Sunday Story…Nutritionally speaking

We often use a pyramid to illustrate your progression to better fitness. At the bottom of that pyramid is nutrition. Nutrition, AKA the food you eat, lies at the base of your health and fitness. It is that simple. You cannot out exercise a bad diet. There is no number of burpees that will compensate for eating crap (Calorie-Rich-And-Pathetic).

If you want to look better, feel better, and be healthier then you must eat better. It starts with a commitment to eat real food, prepared well, in a healthy environment. Then you must eat the right things. Then you must eat the right things in the correct amounts. None of this is terribly complex; it is, as I often say, simple but not easy.

We start with food quality and move to the correct macronutrient and calorie levels. Food timing and supplements are last on the list. The food we start with is lean meats and fish, next vegetables, followed by fruits and a limited amount of nuts and healthy fats and oils. At the top of the list are the grains and complex foods like bread and pasta. Those foods are calorically dense and, often, nutritionally weak so we really need to watch our intake on those.

We are about to launch a new nutritional support program. It will have several levels of support to help guide you to success. It will also include a measuring system called an In-Body that will give us a way to track your progress. Stay tuned for more details very soon.

John Mariotti
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