Comments for Mad Dawg School of Fitness http://maddawgfitness.com Position. Movement. Strength. Power. Prepared. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:03:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Foodie Outcast? by saulj http://maddawgfitness.com/2012/02/the-foodie-outcast/comment-page-1/#comment-2144 saulj Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:03:59 +0000 http://maddawgfitness.com/?p=5335#comment-2144 Great comments Joe! Just to be clear, Susan and I are not Paleo compliant. We give it a good shot and I would say that during the week we are pretty on it. But we still have ice cream and beer, which is essentially liquid bread (Saul), on the weekend and dark chocolate most days. I think you are right being on it more than off it is a huge benefit. Also Joe pointed out something really important which is there is very little training in nutrition or exercise education regarding how people learn and change behavior. The majority of the "teaching styles" are really just different flavors of do it harder and do it more. Not everyone learns the same way and change often takes longer than we expect, but looking back I think it is truly amazing what can happen in just a few months or years. Thanks to both Daphne and Joe! Great comments Joe! Just to be clear, Susan and I are not Paleo compliant. We give it a good shot and I would say that during the week we are pretty on it. But we still have ice cream and beer, which is essentially liquid bread (Saul), on the weekend and dark chocolate most days. I think you are right being on it more than off it is a huge benefit.

Also Joe pointed out something really important which is there is very little training in nutrition or exercise education regarding how people learn and change behavior. The majority of the “teaching styles” are really just different flavors of do it harder and do it more. Not everyone learns the same way and change often takes longer than we expect, but looking back I think it is truly amazing what can happen in just a few months or years.

Thanks to both Daphne and Joe!

]]> Comment on The Foodie Outcast? by Joe http://maddawgfitness.com/2012/02/the-foodie-outcast/comment-page-1/#comment-2141 Joe Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:47:13 +0000 http://maddawgfitness.com/?p=5335#comment-2141 Hmmm....Tyler moved in bed and I accidentally pressed "published". Sorry.... Anyway, I was saying that as long as you practice your philosophy more often than not (preferably, much more often than not), my opinion is that you'll be fine. I have Daphne to thank for being such a great role model for our little Chubster and me. The fact that you have found a ton of healthier ingredients to supplement or to completely replace what we have in the kitchen, has made an enormous impact. I think that what is cooked at our house is much more paleo compliant due to your influence (intentional or not). Even if you can't change old habits 100% of the time, it doesn't mean that people are not taking mental notes and making incremental changes due to your positive influence. So, even if it's not totally apparent to you, you have definitely made a huge impact on how and what we eat. Thanks hon. Hmmm….Tyler moved in bed and I accidentally pressed “published”. Sorry….
Anyway, I was saying that as long as you practice your philosophy more often than not (preferably, much more often than not), my opinion is that you’ll be fine. I have Daphne to thank for being such a great role model for our little Chubster and me. The fact that you have found a ton of healthier ingredients to supplement or to completely replace what we have in the kitchen, has made an enormous impact. I think that what is cooked at our house is much more paleo compliant due to your influence (intentional or not). Even if you can’t change old habits 100% of the time, it doesn’t mean that people are not taking mental notes and making incremental changes due to your positive influence. So, even if it’s not totally apparent to you, you have definitely made a huge impact on how and what we eat. Thanks hon.

]]> Comment on The Foodie Outcast? by Joe http://maddawgfitness.com/2012/02/the-foodie-outcast/comment-page-1/#comment-2140 Joe Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:19:18 +0000 http://maddawgfitness.com/?p=5335#comment-2140 I totally agree with everything Daphne wrote. It's extremely difficult to "change" old habits - especially when those habits are ingrained in one's culture. If the person has an open mind and is willing to engage in a healthy dialogue on nutrition, many will agree that paleo just makes sense - period. I think that it's a combination of stubbornness, being brainwashed by the BIG corps / BIG pharma / media, and one's fear of recognizing that what they thought was right may actually be wrong that prevents many people from accepting change (despite what their common sense tells them). Basically, they would rather not know than know. What to feed our body is a decision that we all have to make every time our hunger center is activated. Armed with proper nutritional knowledge, we hope to make many more good decisions than bad ones. Some people will draw a line in the sand and immediately change their nutritional lifestyles accordingly while others will do it one step at a time. I tend to fall into the latter category. I find it difficult to do anything "hard core", but I do try to make many more healthy decisions than unhealthy ones. Maybe it's my poor will power or maybe it's my hectic work/lifestyle? Who knows. Even if you're not 100% compliant to your nutritional philosophy, it's much more important that you are at least armed with the correct information. As long as you have this knowledge, it will be your compass. You can get sidetracked (like eating the mini scone that your coworker bought for you - whoops!!!), but as long as you practice your philosophy I totally agree with everything Daphne wrote. It’s extremely difficult to “change” old habits – especially when those habits are ingrained in one’s culture. If the person has an open mind and is willing to engage in a healthy dialogue on nutrition, many will agree that paleo just makes sense – period. I think that it’s a combination of stubbornness, being brainwashed by the BIG corps / BIG pharma / media, and one’s fear of recognizing that what they thought was right may actually be wrong that prevents many people from accepting change (despite what their common sense tells them). Basically, they would rather not know than know.

What to feed our body is a decision that we all have to make every time our hunger center is activated. Armed with proper nutritional knowledge, we hope to make many more good decisions than bad ones. Some people will draw a line in the sand and immediately change their nutritional lifestyles accordingly while others will do it one step at a time. I tend to fall into the latter category. I find it difficult to do anything “hard core”, but I do try to make many more healthy decisions than unhealthy ones. Maybe it’s my poor will power or maybe it’s my hectic work/lifestyle? Who knows. Even if you’re not 100% compliant to your nutritional philosophy, it’s much more important that you are at least armed with the correct information. As long as you have this knowledge, it will be your compass. You can get sidetracked (like eating the mini scone that your coworker bought for you – whoops!!!), but as long as you practice your philosophy

]]> Comment on The Foodie Outcast? by susan http://maddawgfitness.com/2012/02/the-foodie-outcast/comment-page-1/#comment-2138 susan Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:30:42 +0000 http://maddawgfitness.com/?p=5335#comment-2138 Gosh, Daphne, your post just highlights many of the reasons that eating 'clean' isn't as easy as some make it out to be. The layers to this are complex! You are doing an amazing job and I commend you on letting go some of it so that you can stay sane. Thank you for giving so many good examples of things that can be done under less than optimal circumstances! Gosh, Daphne, your post just highlights many of the reasons that eating ‘clean’ isn’t as easy as some make it out to be. The layers to this are complex!
You are doing an amazing job and I commend you on letting go some of it so that you can stay sane.
Thank you for giving so many good examples of things that can be done under less than optimal circumstances!

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