Mack Performance University 

Lesson #2: The Power of Food Logs

Welcome Back!

Today, I want to talk a little bit about food journaling.

Currently, you should be actively tracking your nutrition using the MyFitnessPal app.

Writing down what you eat during the day will give you a more precise picture of what your daily diet looks like. And that is a great first step!

Now, I want to set the record straight, I do not believe that actively tracking and counting every single calorie is a long-term solution. This is a short-term goal that will give you your biggest weapon: Awareness and knowledge!

The ultimate goal by tracking your nutrition is to build awareness and a solid nutritional foundation, not to actively track everything for the rest of your life!!

Allow me to explain.

Unfortunately, the average human lifespan is 79 years. If you want to live well into your 80’s and 90’s, you’ll need to start making smarter decisions NOW to improve your overall quality of living.

So, how can you make smarter decisions?

Well, you’ll need to spend some time learning proper nutrition. Generally speaking, this means controlling your calorie, knowing what foods are ideal sources of protein, fats, carbs, AND eating the foods you enjoy while staying consistent with your nutritional approach!

Learning proper nutrition takes time and depends on how much you commit to learning, yet I’ve found that most people need around 6-9 months to fully integrate and consistently apply what they learn. So if you spend 9 months committing to your nutrition, that means you’ll spend 1% of your life to improve 99% of it.

Nine months seems scary to a lot of people because it’s such a big commitment. However, here’s the deal - You’ll get 10x more from committing to a longer timeframe than you would be running 4-8 week fat loss challenges.

That’s the main issue why short term (4-8 week) fat loss challenges don’t work. Sure you can white knuckle your way through the weeks. However, what’s going to happen after the challenge? You’re going to start eating the foods you've been depriving yourself and overdo it on the portion sizes. The end result? You regain that same weight you just lost!

Therefore, you must LEARN in order for a nutritional plan to truly work for you. When you gain insight into what you’re really eating during the day, you’ll be able to have more control over your habits.

It’s taking ownership of your actions and behaviors so you can learn from them in order to better yourself for the other 99% of your life.

Remember that what and how much you eat has a big effect on your health.

Remember: this is a judgment-free zone!

I’m here to HELP YOU become the BEST version of yourself possible!