Anyone will tell you I don't do math in my head, which is why when I first started to work out and adapt the paleo diet, I did not count calories. Counting calories as far as I'm concerned is a best guess process. So I learned to trust myself not the calculator. This was a valuable tool for me, even now that I do count calories, because often I will see I am allowed far more than I should be eating and without the trust I have in my own ability to know when I am full, I could easily over eat, and thus defeating the progress I have made.
Trusting the process is just like any leap of faith.
For me it was about having a plan and then believing in the plan. I chose my workout from www.bodybuilding.com I printed it out, so I could see what I needed to do every day and make notes on the page. I knew what I was going to eat, and when I was going to eat it. For me being hungry is not an option. And when I get hungry I am far more apt to just consume whatever I can without thinking. I eat every two and a half to three hours, so I am never "starving." Need help on what to eat? Check out tomorrow's blog for a day in the life.
I faithfully go to the gym and complete my exercise and eat properly in a the correct proportions throughout the day.
On a special note, today two people took a huge leap of faith 10 years ago. So in the words of Julia Child "you are the butter to my bread and the breath to my life."
Take the leap!
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