Scott Godwin - Fitness, Nutrition, Wellness
  • Blog
  • About
  • Bookstore
  • Subscribe for Free
  • Free E-Books
  • Services
  • Best of the Blog
  • Endorsements
  • The 12 Rules of Fitness
  • Models
  • Speaking Profile
  • Contact
  • 3.0 Fitness Personal Training VIP

Thoughts Build a Lifetime

6/21/2018

 
One thing I’ve tried to do in this series of 2018 essays on nutrition is give you very simple things you can focus on. The “eating healthy / getting lean / healthy food industry” is a multi-billion-dollar affair, which if you think about it, is outrageous.  And this is outside of the food industry itself.  It shouldn’t be that hard and complicated to eat well.   And it’s not.  It’s more about internalizing a few rules of thumb and internalizing some good core habits and ways of eating.  Just like religious and ethical training repeated often enough can lead to virtuous and happy living, simple philosophies like the make-up meal or day, eating a little protein with every meal, drinking water, and other simple things can also add up quickly to a way of eating and way of life that make sense and help us be healthier.
 
There’s an old religious saying that says:
 
Thoughts lead to actions, actions to habits, habits to character, and character to destiny.  
 
You can also apply this to the way we think about food, though I would not want to suggest that eating takes on as much of a moral weight as ethical and religious decisions do. 
 
Thoughts lead to actions, actions to habits, habits to health, and health to a destiny.  
 
Think the right things about food, and though it is not on near the same level as “thou shall not kill, steal, etc.”, it does have a significant impact on the quality of your life and relationships with others.  One donut won’t kill you.  One pizza won’t clog your arteries.  One coke won’t hurt you, neither will one cigarette.  But, there is an accumulative effect to these things. A lifetime of bad decisions adds up.  Everyone has that uncle or great grandparent who smoked, ate chocolate cake, never exercised, and lived to be 97, but the exception proves the rule.  Most of the time, our decisions add up and catch up with us eventually.  
 
Think small, and win big, with the way you eat.  Think about little things, little habits, and make them second nature.  That way these little healthy things happen automatically. You wake up., you drink water. Every Friday, or one day a week, you fast.  Every meal, you eat some vegetables.  You eat fruit for desert, instead of empty calories.  You don’t even have to think twice about it.  And you say no enough to things which accumulated enough would be bad for you (simple carbs, cake, fried food, fatty meats) and that too is no longer a craving for you.  
 
Make it second nature in many small decisions because they add up quickly.  
 
Thoughts build a lifetime, so start thinking about food the right way. 
----

Like the blog?  Sign up and pass it on!

Read Next: Do the Opposite
    Picture

      Sign up for my free "3.0 Health" Newsletter:

    Subscribe to Newsletter

    Categories

    All
    Fitness
    Nutrition
    Wellness

    Picture
    Picture
    Watch the
    Movement & Meaning Trailer
    :
    Picture

      Survey

    Submit

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    April 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    October 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    November 2020
    October 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014

Proudly powered by Weebly