I feel like I should post, but I also feel very calm and quiet and have no idea what to say. I'm in the thick of it and working hard, spending a lot of time creating ways to get around the barriers of eating healthy. The "Zone" plan has been very impressive, shedding pounds, getting stronger and providing a very level and constant amount of energy. I can talk more about the measures that give me a good feeling that it is working some other time. My basic path so far has been as follows. These things have helped me to getting around my early barriers to eating better.
1) Read/listened to Barry Sears "Enter the Zone" and other resources on his website.
2) Figured out how much I would need to eat according to his system
3) Began journalling when and what I actually ate and how it compared to his plan
4) Tried to wing it and follow the general rules of his plan, this worked pretty good, 10x better than nothing for sure
5) Began to create meal plans each night on my computer for the next day's breakfast, lunch and snacks now have many meals created to chose from and a much better ability to create on the fly.
6) Used Sundays and one other day a week to cook up chicken, eggs, and vegetables for the week.
7) Began doing the shopping for my wife and explored new fruits, vegetables and nuts
8) Bought a new oversized lunch bag and some glass corning dishes for packing my meals and snacks, cached a few bags of almonds, macedemias and walnuts in my lunch bag as well
9) Used dinner (regularly cooked by my wife) to practice my "on the fly" ability to eat the right amounts to meet my requirements
For some reason, I was moved very easily by this book. I have one idea why but don't really know how to say much about that yet. Some next progressions for me are to begin making more recipes. I tend to just piece meals together (i.e. one piece of chicken, 2 cups vegetables with 6Tbsp salsa, one apple for dessert and 12 almonds) I've honestly enjoyed all the food but I could see how others wouldn't. Even further I'd like to look a little deeper into the quality of foods as well as their proportions (Paleo diet ideas etc, fish oils etc) Another stage would be to begin looking at what are the barriers for other people and how I could help them to get beyond them. Do they not want to read the book? Do they want me to design some ideas and plans for them? Do they not have time to cook? Do they hate vegetables? Do they think it is a "Diet" for losing weight? Do they have other needs to eat healty (exercise, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, cancer depression, addiction and or risk of any of these)
Do you have any questions?
What kind of barriers are stopping you from getting going on a goal?
Hmm what are the barriers stopping me from working as hard on my other goals?
2 comments:
Interesting piece on the Faith Middleton show on poverty. Initially this may not seem related to the subject of goals, but in listening to the author's description of the thought process gives insight into how people rationalize and are motivated.
Randy, I can tell you that your success with this has been a big inspiration to me to follow you. I have learned a lot in the last few weeks about food and its impact on my body chemistry. Keep doing what you're doing, keep blogging, that's all I ask.
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