Getting Along With Food

I think one of the biggest issues we've had to tackle with clients, and ourselves, is altering our nutritional habits. It is without a doubt one of the most difficult changes one can make to daily habits, particularly when you have to change everything about it. Often people will deem themselves as a "healthy eater" before paleolithic dieting is even mentioned. Then they swear by their habit of whole grains as opposed to white bread and "white meat, no red meat" and twinkies only on Tuesdays etc. Obviously a systemic change needs to be made but people are quick to put up a wholehearted defense to the logistics of their diet. I think most people so readily defend their eating habits because no one wants to admit that something so basic and important is fundamentally wrong with them. As well as the fact that once the person is able to concede to the necessity for change, then change must be made. I remember when I was having granola because I thought it had protein, not more than a year ago. Now I worry about whether I am having too many apples in a week. I guess the point is that just like almost everything else we do in this quest for ultimate efficiency, even though we strive to be perfect, we never will be. All things that we do in order to take steps near an elite level of performance will be ever changing. They tell you at a level 1 Certification that the air squat will never be perfect. Well, neither will your diet. My most recent major alteration has been the exclusion of salt. Unfortunately I learned that salt slowly depletes the calcium in your bones and can lead to osteoporosis and a multitude of other diseases, just like every other good thing in life right? Kidding, kidding. So after lifelong habits of salting eggs, pizza, vegetables, and what not (pizza might seem weird but try it next time you cheat, delicious) its time to change. Learn, apply, modify. Heh.