Nutritional Planning 101
- How to build a solid plan
- Creating positive nutritional goals by using mindset
Creating a food plan is often the last thing that people consider when they decide to get more active. Yet, when people consider getting healthier it's first consideration.
Changing your eating habits does not need to be difficult. If you follow my blogs, you'll know that I believe in simpler and smaller changes. As we reach the end of January, I bet most resolutions have fallen by the wayside but there's still opportunity to change.
Fundamentally, you need to decide on your goals. For example, my current goal is to gain weight in conjunction with a strength building gym plan so healthy eating is spared to favouring more protein and calories.
Most of my client's have been focused on weight loss so my advice generally pertains to this. See last week's blog on setting realistic goals for how to do this.
Whilst I'm quick to criticise calories, these do give you ball park guidance as to where you should be. Even at a quick overview it will let you see where you're aiming for.
In my experience, most people trying to lose weight simply DO NOT eat enough. This may sound contradictory but it takes energy to give you the energy to burn it! Calorie intake will be specific to what your bodyweight goals are.
From initial planning, I would recommend reviewing your meals and how they impact on your snack choices. How much time do you leave between meals? If this is too long then your blood sugar levels will drop and create cravings for unhealthy foods. Unhealthy choices always have a reason behind them and it's not always obvious.
If you can sort the motive behind these then you can hit the root of the matter than depending on reacting. Dax Moy, the mindset mentor, taught me a similar thing about stress: it's a recipe of different things and it's important to realise when they start. Mindset is vital when it comes to fitness, without it you'll always fighting against yourself.
Whilst it's easy to advise what foods are healthy and otherwise by looking at labels and arbitrarily making judgements, the real choice comes down to what fits into your regime.
I'll sometimes have an unhealthy snack if I've had a long day. Shock horror but I am human.
I guarantee that following a dogmatic plan will result in failure: maybe not immediately but after you revert / lapse then all the hard work is undone.
RYPT has hundreds of blogs about health, fitness and nutrition. All available online.
Obviously, a plan should include a healthy amount of fruit and vegetables but there is scope for adapting. I am always cautious about recommending monitoring food intake when on a meal out or a special occasion. Ultimately, we should be allowed to eat what we enjoy when it's within a balanced routine. This should come with knowledge and enjoyment, what RYPT is all about.
RYPT is built on the foundations of sustainability, moderation and enjoyment. As you can see, these are pivotal factors in health and wellbeing. Unlike other training systems, RYPT is about YOU, by listening to your goals I will personally build a custom training plan that is optimised for your enjoyment.
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Ross
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