Wait… hydration again? I’ve been talking about personalized nutrition, and I already addressed hydration a couple of days ago in a bullet point under “Basic Lifestyle Guidelines.” Well, hydration is important enough to talk about more than once. I talk to clients about hydration first when we’re working on the ‘foundation’ that is their healthyContinue reading “Personalized Nutrition: Hydration”
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Personalized Nutrition: Protein
The topic of this series is personalized nutrition. I began by talking about the person (the one whose nutrition is being -ized), and then about practicing some basic lifestyle guidelines as a starting point. Today’s topic is the first consideration that’s actually about food: protein. Protein First Why is protein first? Because of satiety andContinue reading “Personalized Nutrition: Protein”
Personalized Nutrition: BLGs
This is the second blog in a series I’m writing about personalized nutrition. The whole idea behind personalized nutrition is that you eat what is right for you, NOT what is right for someone else (or what sells the most of a particular product, pays lobbyists’ salaries, or is trending on Twitter right now). PersonalizedContinue reading “Personalized Nutrition: BLGs”
Where To Start With Personalized Nutrition
This week, I’m going to talk a bit about personalized nutrition. This is a concept I’ve brought up frequently in my blog, but now I’m going to break it down in a bit more detail over several days. The concepts I’m going to cover will include: The Person Basic Lifestyle Guidelines Protein Hydration Food QualityContinue reading “Where To Start With Personalized Nutrition”
When Goals Change, Make a New Plan (Skill Levels Revisited)
I wrote about the Skill Level system a while back and I want to revisit that today in light of the 7 questions I asked over the past two weeks, and talk about how my approach to these goals has changed recently. 7 Questions Who am I? Well, I could give some pretty lengthy andContinue reading “When Goals Change, Make a New Plan (Skill Levels Revisited)”
Balancing Challenge & Support
Balancing challenge and support is one of the critical skills I practice in my coaching work. This skill is also necessary in other areas of my life, as a friend, a father, and a husband. Too much challenge becomes a vexation to people, and too much support becomes coddling. Neither extreme will succeed in helpingContinue reading “Balancing Challenge & Support”
What Are You Going To Do Now?
This is the question of first actions. What are you going to do first? We got here by asking a series of important questions about who you are, what you want, why you want it, when, where, and how you’re going to get it. Now it’s time to do something. One Foot In Front Of TheContinue reading “What Are You Going To Do Now?”
How Will You Achieve It?
Today, I’m building off of the previous articles about who you are, what you are trying to achieve, why, when, and where you’re going to achieve it. This is the 6th of my 7 important questions. This is the question of planning. The Importance of Planning “Failing to plan is planning to fail,” as theyContinue reading “How Will You Achieve It?”
Where Will You Achieve It?
Last week, I talked about 7 important questions and I explored a few of them in depth. I discussed Who, What, Why, and When. Today, it’s time for, “Where?” The topic of space and sphere is not as high on the list as some of the others, but it is still a critical one. SphereContinue reading “Where Will You Achieve It?”
When Will You Achieve It?
The question today is, “when?” When will you achieve the things you’ve set out to do? I’m talking–this week and next–about a series of questions that leads you to change, transformation, and accomplishment. Know who you are, what you’re about, and what you’re trying to do. Yesterday’s question was, “What do you want to achieve?” Continue reading “When Will You Achieve It?”
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