Outside The Jyim Podcast

The information overload.

Let me start by saying I am not a nutritionist. I am a CPT who covered fundamental aspects of nutrition. I have read a few books about food and consult with nutritionists regularly. No-one, not even a professional should have the final say on what you put in your body. The information that specialists provide are just suggestions. If you try a Vegan diet and your body doesn't feel well, then do yourself a favor and stop. If you are on a high protein meat eating diet and your body doesn't feel well, then please just stop. Do not let anyone force you into following their path or their journey, that path or journey is for them, not you.

My personal opinion is that anything excessive is going to be potentially damaging. If you eat an excessive amount of meat or carbs the potential for a negative impact exists.

My suggestion is that you combine the information you receive from reputable sources with how you feel and come to your own well informed conclusion.

I HAVE TO TELL MYSELF THIS EVERYDAY

Sleep is more important and more efficient. I have to be honest; this is probably the hardest thing for me to understand. No, like really I'm a fiend, I'm writing this when I should be leaving it undone to get some rest. So let's have a moment together. What's more efficient? Staying up after a long day, trying to read the same sentence for 3 hours, or going to sleep waking up and reading a page in 2 hours. Do the math. The brain is just not as efficient when it is sleep deprived. 

I have accomplished everything in my life by taking pride in working when everyone else is sleeping. It's crucial we don't lose that, so there will be moments we pull those all-nighters and grind like crazy. We just have to find balance. WE HAVE TO CHOOSE OUR BATTLES. I humbly offer this next bit of advice, please be honest and ask yourself one question...can this wait until tomorrow? If it can wait, then take your ass to sleep! A few dishes in the sink, A report that's due in 5 days, A new project, etc... 

The funny thing is, by making sleep a priority it forces us to be even more productive during the day because we have a hard deadline to get to bed at a specific time.

It's your anniversary, if you're not married, then it's your best friends birthday. It's an event for the person you absolutely care about the most. Your friend or partner has a favorite dessert. For the sake of this convo let's assume it's vegan. Don't fix up your face; it's about your friend, not you. Ok now back to the story. 

Your partner's event is on Monday you're able to make it to the bakery on Friday. When you get to the bakery, you realize you actually know the owner. You explain to her that you need a special Vegan cake. She responds that she has one left and can have it delivered on the Monday before the event. But she also gives you another option. She offers to come by Saturday and teach you how to make the cake yourself. It will take a few hours, but she's positive she can show you how to make the cake. You appreciate the offer but tell her it would take too long to learn how to make the cake so to have it delivered.

Monday comes, the big day!! The bakery shows up with their last available Vegan Cake that you know will make the event a smash! On the way up the stairs, the cake gets dropped and destroyed.

You got the cake you reached your goal, but you never learned how to achieve it. It seemed like it would have taken longer to learn how to make the cake but now with the cake destroyed the bakery can't get another cake until Wednesday. If you learned how to make the cake, you had enough time to get the ingredients and make it before the event. The process just seems more prolonged, but trust me it's not.

The information overload.

Let me start by saying I am not a nutritionist. I am a CPT who covered fundamental aspects of nutrition. I have read a few books about food and consult with nutritionists regularly. No-one, not even a professional should have the final say on what you put in your body. The information that specialists provide are just suggestions. If you try a Vegan diet and your body doesn't feel well, then do yourself a favor and stop. If you are on a high protein meat eating diet and your body doesn't feel well, then please just stop. Do not let anyone force you into following their path or their journey, that path or journey is for them, not you.

My personal opinion is that anything excessive is going to be potentially damaging. If you eat an excessive amount of meat or carbs the potential for a negative impact exists.

My suggestion is that you combine the information you receive from reputable sources with how you feel and come to your own well informed conclusion.

The results will come, as soon as you stop worrying about 'em!