Time to make it happen! No excuses!
What’s up my good people,
Sorry I have been a little quiet recently. 3 months into the new year and my time table is full already.
One of the reasons for being so busy is that I’ve started the execution of my 5 year plan to become a millionaire.
Yep, that’s right. I really believe I can do it if I continue to work smart, stay dedicated and to keep trying.
A lot of people talk the talk, but you guys know what I’m about…
The way I see it is, I’m 25 now and I ain’t getting any younger.
So if I’m really going to try and achieve ANYTHING in life, I may as well start now using whatever resources I can get my hands on and stop with the excuses and procrastinating. I’m an Aquarius and we do procrastinate a lot.
Procrastination is definitely a teacher for me in this life time as I know when I finally overcome/master it, I will learn a lot about myself and what I can really do/achieve.
All I ask from you guys in exchange for this blog is to project good thoughts out there for me and my 5 year plan 🙂
Anyhoo, let’s get cracking with some of that good stuff and what you really came here for…
Tips on getting sexy for summer 😉
You may be reading this and already in shape but just want to pick up a few tips…
OR you may be in need of help which is why you are reading this now…
Either way, fear not as Dee has you covered!
Today we’re going to talk/cover nutrition!
Nutrition, Emotions and your Logical Mind
Nutrition is a topic which will forever live as the moment it dies, we die along with it. We all need to eat to survive – That we can all agree on (I hope)
However, obesity and food related illnesses are all due to either a lack of education or poor choices/decisions with dire consequences.
A thought enters our mind for the need or the wanting of some some ice cream.
Now, our logical mind will tell us:
“No, don’t eat it – We are doing really well right now on this diet and have got so far”
However, our emotional self will tell us:
“Go on, eat the ice cream – You deserve it for going the whole 6 weeks without slipping up”
We are faced with the classic:
Logic vs Emotion scenario – Which most of us have faced at some time in our lives.
Most of the time emotion wins and we are later faced with frustration for not being strong enough to face the emotion full on without it taking victory.
This is why when you next go to eat, ask yourself:
Am I hungry or am I feeding an emotion?
Do I allow food to enslave me or am I in control?
Be honest with yourself now folks…
You will most probably know the answer from the get go, but the little voice that resides inside your head will have you living in straight denial.
I find that this little voice is really the emotion talking from deep within you..
Really think about that…
It’s quite deep and will most probably help you to get to the root issue of the emotion that lives deep within your sub conscious mind…
“Emotion speaks as that little voice in our heads…”
When I talk nutrition with people, I go deeper than “Just a food plan”
I’m actually in this game to help people and need to help them in order for my soul to grow…That’s why it’s deeper than:
“Just a food plan to me”
I find out why my clients cheat themselves whilst dieting and what leads them to that place of wanting to cheat in the first instance.
It’s easy to charge someone £80-£120 for a food plan but what’s the point if they struggle keep their own diet clean for 4-6 weeks. It’s logic to work with the person and find out why/where they are going wrong. That’s the difference between me and your “average” personal trainer.
You could be well educated on nutrition, but if you don’t make “smart” food choices then your knowledge goes in vein my friend.
“Life is all about choices- We make them everyday”
We chose what WE want to wear in the morning before leaving our house
We chose what WE want to eat when we are hungry.
We chose what careers WE want for ourselves.
We chose our partners in life and the relationships we have with them
We chose our own thoughts (which creates our reality)
And WE chose what we put into our bodies throughout the duration of our lives – No one else!
Therefore you are in the state you are in now because of YOU and no one but YOU. We need to start taking responsibility for ourselves and our actions and stop blaming other people for the position/state we are in.
I love you guys but have to dish out a serving of tough love every now and then!
When approaching nutrition from any angle, it’s important to note that we are all different individuals and different methods of eating will and won’t work for different people. Please keep this in mind.
When it comes to food, our bodies respond differently as we are all unique in that way.
I will have to cover nutrition throughout the duration of this blog as it is too vast of a subject to cover in one post. Saying that, I will give you some simple tips to follow which will make life easier for yourself where nutrition is concerned.
