Day 22: Keep It Up!

So you've been following this plan for weeks now. For some of you, you are in a groove and feeling great. For others,the magic still just doesn't seem to be happening. Do you feel more sloth than jackrabbit? First, depending on your past dietary and exercise habits, it might take you more than a month to go through the complete adaptive process and to let your body "heal" from all of those inflammatory foods you used to eat. You can't expect to completely undo decades of poor dietary and exercise habits in just 45 days. Be patient and persistent, as it might take more time before things start to really hum.

However, run through this checklist first: 

1. Is your food quality truly 100% clean? Those small but regular diversions (just one cookie here, that on-the-run sandwich there and that one glass of wine or beer when your really needed it) is enough to impede progress, so take a good, long, honest look at your recent habits and see if your food quality has slipped more than you care to admit.
2. Are you eating three (or more) meals a day? The meal planning template is built around 3-ish meals, so don't cheat yourself out of valuable nutrients by eating too little or too infrequently. This especially means don't miss breakfast, and don't forget your post workout meal.
3. Are you adding plenty of good fat to each meal? Healthy fats are a necessary part of every meal so don't skip this part or cut back on your added fat.

Keep up the good work, and make modifications, as needed. You can do this!