In this video I talk about what to eat for each meal to optimize fat burning.

Welcome to the Perfect Day Walkthrough,This is Daily Fat Burning Action #1 Meals.

In this video I am going to walk you through what a perfect day of your meals should look like.

Again, Each meal in the 3X Program is made up of protein, vegetable carbohydrates, and healthy fats. It is very important that you get all three of these components in each meal because they work together to nourish your body, help you burn fat, prevent muscle loss, and keep you full and satiated throughout the day.

Before we get into the specifics of the meals I want to take a moment here and stress the importance of getting enough vegetables. One of the major differences between 3X Weight loss and other ketogenic type diets is that most of them do not focus on overall health and completely neglect the vital micronutrients that your metabolism needs to do its job.

The first major reason you need vegetables is because they contain vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytonutrients and enzymes.

Enzymes are the worker bees of your metabolism. Your body cannot function without enzymes, they are what break down your food into nutrients that your body can use and they come from eating live foods like vegetables. Your enzymes NEED over 40 different essential (meaning they have to come from your diet) vitamins and minerals in order to do their job. So vegetables not only provide your body with live enzymes that do the work of your metabolism but also with the vitamins and minerals that your enzymes need to do their work.

As a side note, when you eat food that does not contain enzymes, as in processed foods or even cooked food, your body has to output enzymes from its reserves in order to break that food down and after a while of doing this you begin to deplete your body of enzymes and your metabolism slows down and your health will suffer for it.

So that is one reason why eating vegetables and preferably raw vegetables are a huge part of this program and cannot be left out if you want to experience all of the benefits that come from this eating plan.

The other reason is because the vegetables contain fiber which is what feed your gut friendly bacteria. You actually do not digest fiber, microbes in your gut eat the fiber. Your body is not only made up of cells but is made up of something called the microbiome which is the collection of microbes that live in the human body. You are technically more microbe than human because the microbes in your body outnumber the human genes by a ratio of 100:1 so it is important to feed these guys because they make up a large portion of your body and specifically your immune system. So what is really cool is that these microbes eat the fiber from vegetables and turn it into a healthy fat called butyrate. It’s the same fatty acid found in butter. SO your microbes turn vegetables into butter. Pretty cool huh. This is important because butyrate helps you lose weight by lowering insulin.

Vegetables are also how you get Potassium. Potassium helps lower insulin and if you don’t get enough potassium your insulin could increase and keep you from being able to burn fat. Each day our body requires 4,700 mg of potassium- which is a lot. Now I can guarantee most people are not getting that amount each day. You would have to eat 15 bananas to get this much potassium which we obviously won’t be doing but luckily you can also hit the recommended daily amount of potassium by eating 7-10 cups of vegetables per day- which again most people are not doing but you will be doing on this program which is why you are going to have better results than 99% of people who are on other diet and exercise programs.

Ok, so you know have a good thorough understanding of some of the reasons that it is important to eat vegetables on this plan.

So now Let’s go through each meal and we will start with breakfast.

I recommend having eggs cooked in butter or coconut oil with a side of either chicken sausage or turkey bacon and a couple of slices of avocado.

In addition to the protein and healthy fats you also need to add some vegetables in so a good way to do that is with a glass of green vegetable juice or a kale shake.

The vegetable juice and kale shake recipe is located inside the implementation guide.

For lunch, I recommend making a huge “3X salad” with 3-4 cups of raw vegetables and dark leafy greens. Feel free to also use other salad toppings such as avocado, sauerkraut, seeds, hummus, olives, pickles, etc.

I always like to add sauerkraut or fermented vegetables to my salad to give me an extra dose of probiotics but they also contain good amounts of sodium that you need in addition to the potassium that you will be consuming with the vegetables and fermented vegetables also help improve insulin resistance.

Next, add your choice of protein (meat, fish, eggs).

Include a homemade dressing made with healthy fats and lemon, vinegar, herbs, and spices.

My favorite is the 3X Healthy Ranch Dressing which is located in the recipes.

And dinner is going to be again another combination of protein, healthy fats and vegetables. Sometimes for dinner I like to switch it up and have a crockpot meal or I’ll have some grilled protein with vegetables sauteed in butter- or to keep it easy I’ll just throw together a salad.

There are tons of recipes that you can choose from so that you never get bored with your food or feel like you are deprived. I have created a healthier version of pretty much every food you can think of so have fun with choosing recipes but I highly recommend that in the beginning for the first week or so to just keep it super simple and easy. Meat, healthy fats and a ton of vegetables.

It’s very easy to do.

In the next video I am going to talk about the timing of your meals and how much you should eat and when.