Thoughts on...my diet (Part 1)

The word "diet" has always been a very elusive term for me sort of like the Lockness Monster or Bigfoot. I've seen one yet I've never captured one. The end of August marks my 3 month anniversary of "actively" participating on my diet. I've dappled with elements of them in the past but this is the first time I've gone all in. I learned a few things, reinforced others and lost some of those unwanted pounds.

Here are five things I've learned from my diet.

1) Manage your resources (and constraints) or they'll manage you.

Money

Money is probably the first constraint that comes to mind. It's no lie that it's going to take money to eat but here are a few ways to soften the impact.

• In the beginning you should be spending at the same time reallocating. Orange juice and potato chips use to occupy my fridge and pantry. Soon after I started my diet I stopped purchasing them and used that money to purchase protein and veggies.
• Stick to the basics protein, veggies, fruits and carbs skip the exotic supplements until you get a hold of the fundamentals of eating.
• Dare to compare. Check your mail, email, smart phones and social media sites for specials, discounts and incentives.  

Time


There's no greater misused resource than time itself. All to often we can't seem to make time for the things we want. Remember we don't make time we manage time. Here are three things I do to help manage my time.

• Prioritize, spend time on what really matters and needs to get done first (i.e.working out and making your meals).
• Plan ahead, organize your workouts into your schedule, plan next weeks menu this week, know when your having your cheat meal. The more you know the less there is for uncertainty. If something unexpected occurs you'll be able to get back on track faster because you have a road map already made. 
• Manage your screen time. You'd be shock to find out how much time we spend in front of a screen. These devices (tv, laptop, desktop, tablet, etc...) eat up a lot of time. Put them away.  

2) Execution is everything

• You can have the best of intentions but if in the end you don't produce all the good intentions won't mean a thing. There's no substitute or equivalent for it.