If ever you talk to me, or if you’ve read our posts, you’ll hear / see the term “nutrition plan” often, but what will be absent, is the term “diet.” I abhor this word as it is the reason why people can’t seem to get in shape, and if they manage to, they can’t stay in shape. It all has to do with what the term diet has come to mean. . .
No longer does it mean what your consume on a regular basis– Now, it has come to mean, “Which [gimmick] do you subscribe to? Atkins? South Beach?” That normally would be too much of an issue, except that I’m not “on a diet.” I choose to eat healthy on a regular basis, and don’t intend to change this.
The other issue beside this is the inherent problem with all of those “diets.” While I’m no expert on fad dieting, they all seem to have a finish line– A point at which you will “achieve” your “goal,” and you can stop dieting. Does no one see the problem with this while they’re doing it? If it took you all of this effort to get to a point, what makes you think that you can stop this “diet” and maintain.
This, is my second problem with the word “diet.” A “diet” should not have a finish line– Rather than define it as “What / how you eat to lose weight for a period of time,” it should be defined as “The kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats.” Because of these misconceptions, I only use the term “Nutrition Plan,” which keeps people from asking how many “points” I’m at for the day.
I am sure you have all heard the phrase you are what you eat, and it is true. If we eat the foods our bodies really want we will have lean strong bodies. It is only when we start eating things in excess that our bodies start to have excess. So, my wish for you is that you can start to really listen to what your body wants, and only feed it that. No more refined foods, no more unnatural sugars, less carbs, more fat, and more protein. At first you may crave the bad foods, but after you wean your body off of them you will most likely never crave them again. Good luck!