You Are What You Eat, Part 2Friday, I shared an insightful and short podcast from The Consistency Project about the Netflix docuseries You Are What You Eat. What to eat, how much to eat, when to eat and why we overeat have been explored since the very first diet book was published in 1863. That book, Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public by William Banting encouraged people to eat meat, greens, and fruit. He avoided root vegetables, potatoes, butter, milk, pork, salmon, sugar, and beer. He lost 35 pounds and decided that his anecdotal personal experience counted as evidence and thus the psuedoscience of diet and nutrition culture was born. According to this article from Micheal Easter, About 55 million Americans are on a diet plan, and 50% are trying to lose weight. Diet and weight loss books generated $580 million in sales in 2019. WOW! That is a lot of folks who are wanting to make a change and a LOT of people and companies who are willing to sell them something, even if its silly bullshit, to help them lose weight. What's even more interesting is that we are drawn to a particular diet, or eating plan, based on our confirmation bias. Easter summarizes it this way: We often choose a diet based on our underlying beliefs about society. For example: Your personal values, your beliefs, your family food culture, and your general life view will influence what you choose to put in your mouth, and this is the most important factor that will determine if your diet and nutrition choice will actually work. What works is what you can do for the long game. If you can't stay on your "X, Y, Z" elimination diet forever, it's not going to work. Check out the entire article from Micheal Easter, "Wild Findings from an Analysis of 400 Diet Books" by clicking on the link below or reading it on Scribd. You can read the entire article below. The bottom line is that “diets are all equally terrible for long-term weight loss,” Layne explained. But when the scientists stratified the participants by how closely they followed the diet’s instructions, they found that the most adherent people lost more fat. Regardless of the diet—every diet worked when the study participants followed it long-term.
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You Are What You Eat
I have heard lots of interesting conversations at the gym about the new docuseries on Netflix, You Are What You Eat.
When watching, listening, or reading "edutainment" it's really vital that we use our critical thinking skills. I have written about some of these skills such as: understanding correlation is not causation understanding probable statistics (statistical significance) It's also helpful to listen to critical (in a scientific way) reviews of the docuseries. Someone I trust to wade through all the silly bulllshit I see on the internet and on TV is EC Synkowski, founder of OptimizeMe Nutrition. We have completed her 800G challenge in the gym several times. Her nutrition coaching company has a solid foundation in science. She has a weekly podcast that addresses important topics in nutrition and lifestyle practices. She recently published a podcast on the Netflix show. It's short and to the point. I hope you find it a valuable perspective. This week, weâre talking about Netflixâs new docuseries, âYou Are What You Eat.â With a critical eye, we analyze the study that serves as the foundation for the series and unravel the complexities surrounding its findings.
Click below if you'd rather just listen to the podcast.
Of course, it wouldn't be Foodie Friday without a recipe. In the spirit of the 800g Challenge here is one that is rich in fruits and vegetables from the good folks at THe Splendid Table. Just like last week's recipe, SHHH, it's vegan. Just add your favorite grilled or roast protein and you're good to go:)
Intramural Open
The single biggest and most exciting CrossFit event is happening in March! Of course, we're talking about the CrossFit Games Open. The Open is a worldwide CrossFit competition. It's 3 weeks long, and it is a TON OF FUN.
Every Thursday, Starting Feb 29th, CrossFit will release a workout. There will be Rx'd and Scaled versions for everyone including Masters 55+ and there will be a Foundations version for brand new folks or folks recovering from injuries. We have until the following Monday to complete the workout and enter our scores. The CrossFit Games Open workout will be the Workout of the Day every Friday starting March 1st and ending March 15th. You're going to do The Open workouts anyway, so you might as well participate in the Intramural Open. The Intramural Open is a FREE team event in which we compete against each other. We support, encourage, count reps and help our teammates do fantastic things. The Open brings out the best of us and we love seeing everyone do their best. We've seen people get their first pul-ups, muscle-ups, heaviest lifts, etc. Certainly this Open will be no different. This year YOU get to select which team you want to be on! Our 2 teams are Team Marvel and Team DC. Let us know which team you want to be on by completing the form below.
Your team Captains will be announced after Femme Fatale Week. If you would like to volunteer to be a Captain, please let me know. Team Captains are responsible for rallying all team members to earn as many points as possible.
It's time to earn as many pre-season points as possible. Pre-Season points are: ONE point for every athlete who officially signs up for The Open. https://games.crossfit.com/ FIVE points for every athlete who officially completes the Judges Course. https://oc.crossfit.com/course?id=61&language=en Last year the team with the most pre-season points kept their lead. It really makes a difference. You can earn a point RIGHT NOW by registering for The Open: https://games.crossfit.com/ Once the Open begins (on March 1) you earn points for your team as follows: 1 point if you do the CrossFit Open Workout 3 points if you finish in the top 3 Scaled, Rx, Foundations 2 points if you do something for the first time or get a PR 5 points to the team with the best SPIRIT You can also put in extra work to prepare for The Open. Grab your TSCF BFFs and hire your coach for a few 30-min skill sessions. Do you all want to work on pull-ups, toes to bar, double unders? Great, the group rates for 30 min skill sessions are: $45 for 1 person $38 for 2 people $32 for 3 people $29 for 4 people THE OPEN STARTS IN SIX WEEKS! You have time to work on those skills. Talk to your Coach about setting up some skill sessions. Be sure to check your BTWB notifications as one of your Coaches will be creating a group for your team on BTWB. This will be the primary mode of communication about The Open. If you don't know how to see your BTWB notifications, please ask your coach or me. Who's ready to crush this year's Open? |
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