Do you want to supercharge your diet? I mean, what ever diet you are on. It doesn't matter if it's Eating For Life, The Zone, The Sonoma Diet, The Abs Diet, or Burn The Fat – this one tip will supercharge ANY of them.
Eat Like A Cavegirl
Think back to when you were a kid… then think back another 3000-4000 years. You know, when Def Leppard was cool. Back in the day.
Go back to somewhere between 1,000BC and 2,000,000BC, and you get cavedudes and cavegirls. Think about what they ate on a daily basis. Chances are they didn't go to Taco Bell. And on the way home from Taco Bell they didn't pull over their Brontosaurus for Twinkies and a Big Gulp.
Cavedudes and cavegirls ate things that they could hunt or gather. That means meat, fish, poultry, fruits, vegetables, and nuts.
The Modern Cavegirl
The modern cavegirl does her hunting in the deli and fish market, and does her gathering in the produce section. Cavegirl likes Whole Foods Market and Wild Oats Market. Cavegirl likes to go to "farmer's market", whenever it is in her town.
Cavegirl doesn't know what they sell in the middle of the supermarket. Weird plastic food with transfat and hydrogenated everything. Cavegirl would rather be chased by raptors than go through the drive through window at her nearest fast food joint.
The Cavegirl Challenge
Every day next week – excluding your free day, if you take a free day – have one Cavegirl meal. That means one meal that ONLY consists of meat, fish or poultry for your protein, fruits and/or vegetables for your carbohydrates, and nuts for your fats.
Try having just one Cavegirl meal per day. Note in your food log how you feel after your Cavegirl meal.
If you get really ambitious, in a couple weeks you can try doing two Cavegirl meals per day. Watch as the fat melts off of you, your energy levels skyrocket, and you feel awesome all of the time.
By Josh Hillis
author of How To Lose The Stubborn Seven Pounds: Take Your Body from Good to Rockstar.
National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer (NASM-CPT) and Performance Enhancement Specialist (NASM-PES)
Russian Kettlebell Challenge Certified Instructor (RKC) and Combat Applications Specialist (RKC/CAS)
© 2006 Josh's Garage Fitness LLC
"The Cavegirl Diet", "The Cavedude Diet", and "The Stubborn Seven Pounds: Take Your Body From Good To Rockstar" are all (™) trademark Joshua F. Hillis
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