Your Nutrition Belief System – The Simple Way to Never Diet Again
November 9, 2009 | 10 Comments
So I’m back blogging after a wild WSFL 2.0 week last week (not to mention the 2 weeks leading up to it as I was scrambling to get the new package together).
Today I wanted to step back from all the ‘rapid weight loss’ talk to share with you a concept that I think is very important, much over looked, AND if you apply it there is a good chance that you would NEVER need WSFL 2.0.
What I’m talking about (and as you can probably guess from the title) is your Nutrition Belief System. Good ol’ Wikipedia aptly describes a belief system as a life stance. So the question is – what is your belief system or life stance on nutrition?
I was recently reading a book by Dan Kennedy on time management and success. He said (I’m paraphrasing) that..
Where you are in your life is a result of your current belief system whether you want to admit or not.
This got me thinking about nutrition and weight loss. Many people know what they should be doing but aren’t doing it; they are instead doing the opposite. For example most people know that if they want to lose weight, they need to eat less carbs – but in actuality they aren’t eating less carbs and they are frustrated with their inability to lose weight.
What would that person’s real nutrition belief system be?
I can eat as many carbs as I want and still lose weight.
Now think about it again. What really is your nutrition belief system?
Here is what I came up with (feel free to steal it):
I believe that the only way to a lean, healthy, and muscular body is through daily consumption of protein, fibrous vegetables, key supplements, and daily metabolic exercise. The acceptance of ill-timed starches, calories, alcohol, and missed workouts will prevent the achievement of my goals.
Now, without any other information, tweaks or secret strategies, if you followed the above 2 sentences on a daily basis you would be in excellent health and you have the type of body that most people envy. You’d never need to diet and you’d never need WSFL 2.0.
Eating would become easy. Whenever confronted with the question – should I eat this? You would just need to ask – “Does it fit in line with my belief system? Yes or No?”
This is a really simple concept but very powerful. Just apply the above nutrition belief system (or write your own) to your life everyday for the next 30 days. You’ll be amazed.
Have a good one,
Mike
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Well said!
Not exactly catchy, but if it works for you…
I prefer "Starchy carbs go right to my azz." At least, that's always what comes to mind when I'm tempted to eat something useless.
Good one Kathleen. I'll run with that … albeit a bit short of entirely catchy.
"Prevent my fat azz by relying on diet for fat loss, resistance for muscle gain, cardio for endurance, nutrition and hydration for a happy and healthy body."
"Prevent my fat azz with Eat Stop Eat and/or Warrior Dieting, understanding hunger and nutritional requirements, and just enough resistance and cardio to maintain but not wear me out. Gimmicks are gimmicks and fasting is misunderstood."
"Prevent my fat azz by knowing: 1000 calories is 3 minutes of eating vs 1.5 hours of exhausting exercise. Caloric Deficit Diet burns fat, resistance builds muscle and muscle burns fat, cardio builds endurance with a relatively small and short spike in fat burning, nutrition and hydration keeps you happy and healthy."
"Prevent my fat azz by doing something I can stick with for life. Any diet and/or workout that restricts too much choice, consumes too much time or exhausts me too much will not be sustainable."
Mike,
It's great to see someone who puts out quality products openly admit that if you do certain things the product would be 100-percent unnecessary for your situation……………just another example of what a straight shooter you are!
"The avoidance of ill-timed starches, calories, alcohol, and missed workouts will prevent the achievement of my goals." Question here, wouldn't the avoidance of the ill-times items help you meet the goals? Or am I missing a word or phrase here?
Hehe. That last one works for me, Thomas Paine! Long-term plans, not short-term diets!
In fact, exhausting cardio (as well as exhausting weight workouts) can be anethema to some of us with hormone issues and damaged metabolisms.
@ Jane. Yes, I agree with you – "prevent" must have been a typo.
Great post Mike, and as you and I both know, it is our belief systems that determine our results and not so much the "info" out there like people are lead to believe
Mike, what would you call "key supplements"?