Why is nutritional discipline so hard? Seriously? Most of us already know what healthy food and healthy eating habits look like. But why do we quit, or never even start, on our eating plan before almost anything else along our journey towards physical, mental and emotional well-being?  

Nutritional strategist Dr. Mike Roussell joins Fran Racioppi live from the Sandlot Jax Fitness Festival and the 2nd Annual GORUCK Games to explain why we quit on nutrition well before we quit on exercise itself. They explore his strategy around the mental aspect of nutrition, the psychology of cravings, hedonic hunger, and all the things that keep us from maintaining nutritional discipline. 

More importantly, he reminds us how simple and uncomplicated proper nutrition can really be if we’re just willing to commit to it; even if it’s not perfect. From a performance perspective, what we put into our body is often the final few details that separates the good from the great, so take a listen or watch their conversation, then make a few different decisions to improve your nutritional discipline. 

Learn more about Dr. Mike Roussell on the web and on social media. 

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Highlights:

• 0:00 Welcome to the Jedburgh Podcast 
• 2:20 Why is it so hard to be disciplined in nutrition?
• 5:22 How the different types of hunger affect our consumption
• 9:30 Why we struggle with our food choices
• 16:08 The science behind the nutrition mindset
• 19:20 How to setting realistic goals
• 24:11 The next nutrition breakthrough
• 28:15 Dr. Rousell’s Three Foundations to Success

Quotes: 

• “Why do we have that difference in our brains between this total hard core commitment on the exercise side, and just this fleeting commitment on the nutrition side?” (3:48)
• “If you’re eating the right foods, you actually get to eat a ton.” (9:10)
• “I’m not a big fan of food guilt.” (10:38)
• “The world is out to make you move less and eat more.” (14:41)
• “When you say ‘hey I’m gonna eat healthier food’ you’re literally saying “I’m going to eat things that don’t taste as good.” (17:15)
• “When I feel my motivation or my effort waning…I read the visceral goal narrative.” (23:35)
• “What’s the thing that’s holding you back. Not the 50 things that we could do. What’s the thing that we could do that’s going to make the biggest difference.” (27:48)

Dr. Mike’s Three Daily Foundations

• Protein at every meal
• Exercise
• Fruits and vegetables at each meal

This episode is brought to you by Jersey Mike’s, Compass Workforce Solutions and GORUCK.