So one of the greatest things about Crossfit in my mind is that it is for EVERYONE. I mean we can take your top notch athlete and your grandmother and have them work out together. I think that in itself is awesome. You are building a community while you work out. This is something that Crossfit has always ingrained in my head anyway. So why not take the same principle of scaling and apply it to nutrition.
Here’s what I mean. When you have a new member come in the door to join the box do you throw them headfirst into a WOD like Cindy or Angie? No…of course not. Their reaction would be to probably never come back. So when you say to someone whose diet currently consists of carbs and low fat that they have to Zone or Paleo imagine the reaction! You are saying here’s what you are eating now:
Breakfast – special K Cereal with skim milk and a banana, turkey sandwhich for lunch, spaghetti and meatballs for dinner.
and this is what I want you to eat:
Breakfast – eggs & veggies cooked in olive oil, lunch – 4.5 oz deli meat, 1 apple and 6 almonds, dinner 3 oz chicken, large salad with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
(now this is just an example) but can you see the shock someone goes through. I think that a better approach is to slightly change things. Yes, it would probably be best if they could go to eating clean 100% of the time right off the bat but for many people lifestyle changes take some time to acclimate to. So why not try changing just a few things at first. Say, let’s add protein to each meal and let’s cut out breads and pasta for a week. Then the next week tackle something different.
Just a thought but it would seem it would make it slightly less dramatic. What do you think?
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