Consistency is key

I have advised many over the years that consistency is key. No one can see results without the dedication, patience, and determination to see this lifestyle through on a daily basis. You can train away many things. You can train away years of a sedentary lifestyle, you can train away muscular imbalance and weakness. But you can never train away bad nutrition.

Bad nutrition. This is the part that gets me.

There's tons of books out there about how to eat clean, how to eat like a caveman, etc. While these books do a great job of bringing awareness to poor eating habits, maybe the real focus has been lost. The real focus should be how to fuel your body.

I'm not saying you need to torture yourself by eating "bland" food. But let's be realistic here, everything you put into your body changes your body. If you have spent years eating high sodium food your tongue will be used to saltiness (same goes for sweetness).

Try an experiment, take two weeks and track your food, keep your sodium to the recommended daily value. At the end of those two weeks you'll find that your taste buds have adjusted, and foods you once thought were bland aren't anymore.

There's nothing wrong with enjoying your food. I'm not even trying to imply there is. The point is you should have a healthy relationship with your nourishment sources.

Your food should be the thing that fuels your body to do amazing things. To a certain degree, you have to accept that you may not "like" healthier alternatives at first, but you will probably grow to accept them over time.

It's your life and it's your body. You only get one, so love it every day and be good to yourself.