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Getting started with healthy eating
By Daniel Lynch
Generally, I will first introduce nutrition material in a manner for you to start using it right away. I do think it’s important to understand the whys and whats of nutrition. These are things I will write about, but not too much; I want to ensure availability of information for implementing the knowledge. The primary ways for implementing nutrition knowledge are recipes and cooking explanations.
So what’s the best place to start? It’s going to be different for everyone, but everyone looking for a higher level of health will have a common need: breakfast. If you’ve read through any other health guidelines, this is probably familiar. Therefore explanations and reasons for why breakfast is important will be limited and, again, to keep focus is about getting the knowledge into action.
When to eat it: is your goal primarily for fat loss or for strength and muscular gains? If it’s fat loss, getting breakfast within a half hour of waking up is important. So maybe your new routine becomes wake up, put a pan on low to pre-heat, drink a small glass of water then get dressed, get ready for the day, come back 20 minutes later to cook and prepare for, say, 10 minutes and there is your breakfast within that ideal half hour of waking. Maybe you’ll have a few more things to do before you’re ready to go out the door, but you could finish them after your all-important breakfast.
If the goal is to gain muscle and strength, there is a little more variability. We’ll look at two scenarios. First is having strength and muscle building goals, but starting with some extra body fat. Maybe you think, "I got some extra body fat, but I want to focus on building muscle and strength anyway." That is fine, but just stick with the plan to get eat breakfast within thirty minutes. The second scenario, again with strength and muscle building goals, but starting with a thin, skinny frame: the type that seems to be skinny no matter what. This means your body rapidly metabolizes food, but not necessarily for storage. You need a way to slow down how quickly your body burns through food and increase the likelihood that energy in food is stored on your body as muscle. It’s not crucial to eat within a half hour. In fact, I recommend waiting a bit, about an hour and then eat a large breakfast until you feel quite full. Larger meals, less frequently will help reign in your rapid food digestion. Next up is transferring the knowledge into action with a starter recipe and cooking explanation. Stay tuned!
