Made some gradual but also some significant changes to my diet in the past year. I'll detail the changes over the course of actually about 18 months so as to make clear that it wasn't some one day, everything was different path but rather the accumulation of information and trial and error and experiencing the benefits of the changes.
I got MRSA last April, but in retrospect and in talking with my doctor and doing research, I had made my body an inhospitable environment for taxing physical duress.
I overhauled my diet and largely eradicated artificial sweeteners and processed sugar. Sure, I have a soda or 2 a week, sure I'll have a snickers or Peanut M&M's on the Subway, but the days of piling that stuff in my face are long gone.
I now rarely consume pork other than Bacon, but soon that will be all but gone.
I now rarely consume red meat as I can simply feel how heavy it is in my gut the day after when I'm training midday.
I now juice fruits and vegetables 5-6 days out of the week. I plan to soon add green heavy smoothies to that as well. As a result of the juicing I'm consuming less coffee, feeling more energy at mid-afternoon, and even late evening than previously.
I'm consuming more and more of my protein from plant sources like Brocoli et al, and I honestly feel lighter and cleaner and was able to make 140 lbs for my most recent superfight at Rise Invitational almost entirely by diet, with almost no water sweating necessary. It was supposed to be a dry run for making 135 for the Sub Spectrum event out in Iowa March 2nd (but I'm now booked for ACL reconstruction...so much for the best laid plans).
All this being said....as an aging grappler, I'm unwilling to concede that my best days are behind me...and that means a total overhaul of all my corollary behaviors which impact training: sleep, diet, recovery. I feel as good as I ever have despite the effects of nearly 16 years of combat sports in one form or another.
Do yourself a favor. Start making changes.
I got MRSA last April, but in retrospect and in talking with my doctor and doing research, I had made my body an inhospitable environment for taxing physical duress.
I overhauled my diet and largely eradicated artificial sweeteners and processed sugar. Sure, I have a soda or 2 a week, sure I'll have a snickers or Peanut M&M's on the Subway, but the days of piling that stuff in my face are long gone.
I now rarely consume pork other than Bacon, but soon that will be all but gone.
I now rarely consume red meat as I can simply feel how heavy it is in my gut the day after when I'm training midday.
I now juice fruits and vegetables 5-6 days out of the week. I plan to soon add green heavy smoothies to that as well. As a result of the juicing I'm consuming less coffee, feeling more energy at mid-afternoon, and even late evening than previously.
I'm consuming more and more of my protein from plant sources like Brocoli et al, and I honestly feel lighter and cleaner and was able to make 140 lbs for my most recent superfight at Rise Invitational almost entirely by diet, with almost no water sweating necessary. It was supposed to be a dry run for making 135 for the Sub Spectrum event out in Iowa March 2nd (but I'm now booked for ACL reconstruction...so much for the best laid plans).
All this being said....as an aging grappler, I'm unwilling to concede that my best days are behind me...and that means a total overhaul of all my corollary behaviors which impact training: sleep, diet, recovery. I feel as good as I ever have despite the effects of nearly 16 years of combat sports in one form or another.
Do yourself a favor. Start making changes.
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