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The Beginner’s Guide To Flexible Dieting
by Zach Rocheleau //Rhone.com
We are often taught that certain foods are “good” and certain foods are “bad.” It’s evident everywhere you look.
Everyone has their own conceptions of what is considered healthy from low carb, vegan, paleo, keto, vegetarian, and many more. Do you notice that there are a million different definitions of healthy?
For the sake of this post, let’s consider “healthy” as high quality, minimally processed, micronutrient dense foods.
Most people think that in order for them to reach their health, fitness, or body composition goals, they have to cut out all “unhealthy food” from their diets and eat an extremely strict/boring diet. It becomes an all or nothing mindset. But studies have shown that those who have a rigid/strict diet are actually at a higher risk to binge on the food they were trying to eliminate.
I am a firm believer that if you fail to plan then you plan to fail. But having the “perfect” diet is not synonymous with having a “successful” diet either. What I mean is if I give you a nutritional game plan that is perfect from a physiological standpoint, the fact that it’s perfect doesn’t matter if you cannot stick with it. A successful diet is one that you can be consistent with, one that is sustainable, and one that you can actually execute…
