Throughout the workouts, Tony does his best to be motivational and while he's doing that, he makes the comment about certain foods being poison. Donuts, pastry, etc. are on the "poison list". These foods are NOT P90X friendly and because of that, Tony says...NO GO! He, frequently, talks about soups on his cool down sessions by doing "pot stirrers". When his "workout buddies" mention a soup that could be dairy based or not whole wheat noodles, he quickly replies with comments like "with whole wheat noodles, right" or "I hope it's non-dairy". While I really enjoy the workouts and Tony does really help a lot...what kind of world are we living in when we can't enjoy some of the simple, unhealthy, flavors of life? If, to be ripped, I can never eat a piece of pizza, pie, or cake, I don't want to be ripped! It's just that simple! Now...my approach towards those foods has changed significantly in the last 90+ days. I am totally cool with eating 1 or 2 pieces of pizza with a large salad for dinner. Before, I'd eat 6-8 pieces of pizza and be too full for salad. This has been a good shift. Also, I will not deny myself a piece of birthday cake at a celebration. Again...differently than before...a small or medium sized piece with a tiny bit of ice cream does the trick for me. Before...big piece, 2 scoops of ice cream....then seconds the same way. I haven't skipped out of eating these foods, I just limit the quantity. The cool thing for me is that I don't consciously decide to eat less, I just don't really want any more that what I eat. 2 pieces of pizza is really enough. I don't feel like I'm depriving myself. Before, if I ate 2 pieces of pizza for dinner, I'd be looking, longingly, at the pizza all night long. Now, I don't really give it much thought. I made a dessert for my wife and her friend yesterday. When it was baked, I tasted a small square of it. Before, I'd have eaten about 4 of those squares and then eat what they didn't when their evening was all over.
Are you sensing a pattern here? I do my best to stick with the P90X diet on a daily basis, but on a special occasion, I will break free from it a bit. I also try to compensate for it in my daily allotment of food...for example: I usually count 1 piece of pizza as a carbohydrate, dairy, fat and condiment. That is only a guess, but I figure it keeps me thinking along the P90X diet plan. Now...I must mention that I don't eat those things daily...they are done sparingly...not regularly.
The other thing that I noticed is that on days when I eat the non-P90X foods, I don't see any trend in weight gain. Since I exercise and eat about 7 times a day, it seems like the metabolism is working pretty hard. That's my guess anyway...
Well...that's my thoughts for tonight...the next post will be my results for the 1st round of P90X. I'm pretty excited for the fit test. I want to see how I've changed! Anyway....g'night!
4 comments:
can't wait for the results...
Food is such an important part of life, and we each have to learn how to handle the junk food in our lives; you seem to have the right balance, Bob!
Yeah man, you got it dude. So many people say they can NEVER eat those kinds of foods. If you say never, then you will never do it. You always end up thinking about what you can NEVER have. However, if you eat small portions of those things every now and then (not everyday) then you will be fine. Thats great to hear bobby. Keep it up man!
That's great that you have been able to change your attitude with food, it takes a lot to initiate that let alone follow through. Yaaaay keep it up! And kudos to you for doing this on your own, that’s awesome! It is a tough call, it's like.. what if I straight up just like food? Can I never eat what I like ever again? This might not be for everyone, but for me I focus not only on changing things for the better, but making those changes sustainable ones. I am not in the mind frame of a ‘diet’ (temporary weight loss), but of a full-scale permanent lifestyle change – which may take longer to establish, but is permanent in the long run. For Wellspring we eat 20 grams of fat or less a day, and that’s all we count until we start to plateau, then we look at other counts too. This keeps things a lot less confusing concerning bad fats/good fats, carbs, sugars, etc. Fat grams go up a bit once we reach a goal weight, to start ‘maintaining’. Learning from what has happened in my own past, I know that if I completely cut myself off from everything I like, even in small portions, then I know it won't last and I will eventually get sick of feeling like I’m on a diet 24/7 again, break down and just revert to old ways completely. Instead I find a middle ground where I focus on healthy eating habits overall, and can enjoy things I like in small portions every once and a while, without feeling guilty. This way I don't feel deprived of things I like, but I'm not going crazy with it either. Moral of the story: Moderation is key. 100% strict isn't sustainable, but planned and controlled moderation is. (Again, this works for me, might not for everyone!) It’s ok to eat things in moderation, we’re only human, can’t be perfect. Just make sure it is done when you feel comfortable that you can control it. Also, eating those things every once and a while is fine if you keep exercising and your metabolism keeps kickin', it'll just cruise right through!! Keep on keepin’ on!!!
And may I add that I got to sample the leftovers of the dessert you made and they were delicious! Thanks for making them!
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