If you want to build your net worth and retire sooner, you make sure your assets outweigh your liabilities. You want to be making more money than you spend and let the compound interest take effect.
Most people give their finances more attention than their health. But what if you could think of your health as a balance sheet?
Over the past 5, 10, or 20 years, your body has become the sum of your inputs. And the good thing is that if you don't like the result, you have the power to change it starting today.
Your metabolism is income:
The number of calories you burn at rest everyday is your income. In a perfect world, this is high and this makes it easier to make sure that you are consistently burning as many or more calories than you are consuming.
But we don’t always get full-say in our income. And while we can’t just magically set our metabolism higher, there are things we can do to improve it and get the most out of it.
- more movement throughout the day
- improved hormonal health
- sun exposure
- increased protein intake
- eating nutrient dense foods
While a slower metabolism will make reaching your goals challenging, it certainly isn’t impossible to still be successful. Just like people retire early from average -earning careers, it’s possible to master your health and body composition despite a slow metabolism.
Your daily nutrition is your expenses:
Is it easier to save money with a higher income? Yes. Is it possible to save money on a low salary? Also yes.
The key to being successful with your finances and your health is to spend less than you earn. Or in this case, keep your nutritional intake at or below your metabolic burn.
If you have a slower metabolism, this means being more vigilant with your daily intake. If you are a higher earner (fast metabolism) there is more wiggle room in your day around what and how much to eat.
Regardless, this is the formula. So how do we keep caloric intake down?
- limit liquid calories from oils, soda, and alcohol
- eat lean meats like chicken, shrimp and 90% beef
- fill up on lower calorie, high volume foods like pickles, fruit, veggies and yogurt.
Your body fat is your debt:
This is the most important part. Your body fat is the excess calories that you have consumed over the past few years. When your calories consumed outpace your calories burned, the result is an increase in body fat. And debt comes with interest.
Belly fat or visceral fat, in particular, is independently correlated with increased mortality risk. Fat cells release inflammatory cytokines that negatively affect your hormones, joints and organs.
The good news is that this debt can be paid back. And shedding the weight not only improves the way you look and feel, but it will significantly improve your mortality risk back toward baseline levels.
You wouldn’t want debt on your balance sheet; you don’t want visceral fat on your organs.
Cardio is “working overtime”:
Going for a run, bike ride or walk can be helpful for burning some additional calories short term. Just like picking up some extra hours at work will help increase your paycheck for the week.
The problem is, your time is valuable. Eventually you don’t have endless time to trade for money. Just like you don’t want to have to continuously crank out more and more cardio to burn calories.
There are some great reasons to do cardio, including heart and cognitive health. But doing cardio alone is an unsustainable approach.
Muscle mass is your biggest asset:
Assets help you earn more income while you are asleep. Muscle works the same way. For each pound of muscle mass that you build, your body will burn additional calories. Every. Single. Day.
This is where the power of compound interest comes in. Burning a few extra calories today isn’t going to drive the needle tomorrow. But if you put the time and energy into building and maintaining additional muscle mass, you’ll be burning more calories on autopilot.
WIth proper programming, the average male can expect to easily add 10 lbs of muscle mass in their first few months of exercise. This raises your metabolic burn by over 7 lbs of fat for the year.
It might not sound THAT significant but consider the fact that once you’ve built muscle, you can maintain it in as little as 20 minutes per week. And you get these benefits year after year. That could be the difference between gaining or losing 20+ lbs of fat over 3 years.
The sooner you commit to building muscle, the longer you'll see the benefits of that investment. And increased muscle mass comes other advantages like better glucose control, metabolic health and lipid profiles.
Flipping your balance sheet:
If you currently have low muscle mass and increased body fat, then you need to flip your balance sheet. Right now your excess stored body fat is causing fatigue, joint pain, lower testosterone, low confidence and organ inflammation.
Low muscle mass is resulting in a lower metabolism, poor blood sugar control, higher triglycerides, and increased risk of every disease from diabetes, heart disease, various cancers and even dementia.
The good news is that you can build muscle and lose fat at the same time by focusing on your daily habits that we right about each week.
If we can serve you directly at a higher level, click here to apply today and we'll work with you 1 on 1 for a sustainable plan you can use in the decades to come. The result? A balance sheet that's working for you. And health on autopilot.
All the best,
Brett
Brother2Brother