The Most Important ‘C’ Words for Nutrition

No diet fits every individual and no diet prescription is best for everyone — it is what works for you; for the individual…
Whether this is Zone, Macro counting, Intermittent Fasting, Keto, or Mediterranean, it has to be something that works
for you and is doable and sustainable over a long time. All good diets are going to focus on the same principles. The
food amounts and types may differ slightly; however, they all are built on quality whole foods, with the elimination of
processed foods and no added sugars.

So, what makes a diet work for an individual if not one type is best? Well…The answer is consistency, or in the case
of diets, compliance. To see changes in body composition and health markers depends on a period of compliance.
And for these changes to stick this compliance must be ongoing. They then become behaviours and habits. What
started with compliance becomes consistency. Consistency trumps all else and it is consistency that will provide long
term success.

Lack of consistency brings yo-yo dieting: a period of compliance that produces some results, followed by re-gaining
all the weight lost due to this compliance ending. Non-compliance normally results in following a diet plan that is not
sustainable for a long duration, or a meal plan that commands you only eat the meals/foods listed or selected.

The key to successful nutrition is following a plan that you will be able to comply with long term, bringing the most
important ingredient: Consistency. 

Your results will always be the sum of what you consistently do. This will be reflected in both the positive and
negative — what your consistency looks like will be the sum of the results attained.
If consistency is what we need, then how do we do it?

If we look at the CrossFit prescription of eating meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch, and NO
sugar, then we will be on a good path. If we break this down it can be translated into eating wholefoods, eating more
vegetables than fruits, avoiding grains where possible, and eating absolutely no processed foods.

Your compliance with the above ‘how-to’ guide will result in positive changes and in body composition, performance,
and health markers for the majority of people.