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  February 1, 2019 · 9:33 am
  Calories & creatures of habit.
  Are you obsessed with the first while also being caught in the vicious cycle of the second?
  Many are because loosening the reigns it too scary.
  Did you know that on average people eat between only 15-20 different foods per week.
  It's not a great amount of variety, yet I know why many do it.
  Safety, familiarity and all that other good stuff synonymous with the comfort zone.
  From a calorie tracking perspective this makes things easy, yet it also means there might not be much change physically.
  When you eat the same foods again and again the body will become better accustomed to processing them, in another word more efficient.
  This will potentially lower the TEF a tad.
  You'd also be surprised as o how devoid of certain nutrients you may actually be, a common consequence of lacking variety of foods.
  Now many might say it's because they don't like certain foods, which might be true, however more often than not they're just being fussy because their parents allowed them to be that way in their youth.
  There is also the potential case that they're being lazy.
  We are not talking about preparing 5 star gourmet every day, however a little change will do you the world of good.
  Sticking with the same foods all the time,while not only dull, will also lead to anxiety when you can't get your fix because you feel your control slipping away from you.
  Being the intelligent individuals you are, I'm sure you can understand that without change there will often be no change.
  This applies to your nutrition as well.
  Opting for more variety in what you eat can help you start to make that much sought after progress you desire, honestly.
  You can keep the calories at whatever level they need to be for your desired goal while changing the food choices.
  ^^ On a calorie laden note, you can have higher days and lower days so long as the total amount of calories across the longer term tracking (say 1 year) is in sync with your goal – surplus for gain, deficit for loss.
  ^^ You don't need to eat the same calories day in day you, you wouldn't do it for training volume/intensity so remember you don't have to do it for food either.
  Do me a favour, keep a food diary for 2 weeks.
  Sit down and take a look at those two weeks and see how many foods you eat on average, I'm willing to bet it falls in to the above (15-20).
  *Of course i am bias towards a more whole foods approach to nutrition from a health stand point, however if on any given day you want cake then have the damn cake, enjoy it, don't lament it, then adjust your foods the next day and carry on with life.
  Once you've done this take a look at all the other foods you can add in, swap/substitute and enjoy.
  Most ironic of all is all the people that call themselves 'foodies' are of the aforementioned ilk.
  Loosen the reigns and break the cycle of being the same.
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