Great blog exert from an original CrossFit legend, both as a coach and athlete.
James 'OPT' Fitzgerald
"....comment from a Half-Ironman Triathlete after we had an interesting conversation about life and 90% effort and where it gets you vs. 100% effort; then i threw it back at him about nutrition and the same idea...this is where we got:
"Well I was 100% on the no bread, pasta & rice. As for sugar, I'm not so sure because days after I ate it I realized maybe I got it through my organic yogurt and/or sauce I had added while BBQg my vegetables. I definitely didn't eat any sugar on purpose, not a lick or sample of anything.
I didn't realize the chasm between 90% & 100% until I did it. I'm a much better person for it; not so much because of where I am today but going forward.
"Well I was 100% on the no bread, pasta & rice. As for sugar, I'm not so sure because days after I ate it I realized maybe I got it through my organic yogurt and/or sauce I had added while BBQg my vegetables. I definitely didn't eat any sugar on purpose, not a lick or sample of anything.
I didn't realize the chasm between 90% & 100% until I did it. I'm a much better person for it; not so much because of where I am today but going forward.
It's like when I have quit anything, the 1st two weeks are hardest but I then eventually begin to lose the craving and so too again this time for bread, pasta & rice.
I won't forever be 100% but I forever will be greater than 90%. For example, instead wrapping meat & vegetables with a pita or pasta wrap. I'll just wrap with a lettuce leaf.
Also I found the process of 100% made me question everything. At 90%, I didn't think about my intake as much because I knew I was eating well enough "relatively speaking" and therefore any given item wasn't questioned as closely. At 100% I had to think about every thing I was about to eat whether it was acceptable. This world if full of shhIt. Working out is easy, eating healthy is the real work especially when travelling. I have invested so much more time into planning how I'm going to manage to eat healthy and even harder, where to find it but I digress.
Going 100% did leave me wondering; can one:
* Eat too much meat
* Eat to much vegetables
* Eat too much fruit
* Eat too much yogurt
* Eat too many nuts
I ask the first three because for the first two weeks I was hungry all day. I drank water but nibbled non-stop on meat, nuts, vegetables, fruit & yogurt. I didn't gain any weight so I assumed it might be reasonably okay e.g. Other than yogurt I assumed they are not calorie dense.
Now, I don't have as much hunger during the & more importantly don't crave bread, pasta & rice --- thus forever better. Thanks for making me do it. "
Also I found the process of 100% made me question everything. At 90%, I didn't think about my intake as much because I knew I was eating well enough "relatively speaking" and therefore any given item wasn't questioned as closely. At 100% I had to think about every thing I was about to eat whether it was acceptable. This world if full of shhIt. Working out is easy, eating healthy is the real work especially when travelling. I have invested so much more time into planning how I'm going to manage to eat healthy and even harder, where to find it but I digress.
Going 100% did leave me wondering; can one:
* Eat too much meat
* Eat to much vegetables
* Eat too much fruit
* Eat too much yogurt
* Eat too many nuts
I ask the first three because for the first two weeks I was hungry all day. I drank water but nibbled non-stop on meat, nuts, vegetables, fruit & yogurt. I didn't gain any weight so I assumed it might be reasonably okay e.g. Other than yogurt I assumed they are not calorie dense.
Now, I don't have as much hunger during the & more importantly don't crave bread, pasta & rice --- thus forever better. Thanks for making me do it. "
You get what you give... are you giving 100%?
Exert courtesy of http://optimumperformancetraining.blogspot.com/
No comments:
Post a Comment