Meal Planning 101: Variety Sucks
by Marc David
In the next 2 minutes you are going to learn why meal variety sucks
and how that can be the single factor that leads you away from your
goals.
Pull up a chair and hear me out please.
"Variety Sucks!" - he said.
My eyes were wide open like a kid who
just heard his first swear word when I heard that. In fact, stunned
because many people who I've run across told me that variety in my
meals is the KEY to success.
You know what I mean don't you?
"No not that kind of variety," he said.
"Meal variety. When you change your meals all the time. Everything has
to be new for each meal. You get bored right? So you always have to
have something different. That sucks."
Again, I couldn't believe my ears and
yet, he was right.
You probably already know this...
What if you continually change your meals
all the time, so it's always a new meal every day. Of course you won't
be bored but what you will find impossible to do is stick with your
plan and maintain a steady goal.
Obviously you can understand that makes
perfect sense!
You're probably wondering if most
professional bodybuilders and those who you admire have pretty boring
diets.
Let's take an example of Jenny Craig,
Weight Watchers or any number of other commercial diets on the market
today.
Okay, you're probably wondering...
What do they all have in common?
Face it... they are all using pre-planned
meals!
Don't miss a word of this...
You are never guessing at what to eat or
making hasty choices without full well knowing exactly how many
calories are in that meal, the protein, carb and fat contents too.
Knowing this is critical to keeping your
meals targeted towards your goals. The more variety you have, the
harder it will be to stick with a set meal plan to ensure you are
getting the proper nutrients as well as enough calories.
And now you begin to realize that variety
does suck.
Do you ever try and create a meal on the
fly?
No planning just go to a restaurant and
pick something off the menu only to track your meal later and find out
you were way over your goal or you aren't close to your calories for
the day and have to literally stuff yourself later?
Here's my confession...
My greatest success in terms of nutrition
have come from a variety of pre-planned meals. 7 day meal plans where
I know what I'm going to eat, what to shop for and all of them laser
targeted towards my goal.
You see, variety in the food choices
isn't a bad thing at all. Variety ensures we are getting the proper
nutrients and ratios. It helps to have several pre-planned meals so
that you aren't too bored but you know what's ahead.
Pre-planning your meals for the week lets
you go shopping for the foods you need as well.
Think of how impossible it will be to
just "eat" if you don't give some thought into the meals you are
having to reach your goals.
Grocery shopping would be a nightmare if
I didn't already know my meals well in advance.
I know your boring alarm is going off
right now but it doesn't have to be that way.
Plan out your meals. The more pre-planned
meals you have, the easier it will be to shop. The faster you can put
together something that meets your needs.
The people who simply must have a new
breakfast, lunch and dinner so they don't get bored with foods, are
the ones always counting calories. They are always guessing at what
meal they are about to eat if it fits their goals. They find out AFTER
they have eaten it.
The successful people know before the
food hits their mouth what the meal is doing for them. They already
know how many calories. They know the portions. Calorie counting only
had to happen once.
Think about this for a minute.
If you want variety in everything you eat
and you don't want to have pre-planned meals because that just sounds
too boring, then realize that might be why you aren't reaching your
goals.
I'm not saying meals have to be boring
and bland but you should know before hand what you are going to eat.
That's a pre-planned meal.
That's why variety in one sense of the
meaning sucks!
About the Author
Picture yourself with a meal plan in hand
for the week with a grocery list of exactly what to buy and in what
quantities. You'll know exactly what to eat and when to eat it. No
more guess work. Marc David is a natural bodybuilder and author
Bodybuilding Essentials. You can get info on Marc's e-book at:
http://www.Beginning-Bodybuilding.com To get Marc's free e-zine
visit
http://www.JustAskMarc.com
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