Nutrition

It’s hard to quit drinking when you work in a bar. Harder to embrace positivity hanging around pessimists. Harder to fix your nutrition if you’re working in a fast food restaurant. Environment matters.  If you’re aiming for a big goal you gotta be in the right situation. It all starts at home. Do yourself a favor: make it easy. Follow the #1 Nutrition law and Remove temptation.

Are you drinking enough water? Allow me to share an anecdote. A client was talking about how hair dressers/barbers can look at someone and tell how long it’s been since their last haircut.  ‘Can you do the same thing with someone’s last workout?’ No. But I can spot my tribe. It’s easy to look someone up and down and assess if they do yoga, free weights, or marathons.  I”d even be able to pick out crossfitters too but they just up and tell you.

There is a supplement for every ailment and I need them all according to every advertisement, blogger, and health expert trying to make a name. I can cure the blues, get the girl and live my best life if I just take their pill. While some claims are dubious at best, there is one supplement that has drastically changed my life.

The No sugar challenge begins with a purge

I turned 40 43 days ago.  I commemorated this momentous occasion by throwing out the amazing birthday ice cream cake my girlfriend made for me. Why?  Because I was searching for a a way to motivate myself to be better. Eat better. Sleep better. Look better (difficult, I know). Feel better. I challenged myself to eat no processed sugar for 40 days, while practicing yoga daily.

Here’s the study: two groups are on a strict weight loss diet. They both eat the same number of calories and exercise the same amount. Group 1 loses 5 lbs on average. Group 2 loses 11. The difference: Group 2 consumed a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar before meals. This, folks, is the benefit of Apple Cider Vinegar.

I’ve made it to nearly the mid-point of my 110 days of eating no sugar challenge. Here are all the stats you want to know before you possibly embark on your own challenge. Starting weight- 212.4 Weight this A.M- 201 Body fat %- down 3-4%