Modifying my diet

Thanks to my friend Tony he turned me on to reading the book In Fitness and In Health by Dr. Phil Maffetone who is an Applied Keniesiologist. He told me about his new diet, not weight loss diet, but the true term of what you eat, and I was intrigued because it was against most everything I have ever read that an athlete should eat, sort of. Not to mention, Tony is the best all around athlete Kristin and I know, so I figured I should read this book.

Where Phil Maffetone is similar to everything I have read, and what I have always believed, is that whole foods from nature which have not been bombarded with chemicals are best for our bodies. I think most, if not all, people agree with this. Now, what I have always read is athletes need lots of carbs. I read that as, carb up baby!!! And it gave me a good excuse to eat lots of pasta and bread, which I absolutely love! Well, I think I took too many liberties with that one.

According to this book, I need to cut out all refined sugars and carbs. So, since I had seen how much good this has done for Tony, I decided it was worth a try, what the heck. So, I slowly weened off carbs, and ramped up on the good stuff. All I can say is that my body feels better than what I previously thought great was, all the time! For example, I never realized how bad my stomach felt all the time. Now that I have removed the high carb diet, my stomach is never bloated or gassy (sorry for the over info). The biggest thing for me though is the amount of energy my body can tap in to when I exercise.

There is much more to this than cut carbs, this is not Atkins, this is a much healthier choice. Also, when it comes to exercise, he has a whole different theory, which you can read the book for.

Even though I am injured now, my body is still doing great. I am eating as much as I want, and I am still shedding weight. I am probably eating as many calories, or close, to what I was eating on my high carb diet, but instead of constantly gaining when not exercising, I am still losing weight. I don't think this is because I am starving myself, but now that my body is getting what it needs, it will now go to the weight it wants to be at.

You should consider reading the book, and you may have to reconsider what you thought was okay.