I just picked up a book called “The All-Pro Diet: Lose Fat, Build Muscle, Live Like a Champion”. I was intrigued by it because I am a fan of Atlanta Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez and his amazing consistency to be the best at his position.
There’s always another book touting their diet and some have just become fads. I don’t think this one will be one of those. After reading reviews on Amazon, and feeling like I needed a change in my diet, I decided to buy it.
The book is short. I read it in one day. The principles about healthy eating I’ve read some before. This book’s main focus is having more of a plant based diet, which I wasn’t too familiar with. Basically it is eating more natural food and less processed foods.
The reason for change is recently I’ve been having problems waking up early, some dry skin, and being tired around 2pm everyday. I get about seven hours of sleep a night and I do workout at least 5 days a week. I should be in good shape!
It could be my diet. I always have a healthy breakfast, exercise in the morning, then a post workout shake but when it comes to lunch it’s hit and miss. Somedays I’ll be good. Other days it’ll be Chik-Fil-a nuggets with the waffle fries and a milkshake. Delicious but so bad for you! If so, dinner I’ll go light. If lunch is good, then dinner I splurge a bit. Also I’ve had the worst sweet tooth lately! Someone offers me a cake, I can’t say no and I’ll say give me more!
If the saying is true “You are what you eat” then I’m a milkshake and cookies cause I’ve been having those a lot lately. Hopefully my girlfriend thinks I’m that sweet too.
I like the concepts in the book about natural eating. For example buy organic milk and grain fed beef because it will have less chemicals and pesticides. Fruits and vegetables should be bought at a farmer’s market. Whole grains should replace anything white.
I went to Whole Foods for the first time and really shopped there. Before I went to eat the buffet, which is good but can get expensive really quick! I bought some items he recommended and am going to try it out.
So far I’ve gotten into eating almonds and dried cranberries as a healthy snack between meals. I had been off almonds for awhile because I thought I was getting an allergic reaction to them. They are one of the best foods you can eat so I wanted to them again. So far, I feel fine, taste real good, and so easy to make and eat.
After I try some other changes in my diet, as the book recommends, I’ll write an update.
