Both a Swear Word and an Unfortunate Necessity

Nutrition:

If anyone feels the same way I do about this subject and reads this entry, after reading the title, I will be amazed. It's not going to be what I would want to hear like, "Eat chocolate cake daily and your body fat will drop!". Unfortunately I will not be divulging any information that has not been known for years. I will not even be clever. This piece will be as straightforward as they come.

The word nutrition makes me cringe. Always has. I despise that a hamburger and french fries washed down with a microbrew will not make my backside smaller or abs flatter. Perhaps I’ll write about the evilness of this reality later.

However, for those that go ahead and read this (first of all thank you), I promise you something. I promise not to use nauseating words like sensible, will power, and trans fats, ect. Simply I will purge the information shared from a fellow nutritionist, data from a nutrition textbook, and snippets from various health magazine articles.

This multi “chapter” blog will address some questions related to weight, calories, carbohydrates, fat, protein, and water. I have never been a fad dieter or a real good dieter. I have calorie counted and restricted certain junk foods while attempting to reach a goal. Therefore I have a lot to learn and will be heavily utilizing the aforementioned resources.

No matter your goal, to loose weight, run faster, build muscle, or loose body fat, one must reluctantly stare nutrition in the face and abide by its rules. It’s that simple, to stay on track one must eat right and train smart. That’s right I said simple, NOT easy. I openly admit it’s not easy to abide by seemingly daunting rules, but the concepts are simple I guess. So here I begin…