Eating healthy is something I think is part of the survivalist mentality. If you don't exercise, eat healthy, wear your seatbelt, etc. then buying a $3k gun and stockpiling enough food to outlast Armageddon is pointless at best.
What sort of guidelines do you use to govern your eating habits? What have you found works well for you?
I did the whole Body for Life diet/exercise thing about 6 or 7 years ago with an ex. I was looking to gain and she was looking to lose and it worked very well for both of us. Fell off the wagon for awhile but kept up working out, and eventually found the Zone Diet which addresses portions similar to the way BFL does, but also talks a lot about ratios of protein:carbs:fat.
Now I pretty much work off of a combination of the two. The biggest thing I try to keep an eye on is balancing the carbsrotein in the way that the Zone says to. Zone works off of "blocks" and a block of carbs is 9 grams, a block of protein is 7 grams, and a block of fat is 1.5 grams. I don't get too nuts about it, but basically I try to buck the carb-heavy way that most Americans eat, and also try to limit portions and eat more than 3 times a day. I don't worry too much about what's considered "bad" for you (an Egg McMuffin is actually pretty well Zone balanced). I'll split a large restaurant meal in half and save half for later, and skip one side altogether since most places want to give you two sides of carbs which is way too much.
I love it when I sit down to a small, healthy meal and some fatbody says "hey, look at what the skinny guy is eating!" Yeah, tubby, take notes while you're at it!
I also love the way I feel when I'm eating right. If I have a good day where I get my exercise and eat the way I want to, I just feel so much more energized and positive. I can get by on less than 6 hours sleep a night too when I'm sticking to my plan, but when I'm off the wagon I need the full 8.
Finally, as much as possible I try to avoid supplements and such. I try to get all my nutrition from actual food and not vitamins and supplements unless I have specific goals I'm trying to achieve with the supplements.
Just curious as to what other folks who are into nutrition use as a guideline or a plan.
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