NEW FAD 4: Nutrition

so of course, half of my company name is nutrition!

so obviously there have been many many many and there will be many many many new fads with nutrition.

promising:

weight gain
weight loss
toning
shaping
fat loss
fat gain (joke)
muscle shaping

and everything else under the sun you could imagine.

here is what it all boils down to:

consistency. that is the key.

if you're reading anything about nutrition, you're either trying to BETTER your current look/mood/energy level, or embark on what is correct.

here is the ticket: read my limiting reagent post, and then figure out yours.

if people are big, VERY big,its usually all nutrition. if you're drinking 8 litres of full sugar pop a day, there it is. going to 6 litres will probably yield some results. your battle isn't in the gym, its in the kitchen.

so all the fads/trends aka high carb, low carb, high fat, low fat, no fat, high protein, high everything etc. have SOME value.

They're trying to make you better than where you are now. direction is obviously a big thing.

i recommend finding someone competent in your area (MEGA MARTY!) to sit down and do your nutritional coaching/programming with you for AT LEAST 3 months. then you can get an idea of why he/she is doing what they're doing, if it is working, and that'll give you enough time to PUMMEL them full of questions are to why. why why why.

I've said it hundreds of times to my clients, the most powerful question you have with anyone in the service industry (particularly mine) is why. If i can't answer their "whys", I tell them "I'd tell me to beat it and I'd find someone else"

and it is as simple as that. anyone can find a diet on the internet, print it out, and follow it. so that stops working. now what? print another one? eat less? eat more? take out the fats? less protein? more protein? more cardio? less weights? more sleep? more..

exactly.

it really isn't hard to obtain the knowledge as to WHAT is "good" to eat (other than the massive mystery which fruit seems to have behind it and just how "good" it is still eludes most people) but they when, how much and to what ratio (and sure, percentages if that works for you) to have the foods.

thats where I have employment, is manipulation based upon what it does to you. physically and mentally in almost every aspect of what that entails.

so here is the fad:

get something that have been verified "sound", and follow it. pick your limiting reagent, and kill it. stop eating X, or stop drinking so much of Y. if you're not exercising, thats a great start, but if you're mowing down 293847987234 calories a day, sprinting for 5 hours a day isn't going to help you.

go to a calorie counter website and put in what you eat a day. and be prepared to be SHOCKED if you've never done this.