3 Nutrition Mistakes Guys Make
November 11, 2011, By Ed Scow 0 comments
My mom loved music. It was always on, and I was forced to listen in the car no matter if the trip was short or long. One song I remember her singing was "I Am Woman (Hear Me Roar)." While she was no feminist, she loved singing that song.
I bring it up because I want to switch "woman" to "man" and replace "roar" with "make stupid nutrition mistakes." Doesn't have the same swagger, but it still rings true.
I am man, and I make stupid nutrition mistakes, and I'm guessing you do too because I uncover the same problems over and over when working with my dude clients.
Here are a few of the most common "Dude Diet Mistakes" and ways to fix 'em.
1. Rules don't apply.
We don't think rules apply in the nutrition world. We think we can eat wings and drink beer and still come out okay. We think we can tailgate all day, drinking beer while eating God-knows-what processed meat product and not come away with an extra five pounds sitting on our waist like an all-season inner tube.
I'm here to tell you that the rules do apply, and you're not 20 anymore. If you inhale 20 wings and three beers while watching the game, you will gain weight.
That may be a bit harsh and exaggerated, but this revelation comes out time and again when talking with my guy clients, and it usually stems from the fact that we can still vividly remember doing the same things when we were in our early to mid-20s and getting away with it.
So how do you avoid making this mistake? Easy. You have to understand that the rules do apply, and you can't eat that way anymore.
You can still relax while watching sports, but it can only be once a week, and it can only happen if you've been pretty strict with your eating the rest of the week.
Remember what you're trying to accomplish—stop the gut from expanding and reverse its motion before the buttons start popping off. If the buttons already are flying, then you need to limit those extravagant eating times to just once a week or once every two weeks. The cool part is that when you do limit them, not only will you start losing weight, but you'll also lose your taste for that type of food and drink and start to realize you don't want to be one of "those guys" anymore.
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