Recovery

Today my main goal and message was basically how can you succeed if you never fall? Its the recovery that builds who we are as people. This is true in every aspect of life, including what i consider my focus, nutrition.

First, let me preface this by saying that i do not believe in cheating in any aspect of my life except nutrition. I have seen the affect it can have on people, families, and loved ones alike. Not neccesarily the big bad type of cheating but in most aspects of life. Cheating a rep, cheating a movement, cutting corners here and there. They tend to lead to more cheating which then snowballs.

Here is the difference in nutrition. Cheating is needed. It is a necesity! Right now, as i explained in previous posts, i am using a book called the 4 hour body to work with my nutrition. It calls for a whole cheat day. Now, when i write a nutrition plan, i build in cheat meals, 1 lunch and 1 dinner. This allows for the metabolism to reset and continue burning fat rather than becoming efficient from eating too clean constantly.

This is all about how to recover from that cheat. That cheat is like the carrot that is being held in front of you. If you eat well all week you get the meal you plan for. You can look all week at this meal knowing that this all pays off when you get to it. Lasagna or meatball subs, or pizza. That is for you to decide. Make it motivation for your clean nutrtition.

My thought process goes like this. I write down all my food on a daily basis. Calories, carbs, fiber, protein, and fats. In the margins, i write down something i crave so i can have that to look forward to on saturday(my cheat). So, i can even plan out my cheat day to maximize the day with it! Then, you have a plan going into your cheat so you can indulge and not over indulge.

If you dont plan your cheat out then it becomes that much easier to snowball to the next meal or the next day as a cheat. This is a way of telling yourself, here, have this and enjoy it but know that the goal is to reset your body, not overload it. It is the recover from this cheat that can make or break your nutriton. Planning helps everything.

but, people fall. I may not fall on nutrition because i know that it is truly one thing fully controlled by me. But i do fall on things in life, i have failed. I have jumped without nets and missed my mark. I have been badly damaged by people in my life or who were in my life and I have done damage of my own. I am by no means ever perfect but, my true character and yours as well will be shown by how you recover from every failure, every fall, every pain. If you can get up one more time than you fall, you will always be learning and moving forward.