The HLP fat-reduction meal planner is designed to be used in conjunction with the 12-week training guide to plan meals (food, amounts and timing) and workouts for you.

To make the planning process as easy as possible, we've even provided an example of a daily planner for ONE day each month at www.thermonx.com/planner

The meal planner allows you to use the principles shown in table1 to maximise fat loss:

Like you, members of the BSc team have tried various types of diets and we know how difficult it can be to maintain an eating program that allows you to reduce body fat while at the same time feeling satisfied (and not starving!). So, we’ve designed a special program that allows you to continually reduce body fat during the 12-week program (and longer, if you repeat the 12-week cycle).

By including protein in every meal, cycling carbohydrate intake (in month two and three) and using ThermonX Forte, you will be:

• Maximising ‘fat burning’.
• Reducing emotional stress (which increases the probability of you sticking to the program).

The BSc Zigzag
No, it’s not a new fitness dance! Cycling or ‘zigzagging’ carbohydrate intake is something you may not have come across in previous nutritional programs, however when undertaken properly, it can be a very effective body fat-reduction tool.

This is because you are continually surprising your body by changing your calorie intake, so it is unlikely to go into ‘starvation mode’ (reducing metabolic rate) - one of the consequences of following a low-carbohydrate diet.

From month two, our nutritional program includes a period of lower carbohydrate intake followed by a medium intake, and finally a higher intake before repeating the cycle.

Protein intake remains consistent throughout, although it does increase slightly on low carbohydrate days.

Fat intake is low throughout the program, with most coming from essential fatty acid (EFA) sources (flaxseed oil, nuts etc)