How to Choose the Right Diet?
Realistically, the best diet for you is one that you can stick to.
You aren't going to get results on any diet unless you can stick to it. It is consistency over time that will help you reach your goals - not perfect eating and not a few weeks of perfect eating. Simply put, if you can stay on track most of the time and be patient, you will get there, and are more likely to stay there.
Tracking your food intake regularly, using a macro-friendly tracking app, is one of the best ways to hold yourself accountable and ensure you are consistent. I like the Lose It App.
While a little sacrifice is needed, getting healthy, losing weight, etc. doesn't have to be painful. And you shouldn't feel forced to eat foods you just don't enjoy. Your food preferences and how certain foods make you feel is an important consideration before going on any new eating plan. If your food is making you feel tired, bloated or just plain awful, this could be a sign this diet is not a good fit.
Bottom line, if you're having a hard time trying to decide what meal plan fits you best, here are a few key things to keep in mind:
* Pick the diet that includes foods you enjoy eating
* Stick with a diet that makes you feel good, physically and mentally
* Choose the diet you can maintain the longest
* Be consistent and give yourself time to be successful, no matter what diet you choose
Stronger Together Family Fundamentals
Stronger Together Family Fundamentals
Do one thing at a time.
Eat a variety of real, whole, unprocessed foods that add value to your body.
To lose fat, eat a little bit less.
Make sure your overall eating environment and habits, as well as your feelings and beliefs about eating, help you rather than hinder you.
Be consistent and “pretty good” every day, rather than alternating wildly between rigid or “perfect” eating and uncontrolled or chaotic eating.
Commit to doing a habit consistently for at least 2 weeks before making any changes, to determine how habits are working for you.
Your body reflects what you put into it (food, recovery) and take out of it (activity, stress).
Make decisions based on data and close observation of yourself, not "rules" or someone else's ideas.
These basic concepts hold true for everyone from beginners to pro-athletes.
Mastering these fundamentals and practicing them consistently can get you pretty far.
In fact, if those universal principles are all you ever learn and apply, we consider your fitness journey a great success!
Everyone is different
However, you’ve probably discovered a lot about yourself since starting Stronger Together Family.
For instance, you may have noticed that:
Some foods make you feel better than others.
Some foods don’t make you feel very good at all — you may have a food intolerance that you didn’t recognize before.
You feel better with more or less fat, more or less meat, cooked vegetables instead of fresh, different types of carbohydrates, and so forth.
Some foods (or food environments, or situations) “trigger” you into behaviors that aren’t healthy.
Now that you’re a finely tuned machine of personal observation (aka your own scientist), it’s time to refine your nutrition a little further — to make it suit YOU.
Keep it simple
Individualizing and refining does not mean you get bogged down in tiny, probably irrelevant, details. It does not mean you whip out the spreadsheet and start making elaborate, restrictive plans for yourself.
In fact, individualizing often means making things simpler.
Getting down to the essence of what YOU need. What YOU can do in your real life.
Simply make small, practical, and sustainable nutritional adjustments based on careful, thoughtful, informed self-awareness.
How do you know what "works"?
To determine whether something works for you, ask yourself the following questions:
Do you feel good inside and out?
Do you have lots of energy for what you want to do?
Are your health indicators (e.g. blood chemistry, blood pressure, resting heart rate, immune system, etc.) good?
Are you performing well in the gym?
Are you meeting your goals?
Ignore what you think you "should" do. Ignore other people's "rules of the road".
Stay in YOUR lane, driving YOUR car to YOUR destination.
