The Perfect Diet

As you may have already suspected, there is no perfect diet.
A diet is something you "go on". And something you'll
eventually come 'off'.

It's a lot easier to be healthier and to express your ideal
body by learning healthy "eating habits", rather
than 'going on a diet'. Because habits become a part of
your life. Habits change your life.

Ironically, a phrase we all know and love can actually
sabotage your best efforts to make new healthy eating
habits, or make any changes in our life:

"Practice makes perfect."

So, if we can change this phrase, we can change our
thinking, change our habits and change our life.

Here goes:

Practicing, rehearsing and doing something over and over
again train your mind and body to repeat what you've taught
it.

Practice makes permanent

But your results are only as good as your practice.

Perfect practice makes perfect

Nobody's perfect. We're humans, on Earth and subject to
the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics-"everything is tending toward
disorder". (My desk is a great example of this law.)

Lots of our 'dieting' frustration comes from our inability
to be perfect. So don't worry about perfection. Settle for
excellence, practicing your new habit _most_ of
the time.

Excellent practice makes excellent

The blessing of a habit is that once you get it, you don't
have to think about it much anymore. It becomes automatic.

But that's also the curse of a habit. Because when you get
a bad one, you'll keep on doing it without thinking. And it
will keep you from your Best. And the bad ones are usually
a lot harder to stop than the good ones (2nd Law again).

So, to get better habits, we have to think better.
Consciously decide what we want. Learn how to get what we
want. Pay attention to what we're doing, thinking, saying,
eating, etc. To what works and what doesn't.

We've got to pay attention to what we're doing right now.
Be aware of our present-time thoughts and actions, not
getting on auto-pilot too soon, making sure our new habits
lead us in the right direction.

Which leaves us with:

"Present practice makes excellent."

(OK, it's not as catchy as the original, but it'll help you
get started sooner, and keep you from giving up too
quickly.)

Aristotle had a little something to say about habits:

"We are what we continually do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

Be excellent to yourself by eating more lean protein, fruit
and vegetables.

This approach helps you reach your ideal weight automatically. It controls inflammation and insulin. It prevents chronic degenerative diseases.

(You can read more about this eating style in The Paleo Diet or Neander-Thin)

Living Enthused,

Dr. Vince

P.S. The key to controlling inflammation and insulin, and
crafting your ideal body, is to balance your fats. More
Omega-3s and fewer Omega-6s. The prime source of Omega-6s
is grain, so eat fewer grains. Omega-3s are found in fruit,
vegetables, grass-fed meat and wild fish. So start eating
more of these. The best source I know is Concentrated
Omega-3 Pharmaceutical-grade Fish Oil. It's concentrated,
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