From working with thousands of people over the years from my time in the NHS, Public Health, Fruci Fit and just talking to friends in supermarkets who I haven’t seen in a while.
There seems to be this belief that some foods can never be eaten if you are to get in shape.
“Don’t look in my trolley” you say when I see you at the supermarket
“I would join you at Fruci Fit but I love my food too much”
^^^ I love my food too. We want you to actually enjoy your food. In fact, most people don’t actually enjoy their so called treat foods as they’re wrapped up in guilt
And these beliefs happen throughout the year.
“I would start but it’s Christmas”
^^ yet it’s not March and has anything changed?
Then it is:
“There is still so much crap in the house”
Before we know it, Valentines chocolates have been and gone…
And it’ll be Easter Eggs from now
And then..
Summer Ice Creams & BBQs
Throw in the birthday party’s and it begs the question:
“Is there ever going to be a PERFECT time?”
In fact, is the perfect time NOW?
Thing is, you will always have temptations.
We live in – what the researchers call – an obesogenic environment.
Food is more available than ever before.
Delivered to your door..
We don’t even have to go shopping anymore..
So essentially, even without thinking about it..
We are moving less and eating – potentially – more…
Especially when you consider there is more processed food than ever out there
^^ not that processed food is ‘bad’ as some of it is actually very nutritious (more on that another day)
But something that came up the other day when I was chatting to one of the ladies inside our Kickstart programme
She was not sure if she could keep up her results as she wanted chocolate.
Little did she know?
She can eat chocolate.
As we always say:
“Give yourself permission to eat anything just not everything”
^^ big difference
You see, I always ask people about where they want to set their nutrition baseline when helping people with their habits.
Do you want the 80/20 rule, where 80% of the time you are eating wholesome nutritious foods, with 20% of time more around the more processed foods / alcohol?
Or are you more 90/10 or 70/ 30 ?
Either way it has to be your choice.
Thing is though, it is easy to say you will be “80/20” but hard to actually do it.
Especially when you have been bombarded by all or nothing diets in the past.
Leaving you thinking that you have failed when you slip up
You know, when you have tried a low carb diet before then you think you have failed just because you had a potato…
Anyhoo…
Take this example:
Let’s say someone was eating 1300 calories a day and wanted to follow the 80/20 rule.
Based on 20% will be ‘whatever you want’ (chocolate in this case)
That means 1300 *0.2 = 260 calories of chocolate every day
Yep that is 260 calories of chocolate every day
And you are ON TRACK.
It becomes part of the plan .
You could do it across the week too. 1300 calories a day over a week is 9100 calories a week. 20% of that is 1820 calories..
1820 calories of chocolate (if you want)..
This is just an example, and it might be more for you.
You will only know, if you do it.
This is something we can help you with inside our 28 Day Kickstart for women 40+, 50+, 60+ and 70+ who pretty much know what to do but want the plan and accountability to do it…
Along with, of course, our ladies only small group personal training sessions
What more info? Message me with “kickstart” and I’ll send you the info
Matt