Quality over Quantity – Eat When Hungry and Stop when Satisfied

When you first start working out.....count your calories!  I don’t say this because I want you to keep doing it forever.  Quite the opposite.  I do it because if you count calories for a few months, you’ll learn to do it instinctively in your head.  Furthermore, you’ll learn what it feels like to eat a healthy amount of food every day and you’ll know what the feeling of being “satisfied” rather than being “full” is all about.

What you eat is far more important than how much you eat. Spend more time focusing on what type of foods you eat and less worrying about how many calories you are taking in on a daily basis. Knowing your caloric range is important, but don’t get too caught up in that analysis. If you are hungry and have something healthy to eat, then eat it. If you are not hungry, don’t feel like you have to force food down to get to some predetermined caloric count. Just go with that feels right and eat healthy.

The 80/20 Rule.

Try to make 80% of the foods you eat be healthy whole foods that meet all of the criteria in earlier posts. If you can do that, then the other 20% won’t hurt you too much. If your diet isn’t particularly good at this time 80/20 will be a huge improvement. The 80/20 rule came straight from the Tony Horton Fitness Camp seminars. Tony follows a 90/10 rule, so apply this according to your personal goals. 

Hope this helps. If you are reading this, and have questions, don’t hesitate to contact me by clicking the link below. I’m happy to help.

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~Shayna