This title comes from an old co-worker. We used to say this after he told us all the story about his kindergarten teacher using that phrase to get the class under control.
I've changed my focus.
Lately, I've been really focused on nutrition and Whole30 and fat loss. Now that summer is here and I feel pretty good about nutrition, I want to change my focus to performance. I want to really commit to CrossFit at least 4 days a week and give it my all and see some performance gains and PRs. I plan to eat in a way that fuels these goals using the guidelines outlined here by Eat To Perform. Here is another good article from ETP that explains why it's better to eat for performance than to eat for weight (or fat) loss.
According to the ETP calculator, I should be eating 2,258 calories per day. This might shock some people for a 5'2" tall 130lb female to be eating that much, but trust me, I have very little problem meeting this goal! I've been doing it for quite a while, actually. I will shoot for 100g of carbs per day. I usually under eat on the carbs, but have been consciously adding more sweet potato and fruit to increase this. I will try to eat at least 130g of protein (1g per pound of body weight) and the rest will be fat (apprx. 150 grams).
I will occasionally use My Fitness Pal to make sure my numbers are where they need to be, but I hope to get to a point where I am intuitively eating to fuel my performance.
Also, for the summer I am not weighing myself (until sometime after Labor Day). I look forward to this summer and all it will bring! What are you focused on right now?
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