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Whats on Your Plate Nation?

Training your brain to eat for survival NOT pleasure

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fuelyourfitness g Jennifer Sheldon
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Whats On Your Plate Nation?

 

I was sitting down for dinner with a few friends the other night and started to notice something. My friends would mindless eat while talking about their day, and had no regard to what was going into their mouth. Actually, most of them had eaten about four pieces of bread that was put down and couldn’t even remember doing it. I wanted to write this post in response to what I saw and am starting to notice about a lot of people. Do not mindlessly eat and put food into your mouth without purpose!

 

I really believe if people would stop eating for no reason and start paying attention to the food going into their mouth they would eat better. It is like putting gas into your car; you wouldn’t just put whatever in your gas tank and hope it would make your car run. You specifically put the fuel your car takes in and the right amount. You fill it up when it’s low, and stop when it’s full. We need to apply this concept to the food we consume. Every single bite should be with purpose, and that purpose being to get the nutrients our body needs to function at an optimal level. Our plate should have…

          ·            The protein we need to rebuild muscle, support muscle growth/function, amino acid support and for our goals/health

          ·            Clean carbohydrates for energy and micro nutrients like vegetables and fruits.

          ·            Healthy fats to support hormones, energy, nutrient transportation and cell function

If we could stick to this concept we all would be better off. The key is to switch your focus from eating for pleasure to eating with purpose. Animals and other live organisms eat to stay healthy and alive. If you think about it, we are one of the only living organisms that eat for pleasure, celebration, because were bored, or any other reason to eat.

 

Start by figuring out how many protein/fat/carbs your body needs and that meet your goals. Next use a meal plan, like the one on scotthermanfitness.com to plan out your meals for the day and to make sure you are getting what your body needs. Now for the harder part; every time you take a bite of food make the connection from each bite to your brain that this is what your body needs. You can even take it further by thinking, “my body needs this protein to help reach its optimal amount of 200g protein per day”. I know this seems redundant and different, but after awhile you will have your brain operating in survival mood when you eat and no longer in pleasure mode.

 

Alright nation now it is time to start eating with purpose and to build the best body possibly. Start thinking about every single bite you take, and make sure that bite fills a need in your body and meets your goals. Next time you are out with friends or family, ask them how much they ate and point out to them the mindless eating habits you notice!

NASM Certified Personal Trainer- Healthy Edge Coach- Sports Specific Training- Weight Loss- Muscle Gain- Circuit Training- Seven Years Experience- Owner/Trainer of Fuel Your Fitness- Olympic Gold Medalist Mentor (Father Chuck Vinci- Writer for local health magazine- Continually learning more on fitness and nutrition.
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nate_dawg g Nathan Bishop
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Such a great post! I love the way you explained it! 

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jmboiardi p John M Boiardi
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Posted By: nate_dawg

Such a great post! I love the way you explained it! 

Unfortunately, Jennifer is spot on.  This is why America has such an obesity and diabetes epidemic.  Even young kids are eating like this which leads to even worse eating habits as adults :-(

 

It is costing the US healthcare system billions yet most people don't take the problem serious. 

 

John

34 years of lifting and nutritional experience and resident "old man" :-) MS Athlete and past Super Hermanite since 2013.
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Scott_Herman a Scott Herman
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Posted By: fuelyourfitness

Whats On Your Plate Nation?

 

I was sitting down for dinner with a few friends the other night and started to notice something. My friends would mindless eat while talking about their day, and had no regard to what was going into their mouth. Actually, most of them had eaten about four pieces of bread that was put down and couldn’t even remember doing it. I wanted to write this post in response to what I saw and am starting to notice about a lot of people. Do not mindlessly eat and put food into your mouth without purpose!

 

I really believe if people would stop eating for no reason and start paying attention to the food going into their mouth they would eat better. It is like putting gas into your car; you wouldn’t just put whatever in your gas tank and hope it would make your car run. You specifically put the fuel your car takes in and the right amount. You fill it up when it’s low, and stop when it’s full. We need to apply this concept to the food we consume. Every single bite should be with purpose, and that purpose being to get the nutrients our body needs to function at an optimal level. Our plate should have…

          ·            The protein we need to rebuild muscle, support muscle growth/function, amino acid support and for our goals/health

          ·            Clean carbohydrates for energy and micro nutrients like vegetables and fruits.

          ·            Healthy fats to support hormones, energy, nutrient transportation and cell function

If we could stick to this concept we all would be better off. The key is to switch your focus from eating for pleasure to eating with purpose. Animals and other live organisms eat to stay healthy and alive. If you think about it, we are one of the only living organisms that eat for pleasure, celebration, because were bored, or any other reason to eat.

