Monday, December 14: The Myth of Discipline
I love myself, so I keep a styrofoam cup of ice in my freezer
Probably the one thing that has changed my mentality about food most significantly is something I learned from a Robin Sharma book. In one of his books he writes that how you feed yourself is related to how you love yourself. “I eat the best foods available. It’s a sign of self-respect.” I copied that onto a little piece of paper and put it on my fridge. Every time I went to open the fridge I was thinking, “which of these food items is the best available?” This may be something very helpful to those of you who live with other people who have not chosen to eat a Paleo diet.
Related to this, Charles Poliquin has a great article on his site called The Myth of Discipline.
“Accept that all your choices are reflections of what you truly love.”
I’d love for you to give it a read and post your thoughts to comments.
- Coach B-ring the love
P.S. Train hard this week and keep on top of your recovery. We’ve got some benchmark workouts coming up next week.
Yeah I know that pic is kind of random, but I’m posting from home and it was the best I had
Maybe next time I’ll dig up some old River City CrossFit pics or something…
ummm…benchmark wods…eh?…I smell a CF Total and maybe a Fran…coming up…
Great article. Puts a positive spin on what can sometimes be a pretty grim battle to reach goals rather than be derailed.
I absolutely love that concept – and will apply it…I’ve been ‘falling off the wagon’ with my eating for the last little while…!
@brendan
lol
Glad to see I’m not the only one that puts sticky notes like that on their fridge
I love it, and I love myself enough to deadlift squat and run…….to give myself to crossfit’s lovely pain.
@Eric
“crossfit’s lovely pain” nice way of putting it.
Great article – I have found myself opening the fridge and thinking “what is my best choice here”. A little tougher when you are living with non-paleo eaters.