Day 1: Oh no, its Here!

Its OK, its going to be OK. I'm OK

OK, now that I have that written down, I will discuss the real post which is about meal planning, yay! Anyone who has been in the fitness industry for more then 2 minutes will tell you that if you want to be successful one of the first steps is to plan out your meals. There is an obvious reason for that and its called "Don't Let the Monkey DRIVE!" Really its about the lower brain verses the higher brain.

In our lower brain sits all our emotions, urges, desires, and habits. In our higher brain sits our logic and intelligence. (Basically) When we make decision we are either accessing our lower brain Example: oh look a cookie, I want a cookie. Or we bypass that lower brain and use our higher brain Example: A cookie is not apart of our meal plan today, get it away from me. Our lower brain is the monkey and it really wants to drive or make decisions. We feel emotions, smell something good, or have a craving and the lower brain wants to tell you what to do. It is kind of childish too: Give me, Give me, Give me. Its also a master manipulator and will convince you that you need the cookie. You deserve the cookie. This is who you really are, and life is short. Blah blah blah the list could go on forever. If you want to stop the monkey you need to access the higher brain and decide with your higher brain a realistic meal plan and then fight the monkey. Its hard and its having to say no about a billion times a day. But as I mentioned in a previous post you can overcome that way of thinking by retraining the brain. You just need to feel that urge and no act up to 100 times and it will retain your brain. Just like the dog and the bell. It is easily said but as I am already experiencing its a tad more difficult to practice. That is where will power and stubbornness come to protect me like a big security guard. "No one gets in unless their name is on the list!"

Today I've got my meal plan. I have researched what is best for me. The plan I chose is based off the Fast Metabolism Diet from Haley Palmory. I will post later my reasons for that, but I have done this meal plan before and the quick answer as to why I choose it is because it makes me feel really good, the food is so yummy and I get results.

Since today is about meal planning I thought I would share mine for today:

Breakfast: Oatmeal and Fruit Smoothie
Morning Snack: Grapefruit
Lunch: Chicken and Wild Rice Stir Fry
Afternoon Snack: Strawberries
Dinner: Salmon with Rice and Vegetables

Also of course as always here is some modeling:

Current Model

Circumstance: Day 1
Thought: I can't do this, its too hard! I already hate everything
Feeling: Stress
Action: Overthink
Result: It becomes too hard and I end up hating everything

New Model:

Circumstance: Day 1
Thought: I GOT THIS!
Feeling: Confident
Action: Work baby Yeah
Result: I DO GOT THIS!