This post is making comp diets an exception - tomorrow I will do something similar for competition diets, but today I am referring to your day to day nutritional approach. Here are my top 5 warning signs the dietary approach you have chosen is going to fold and crumble for you at some point in the nearish future and wont be your long-term happy solution. 1. You’re constantly fighting cravings There will be times when you have to resist junk food, but that shouldn’t be the norm. Eventually your cravings will win, and you’ll end up fighting problem number two… 2. You’re bingeing, or tempted to binge. Binge eating is not about willpower as I have stated numerous times Sometimes, the only way to lose fat is to deal with these problems before you try to get lean. Instead of fixing these issues, many people focus on the wrong measures of success, like your weight. 3. You only track your weight. If you want to lose fat, you need to lose weight, but that doesn’t mean you should only focus on the scale. FIO girls know this whole heartedly. If you want to lose fat, track more than your weight.Track your habits. Track your calorie and macronutrient intake. Track your workouts.Take progress pictures. Your weight is like a compass. It tells you the general direction you’re headed, but it doesn’t account for all of the twists and turns you’ll run into while dieting. 4. You’re always hungry. If you’re hungry, eat more calories, protein, fat, or fibre. If you are hungry all the time, you WILL fail. You may also want to change your meal frequency to something you enjoy more — either eating more or less often until you’re satisfied. 5. You aren’t planning meals. You eat the same foods every day, so your meal plan is always the same. I know, this works for some people (I am one of them actually - to a large degree) but for MOST people this is not a terrific strategy for long term dietary success and this is what we are seeking. So...then you get bored, and you binge or stop dieting. Or, you have no idea how much or what you’re eating, because you aren’t tracking your diet. Meal planning makes it easy to stay excited about your diet, while eating the right number of calories to lose fat. You dont need to plan every meal down to the gram. Set a few rough guidelines, and try a few new recipes every now and then. You’ll almost never get bored, and you’ll lose fat without thinking about it. What I am suggesting is FAIL PROOF YOUR DIET/NUTRITIONAL APPROACH. This isn’t easy, but it is simple. If you’ve been struggling to lose fat for years, it’s hard to adjust to a more flexible diet without restricting and bingeing. It’s hard to safely lose weight without ruining your social life and sanity. Tomorrow I will post on some tips for those of you on a comp diet that in my opinion are WARNING signs that your diet is going to come at a cost....or several....
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 21:32:23 +0000
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