 

Start by figuring out how many protein/fat/carbs your body needs and that meet your goals. Next use a meal plan, like the one on scotthermanfitness.com to plan out your meals for the day and to make sure you are getting what your body needs. Now for the harder part; every time you take a bite of food make the connection from each bite to your brain that this is what your body needs. You can even take it further by thinking, “my body needs this protein to help reach its optimal amount of 200g protein per day”. I know this seems redundant and different, but after awhile you will have your brain operating in survival mood when you eat and no longer in pleasure mode.

 

Alright nation now it is time to start eating with purpose and to build the best body possibly. Start thinking about every single bite you take, and make sure that bite fills a need in your body and meets your goals. Next time you are out with friends or family, ask them how much they ate and point out to them the mindless eating habits you notice!

Great post Jennifer.  Erica is just like you.  She is from Brazil and is always telling me how people in Brazil are in much beter shape than Americans.  We are definitely an obese country unfortunitely.  But it is people like you and everyone else in this community who are working hard to change that!

 

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mitrakmt g Michael Mitrakos
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Wondrful post Jennifer!  I notice this same exact thing every single day with my six roommates and it's something i've been working on changing over the past 5 months we've been together!  I fully agree that if you get them consiously thinking about what they are putting in their body, their eating habits will change.  It's not so much that they will say "hey i'm not going to eat this pizza", but more like "i've already had 3 slices, thats enough for now".  I'd say thats a foot in the right direction. 

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Rel g Rel Santilles
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Posted By: fuelyourfitness

Whats On Your Plate Nation?

 

I was sitting down for dinner with a few friends the other night and started to notice something. My friends would mindless eat while talking about their day, and had no regard to what was going into their mouth. Actually, most of them had eaten about four pieces of bread that was put down and couldn’t even remember doing it. I wanted to write this post in response to what I saw and am starting to notice about a lot of people. Do not mindlessly eat and put food into your mouth without purpose!

 

I really believe if people would stop eating for no reason and start paying attention to the food going into their mouth they would eat better. It is like putting gas into your car; you wouldn’t just put whatever in your gas tank and hope it would make your car run. You specifically put the fuel your car takes in and the right amount. You fill it up when it’s low, and stop when it’s full. We need to apply this concept to the food we consume. Every single bite should be with purpose, and that purpose being to get the nutrients our body needs to function at an optimal level. Our plate should have…

          ·            The protein we need to rebuild muscle, support muscle growth/function, amino acid support and for our goals/health

          ·            Clean carbohydrates for energy and micro nutrients like vegetables and fruits.

          ·            Healthy fats to support hormones, energy, nutrient transportation and cell function

If we could stick to this concept we all would be better off. The key is to switch your focus from eating for pleasure to eating with purpose. Animals and other live organisms eat to stay healthy and alive. If you think about it, we are one of the only living organisms that eat for pleasure, celebration, because were bored, or any other reason to eat.

 

Start by figuring out how many protein/fat/carbs your body needs and that meet your goals. Next use a meal plan, like the one on scotthermanfitness.com to plan out your meals for the day and to make sure you are getting what your body needs. Now for the harder part; every time you take a bite of food make the connection from each bite to your brain that this is what your body needs. You can even take it further by thinking, “my body needs this protein to help reach its optimal amount of 200g protein per day”. I know this seems redundant and different, but after awhile you will have your brain operating in survival mood when you eat and no longer in pleasure mode.

 

Alright nation now it is time to start eating with purpose and to build the best body possibly. Start thinking about every single bite you take, and make sure that bite fills a need in your body and meets your goals. Next time you are out with friends or family, ask them how much they ate and point out to them the mindless eating habits you notice!

Wow this post is head on and very informative. Can I share this post to my friends who aren't here in this site? I think I like to post this on our pantry area at office haha!! 

 

Thanks for the wonderful post.. More power... 

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fuelyourfitness g Jennifer Sheldon
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57 Post(s) Gender: Female Goal: Gain Muscle Date Joined: August 8, 2012
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Posted By: Rel

Wow this post is head on and very informative. Can I share this post to my friends who aren't here in this site? I think I like to post this on our pantry area at office haha!! 

 

Thanks for the wonderful post.. More power... 

Thank you! Of course you can I would love as many people as possible to read this! Sounds like the PERFECT place to post it too!

NASM Certified Personal Trainer- Healthy Edge Coach- Sports Specific Training- Weight Loss- Muscle Gain- Circuit Training- Seven Years Experience- Owner/Trainer of Fuel Your Fitness- Olympic Gold Medalist Mentor (Father Chuck Vinci- Writer for local health magazine- Continually learning more on fitness and nutrition.
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