(P.S I’m not a certified nutritionist – I just know my stuff through researching, on top of researching, on top of researching – We can all do it!)
1) Life style change VS the 12-16 weeks diet
I say it all the time – Change your lifestyle through food rather than just following a diet plan which only last for a few weeks. Why go through the work of cleaning up your diet, keeping consistent for 16 weeks only to go and mess it up again with your old way/habit of eating. A life change will equate to a newer and healthier you.
2) Treat Meals – I no longer use the term cheat meal any more. I now say treat meal. The way I look at it is – words are powerful. The moment you say you are having a cheat meal is the moment you feel as if you are cheating yourself.
But when you state you are going to “enjoy” a treat meal, subconsciously you feel better within yourself.
WOW – LOL – WHAT A MADNESS!
Use treat meals as a way to treat yourself every 2 weeks or so for the dedication and hard (smart) work on your part.
Utilize this time as a mental reset and eat whatever you like for 1 meal (And one meal only lol)
Go all out…TREAT YOURSELF! You deserve it.
Pizza, Chinese, Mexican – Eat whatever you feel like and then get back on track pronto!
3) Carbs – The friend and the enemy for both females and males. You either love them or hate them – Or both lol.
Carbs cover a large percentage of food intake in the entire world as it comes in so many different forms. You have good carbs and bad carbs. Low GI & High GI carbs.
Rice
Potatoes
Vegetables
Chocolate
Crisp
Fizzy Drinks
Did you know that all the above are a form of carbohydrate!
(Search my page for more info about carbs as I have covered them in more detail before)
Carbs are what YOU make of them. If you eat too much and you don’t exercise then yes, you’ll get fat. But that’s the same with anything we eat.
Let me make it as simple as I can:
Carbs = Energy
If you don’t exercise and your body makes no use of that energy, it will store it for later use in the form of fat.
Hence why, when people are trying to loose the fat (stored energy) they have do exercise (weights/cardio) as a way to release that energy (stored fat)
I hope you just had a light bulb moment due to me breaking it down so simply for you.
As humans, we complicate things waaaaaaaay too much.
If you eat clean carbs in moderation and exercise at least 3-4 times a week, then the carbs will feed your body with the energy it needs and work towards re filling your glycogen cells (We won’t get into glycogen now lol)
I don’t want too confuse you with too much science, but it is important that you know the basics for your own good (And others around you)
4) Vegetables – Look, there not that bad OK lol. Vegetables will help your body with homeostasis (a state where all the bodies chemicals are balanced)
This may not make sense to you lol – Don’t worry if it doesn’t
It does this by feeding your body the required vitamins, minerals and nutrients needed in order for your endocrine system and other bodily features to perform optimally/sufficiently.
Vegetables are also a great source of fibre which will help to keep you fuller for longer.
Keeping full will lead you to eating less throughout the day which helps with less calorie consumption which causes….
FAT LOSS!
Eat you veggies 🙂
5) Water – Not only does water help to keep you fuller at meal times, it also works to flush toxins out of the body. Why does this relate to fat loss you may ask?
Just think, if your body is filled with toxins and acids, it cannot work sufficiently at doing it’s job. Shifting fat is a “job” it has to undertake but will stuggle to do so if it’s not well looked after.
It’s like having diesel in a petrol car – The two mixed together will slow down and eventually damage the car (your body). The same can be said for toxins, pesticides and unbalanced acid levels within the body.
pH vs Alkaline diet & acid levels in the body – Another subject which I have covered before that you can search for on here.
Ponder upon what has been written today and see if you can use any of the above (if not all the methods) to help re-shape and reform your temple AKA your special body.
That’s me done my good people – I hope you enjoyed the knowledge shared today and continue to learn from me, my life and my story.
I am extremely busy at the moment as I have already mentioned but I’m here for you guys always and will continue to help in the world where I can.
Much love to you all and stop stressing as life is a blessing 🙂
NAMASTE
David Richards
DEE’S FITNESS
