Very few things piss people off as much as taking away the highly processed foods they love. In saying this, I completely accept your pure hatred for me by the end of this post. 😉
It Doesn’t Takes a Rocket Scientist
At NASA, they put only the best fuel into their spaceships before propelling them to the far beyond. Otherwise, those handful of folks on the spaceship won’t be making a return trip.
Now, if I asked you, “If you had this spaceship that you were going to take a trip on and you wanted to make sure it could make a return trip, what would you fuel it with,” what would your response be? My educated guess would be that you would put whatever the best possible fuel you could cause god knows you aren’t buying a one-way ticket to the abyss.
So, why in the world do we fuel our body with anything but the finest fuel?
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that the worse the fuel we put into our body, the less likely it makes it as far as it can go.
A Primarily Healthy Hypocrite
There are few things tastier than a dozen boneless wings and a cold one. Yes, I do partake from time to time, but it’s not my primary diet.
When I first started to find my footing with a balanced diet in my early 20’s, you wouldn’t believe the number of questioners, doubters, and straight jerks that would see me eating a big juicy hamburger and start pointing fingers. Look, I do understand where you are coming from. One moment I am saying bacon is horrible for you and the next I am downing a double bacon hamburger. The way I live is not by complete elimination. Rather by primarily healthy focused habits with a cheat meal every once in a while.
So, as you continue reading, know that I do kill some pizza here and there, but 95% of my meals focus on making my spaceship last for as long as possible.
I Hate Dieting Though
Stop thinking that everything you put in your mouth revolves around dieting. You fuel your body on a diet. When you put food in your trap, you aren’t dieting, you are fueling up to do whatever it is you want to do. STOP believing that food revolves around dieting.
A regular diet is what you commonly eat. Try to focus on that. Repeat: a regular diet (not dieting) is what you commonly eat.
So, what do you commonly eat? An easy way to know is to think back over your last 6 meals. What did they consist of? If 4 of the 6 consisted of drive-thru’s, changes probably need to be made. If 5 of the 6 had vegetables as a primary ingredient, you are on the right path to a healthy fueled spaceship.
Dieting has an end date. Run from this perspective while focusing on your common dietary practice.
What Do I Eat Then?
Going simply off of my own experience and that of those I have trained, I am going to share the easiest way to know what to eat.
Eat meals comprised of one ingredients.
Chicken breast w/ black beans and a side of steamed carrots and broccoli.
Banana, pineapple, spinach, apple smoothie.
Mango salsa over seared chicken breast on top of layer of brown rice.
Starting to get my drift…
My dietary focus revolves around building meals using only foods that are of one ingredient. Each of the listed recipes above are not highly processed, chemical-filled faux-foods. They come from their basic source. If possible, take it a step further and go organic. Either way, it’s simple. Use foods in the natural state. Once again, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist.
In January 2013, I will be relaunching One Ingredient Diet for those wanting more guidance. But you don’t have to join that program to follow the principles applied. Just build your meals using one ingredient items for 95% of your meals and snacks and you will find the dietary success you have been looking for.
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