The New Year is here and that means a fresh start. For most people this means getting to the gym and dieting after a holiday season full of lots of great food and drinks. Unfortunately, this attempt usually fails after a week or two because of the lack of guidance, accountability, and commitment. The difference between these people and you, is that you have access to all of these things through NoCoast!
If you’re reading this, you are most likely already a part of our community and getting to the gym is not the problem (if you’re not, click here to find out how to become a member and get a great deal for the New Year). For most of us at NoCoast, our New Year’s Resolution is nutrition related. It’s either getting back on the Paleo wagon, learning how the Paleo Diet can improve your overall health and trying it for the first time, or learning how to balance your food intake and daily lifestyle choices to take your fitness to the next level.
Because nutrition is such a common New Year’s Resolution and because it’s extremely hard to make it last long term, we want to use the power of community to make your nutrition and fitness goals work for you. Therefore, we will be kicking off our New Year’s Nutrition Challenges this Saturday, January 4th at 11:00 am with our Paleo Challenge and Performance Challenge meetings.
So why two options? Well, for the more experienced athletes, another Paleo challenge is probably only going to be that: a 30 day challenge. We want our athletes to build sustainable, long lasting habits. So we're providing the Performance Challenge for anyone who has already done at least one Paleo challenge. (AKA, we know that weekends aren't REALLY "80:20" Paleo or whatever nebulous policy you've developed as a Paleo eater.) Why keep the Paleo challenge? Because if you've never really cleaned up your diet, you have an addiction to sugar and any substance that will eventually become sugar in your body. Time to cut it out!
The 30 Day Paleo Challenge is for those of you looking to make the big change from "I eat what I want" to "I eat what I need" policy. (Eventually you'll want to only eat what you need, by the way.) This challenge is great for beginners, and people who need to change their lifestyle to a healthier more conscientious attitude. This challenge will pull you off your sugar highs and lows, set your glucose levels to baseline level, and get you off the crap you are hooked on. The focus of this challenge is, "cut the crap." It will include weigh ins, measurements, and photos. This will be strict paleo: meat, veggies, some fruit, good fats, no sugar, no alcohol, no grains, no dairy.
The 28 Day Performance Challenge is for those of you interested in taking your fitness to the next level! This will be for anyone who is going from "I eat what I need to live" policy to "I eat and do what I need to perform" policy. During the 28 day challenge, you will track your nutrition, sleep, workouts, and recovery. For the performance challenge, we will adopt the Zone Diet as our nutritional resource. Our goal is to measure the quantity of food we're consuming, while continuing to eat high quality foods. This challenge will have a prerequisite, which will be our 30 Day Paleo Challenge (or some type of baseline challenge). This challenge will consist of pre and post challenge testing, weigh ins, measurements, and photos.
Our Saturday Nutrition Clinics will give you the knowledge and information needed to make this year’s New Year’s Resolution successful. You will be held accountable and have the support of our community and your coaches to make sure you turn your goals into lifelong habits.
Start your New Year off right by going to MindBody and signing up for a clinic. If you have any questions, please ask Leah, Sam, or Dan.
