I am assuming everyone is still strictly Zoning? Ha! You aren’t the only one that has been slipping. We are all in the same wagon, many of us were in the driver’s seat but now we are holding on to the side being dragged along hoping not to let go. I want to give evryone three ways to help you stay on the Zone and get back to good eating.

1. Study the Zone. 

If you haven’t bought a Zone book, you should and you should read it. Just by constantly reading about the Zone and what the Zone does for you, will help you stay strong and motivated. I recommend reading “Mastering the Zone” and “Enter the Zone” by Dr. Barry Sears. They both are very in depth but do help you feel the need, not just the want, to Zone hard. For a few other recommendations, visit here. This is an article from the CrossFit Journal that gives brief explantions of why nutrition is so important.

2. Keep a nutritional journal.

Everything you eat, everything, write it down. Write down when you eat it, how you feel after, how you feel an hour later, how much did you eat. Be specific. This way next time you see the Oreos you can go back into the journal and read about how bad you felt last time you ate 1/2 the bag.

3. Write down why you should eat well.

I know what your list will look like:

• lower body weight
• decrease body fat
• health and longevity
• more energy
• blah, blah, blah

That list is CRAP.

Your list should look like this:

• I want to lose X number of pounds by this date.
• I want to be down to X % Body fat.
• I will set an example for my kids so they develop good healthy eating habits to prevent diabetes and obesity.
• I want to be around and functional as long as possible to watch my kids grow up, graduate, get married and be there for my spouse.
• I don’t want heart disease or other chronic illness that could be a result of my poor nutrion. I don’t want family and friends to see me in that kind of condition.
• I want to be able to deadlift X#.
• I will recover from WODs faster and stronger.
• I will compete with so and so.
• When I go to the beach I want people to stare at me with their tongues hanging out.

Read your list daily, no 3 times, no every chance you get until it’s a constant reminder of why you should eat good. Add to it, know it, believe it.

Do these 3 steps and I promise you will be able to stay motivated. We all just lose sight of what we wanted. We need to always refresh our minds on how come nutrion is so important. If you fell off the wagon, you can easily jump back on. With the great people in our community buddy up and get an accountability partner. Help each other to help yourself. (Bikini season is coming, Abel are you ready for it. I heard he has a new pink poke-a-dot one). 

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