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Be Proactive! 4 Things You Can Do Today!

11/8/2016

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What are 4 things you can do TODAY to help your overall health?
  1. Start with a foundation of low starch, high fiber vegetables with different colors. Aim for 2:1 ratio of vegetables to fruits. Throw veggies in your omelets, smoothies, and hey….even just eat them. Want to “dip” them? Try adding in guacamole, salsa or hummus. 
  2. Add in quality proteins from wild or properly raised conditions. Eat protein at each sitting including all snacks. Protein keeps you fuller longer. Bottom line if you are missing protein you are probably “craving” other foods and most likely overeating on them. 
  3. Utilize high quality fats as a primary energy source and as a way to enhance nutrient absorption from other foods in the form of good oils. That’s right, you can use fats as a main energy source. Nuts and nut butters are FATS not PROTEINS. A lot of my clients when we make a list of each food group commonly mistake these fats for proteins. Add in coconut oil, real organic grass fed butter to your coffee and see how your energy levels can shift around the 10:30/11am period. 
  4. Avoid any high starch or high sugar foods when not eating to fuel exercise. And when you do ENJOY them, just simply move on. I do not believe in “cheat” meals. We don’t cheat on a test, we don’t cheat on our spouse, so why would we frame our food any different. 

If you are really needing to see a shift in your metabolism and overall change, you still get to mess up every once in a while. If you are 90% consistent with drinking water, eating your veggies, protein and fats that means you get to splurge 3x a week! If you are overall happy with body composition and performance, and you are 80% consistent with drinking water, eating your veggies, protein and fats, you get to splurge 6x a week! Who doesn’t love that?!?!?!? It is not about “cheats”, “gains” or even punishing nor rewarding yourself with food, it’s about enjoying it. 

Need more information and support? Look for part 2 on this topic next week where we talk about how/why you should hire a professional coach. 
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Jake
11/8/2016 11:36:47 am

Thanks for the nod to my morning ritual of coconut oil + butter in my coffee! It is my pre-workout energy source.

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