Jorg's Brain Log

Number 1 on the list to focus on is that I should take care of my body. In short it means that I have to train it and feed it. So what am I doing in these 84 days with that? Let’s discus this in 2 different posts. Here’s in number 1

Lets start with the food part. I’m still on the paleo diet, that’s becoming more and more of a lifestyle. I made some changes to make it all somewhat easier and acceptable. Discipline but it has to be fun. In short here are my eating ‘rules’:

1. Eat 4 times a day – I used to try and eat very small meals 6 times a day, like a lot of people are advising. I’m just too busy to do that. So I set it back to 4 and I try to eat around 10, 13, 17 and 22 hours. If it’s somewhat later or earlier, it doesn’t matter.
2. Eat paleo food – legumes, vegetables, meat, fish, eggs. Normally that also includes fruit, but I backed away from that, to see if I’m really as sugar sensitive as I think I am.
3. Drink no calories – so no fruit juices or milk. Just water, light soda’s and any other drink that doesn’t contain calories.
4. Eat what you want – After a non-cardio training like lifting weights or some freediving your body needs calories in every form. It’s one of those moments where your body really can use everything you give to them. So before dinner, when our family eats together, I try to do a workout so that I can eat the same as the family.
5. No supplements! – this is a big one for me. I’ve used supplements in the form of multivitamin and protein shakes since, .. well forever. Time to spend the money I save on this on some other stuff. Like real meat!
6. Take a day off – Eat whatever I want on that day. It spike the calorie intake in by that keeps the metabolism going.
7. Don’t count calories – I used to do that a lot. It just becomes to must work and it’s not necessary if you eat the foods I listed at nr 2.
8. Prepare – I’ve taken this a step further. We now do groceries only one time a week. I have to think about the whole week and what I want to eat and need to buy. This works great because now we don’t have wrong food in house that I can take. At the same time, I prepare my food for 2-3 days ahead. instead of cooking 4 times a day.
9. Don’t make it difficult – I looked back at my logbooks and the time that I best hold onto my diet was when it was simplest. I remember the time that I ate chicken and rice six times a day, 6 times a week.
10. Mistakes happen – Okay, so I’m out and at the restaurant and I eat something wrong. so what? Doesn’t really matter as long as I can apply the 80/20 rule to them. 80% eating right costs me 20% of the energy to get it done. While trying to eat the last 20% of the time also right it will cost me 80% of the energy.

all in all some simple rules to keep track on. So this was the part were I feed my body, next post will be about how I train it.