAT ANYTHING YOU WANT as long as you partition your foods correctly. By following a basic law of Thermodynamics and how the body transport nutrients, you can literally control how much weight you want to lose and how fast you want to lose it.  

THE BASIC LAW!
Protein is highly thermo and  requires the body burn a lot of energy to convert it into the building blocks of our body. Carbohydrates are the main source of energy for the body and also requires a lot of energy to convert it into glycogen. Thermodynamics simply means the output of energy in order to create energy. Fats on the otherhand requires very little amount of energy and can be easily stored when the body goes through a lazy phase (Which is every minute of your life). The body will always take the least path of resistance in order to create or use energy. Now, let's bring insulin back into the equation. Insulin is a transporter, which means when we eat proteins, carbs, and fats, it is the job of insulin to shuttle these macronutrients to starving cells. Now we are familiar with insulin, let's take advantage of this well known fact. 

Law 1: Always eat protein with fats (No starchy carbohydrates). 
When we eat proteins and fats with a starchy carb (Burger or any other sandwich), the possiblity of storing dietary fat is greater because the release of insulin by the starchy carb. Your body has enough fat on it, so the brain see the extra dietary fat as something easily stored and will not take the measures to use it for present energy. So, insulin will shuttle it right to the fat cells until the body is done breaking down the proteins and other carbs eaten during the meal. This lazy habit of our body. By eating protein and fats together with no starchy carbs, there is very little insulin to shuttle fats into the fat cells, so, the body either uses the dietary fats immediately or expel them out of the body. 

Law 2: Always eat protein with green veggies (Fiberous)
Protein when eaten with green fiberous veggies requires the body to work harder to breakdown the molecules of protein and complex carbs. The insulin release is so low, the body uses the protein and fiber immediately or it expels it out. The fat within the protein is used as well and there is not enough insulin to shuttle dietary fat into the fat cells. 

Law 3: Eat starchy carbs with fruits, skim milk or honey (NO FATS)
Eating carbohydrates supplies the body with energy and it's not the carbohydrates that make us fat, it's the extra stuff we put on it that does the job. When you eat starchy carbs, the insulin release is very high and the body is primed for growth. This means when you eat a meal high in fat with a starchy carb, the body will easily store the fat away while it is trying to break down the other macronutrients eaten. By eating starchy carbs with fruits, honey, and skim or fruit jams, the insulin release will be high, but the fat storage is very low. Most fruits, skim milk, honey, and jams are fat free or very low in fat. 

By following these simple laws, you can literally eat anything you want. The cravings that will come is your body telling you it needs a bit more energy. So, if you have a craving for something sweet, satisfy it at the time of the craving and jump back on track following the basic laws written above. Having a couple meals that do not follow these laws will not hurt you one bit as long as you are making the attempt to feed the body energy. By controlling what type of macronutrients will be used for energy and what types will be used for fat storage will give you the freedom to plan a nutrition plan around your lifestyle. A sample meal for me goes like this: 

I can eat a good volume of foods without feeling uncomfortbale, my plan may differ from yours.

Breakfast:(Carbs + Fruit) (High Insulin Release)
Blueberry muffin (I can't believe it's not butter spray) w/a bit of honey
1 Banana
Cup of coffee w/splenda and cream (The cream has a trace of fat and I will sacrifice this because I love coffee)

Lunch: (Protein + Fats) (Low Insulin Release)
3-4 oz Steak Broiled
1/2 C Broccoli and Cheese
 
Dinner:
1 C Pasta w/ Tomato sauce only no meat (Carbs + Fruit) (High Insulin Release)
1 Slice Whole Wheat Bread (I can't believe it's not butter spray and some garlic powder)

Snacks:
3 Whole Graham Crackers w/strawberry jam (Carbs +Sugar) (High Insulin Release)
or
Yogurt w/ Banana or Whole wheat toast and jam.

High Insulin Release meals have zero to little fat and the body will use the carbs for energy production.
Low Insulin Release meals have high fats but little insulin production so dietary fats are not shuttled to the fat cells. 

Every now and then, I will have a meal I am craving (Taco bell, McDonalds) without concerns of partitioning my meals. These cravings are only recognized when I did not eat enough during the day and my body is demanding more energy. If I suck it up and fight these cravings, I would most like end up binging all night and eating way more calories than the meal I should have eaten at the time of my craving. 

This is it! Go out and prosper! 

LOVE & HUGS!
James