Heyyyyyyyyyyyy!
So, I know it is the weekend and I normally do not post on the weekends, but tada I am here! I decided to post a little something I have been thinking about and wanted to share with everyone and see if anyone else is having the same thoughts as me, or wants to share their own experience, etc.
I have decided that before the upcoming year, I want to change my eating habits (once again) not because of anything bad for say, but because I want something new and different. I don’t mean I want to go on a diet or anything, I just want to manage my eating a lot more strict, but not so strict where I can’t stick with it. I have been doing IIFYM, and I enjoy it and will stick with it for the time being, because it works for me. I don’t know what I am trying to do exactly yet, I just have a few goals in mind that I am challenging myself to do to see how it works out along the way. My reasoning for something new is because I just want more variety & consistency – I don’t want to go so long and then give up, or stray down the wrong path. I want something to keep me disciplined.. so I have downloaded the calorie tracker on my phone and I am going to invest into a food scale as well, and I am going to embark on this journey with a new mindset, new goals, and a new attitude.
Does anyone else feel the way I feel about this time, where they just want to embark on a new journey fitness/health wise, even if things seem to be going “okay”, you just want something new and fresh, something more challenging, maybe more strict, possibly more time consuming, but you want this because you have an end goal in mind and are willing to do whatever it takes to meet it? I have my exercise regimen the way I want it before deciding to join CrossFit again, but I want my nutrition to meet the same standards, and so I am going to find something that gives me the pleasure and satisfaction I need in order to make me happy – By strict I don’t mean cutting my calories to like 500, I am not talking about extremes, just something more or less different but the same.. (confusing, I know)
I think once I come up with something I want to do (an overall plan) it will be grand, life changing, long term and very rewarding in the end. This post was to just my mind jogging and thoughts moving around, thanks for reading.
Your Fitness Blogger,
Shay-lon xxx
It will be cool to follow along with your nutrition changes! Wonder if it will affect your PMS at all? My diet is all over the place so I know it will be motivating lol
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Good question. I wonder that too. I don’t know if I will be posting about my nutrition changes, lol. This was just a way for me to get my mind jogging.
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Lol oooh gotcha! Well good luck :)) I know you will find a good plan for yourself
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Hah, thank you Jess 🙂
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I put that energy into my job so I know exactly what you mean. You just want to be “tip of the sword”. Good luck and enjoy.
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Please explain IIFYM.
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I have it in a previous post, I will locate it and send you the link 😉
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Thanks.
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I started a radical diet in 2013. Basically, I eat a balanced whole food, plant based diet, avoid highly processed and junk food, and I try to not eat more than I burn up in a day. People say I’m crazy but it’s helped me bring sexy back.
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Haha, radical diet? okay, hmm. sounds easy enough? I assume it is strict?
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The plant based part is strict. The no processed or junk food part has been 72.4% strict.
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Okay, 70 percent isn’t bad. I can handle that. Yeah, plant based would be hard for me, honestly. I don’t think I want to be that strict – it wouldn’t be long term because I would fail.
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I refuse to like that comment because 1. It’s not difficult, 2. You would feel awesome and be healthier, and 3. You aren’t a quitter.
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I am a quitter. You seen my post about quitting on my friend, training him that is. lol
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I also refuse to like that comment. I just read it and commented. You’re not a quitter.
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In all seriousness, I would have been described as a “picky eater.” (I preferred the term super taster but nobody listens to me.) I had a very narrow diet. After going plant-based – it was more of a lifestyle decision than a diet decision – I have started eating way more stuff. I continue to shock people. Of all the people who would mostly like fail at a plant based diet it was me. Still going strong.
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That is interesting, but means you are well disciplined because it would be difficult for some (like myself). I think I have been curious about going plant based but I know I wouldn’t be able to sustain it for the long term because of my choices lol. 😀 but I know many people have gone plant based.
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I’m not that well disciplined. Like I said, it was more of a way of life decision than a dieting decision. I think that makes a huge difference.
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If it was a dieting decision, you think it would be harder to maintain? probably so, because most people who start diets, end up quitting them within 6 months..or less.
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Exactly.
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