12 Tips To Your Fitness Success - #6

We’re half way there! Have you been following the tips and keeping up with your workouts and nutrition? If not, it’s never too late! You still have time to get moving before the holidays really set in. So here’s your sixth tip:

Supplement your diet to fill in voids and avoid pitfalls.

Of all the components to our program I hate talking about this one the most. But it’s probably the one I believe in the most.

Why do I hate talking about it so much? Well, simple really. There’s a lot of health and fitness junk out there. From whiz-bang machines to pills and potions, some of it is flat out ridiculous. And supplementation comes in at the top. The term ‘snake oil salesman’ exists for a reason.

But I assure you that you can trust me. I don’t push fat burning pills. I don’t push untested crap-in-jar. But I do address supplementation. And the reason why is because our diets today are not what they once were.

You may remember my 102 year old Uncle Joe from the newsletter (if you’re not receiving our monthly Richly Rewarding Living Newsletter, sign up here.) Well, he didn’t have to supplement his diet. And that’s for a few reasons. The amount of processed foods back then was few and far between. And even so, the processed stuff of today pales in comparison to the stuff back then. But further, our diets today are very different than diets from 50 years ago.

Today, more than ever, supplementation is critical. And a hundred times more so if you are trying to lose weight and get in shape. Roughly 3% of the American population is getting complete nutrition from their diets. I’d venture to say that’s a liberal estimation. And a portion of those people probably have personal chefs!

As you read in your last tip, time is a big factor preventing us from eating properly. The food industry also plays into that too. This is exactly why we have our clients supplement with foundational products. A multivitamin/mineral supplement, meal replacement bars and shakes, and a post workout recovery shake. I emphasize the word foundational because these are taken in addition to a sound meal plan to achieve supportive, foundational nutrition. Remember, supplements should do just that, supplement the diet. I would never recommend replacing food all together.

If you would like more information on this topic (I know it’s somewhat controversial and quite touchy) or if you would like some nutritional guidance, send me an email with your questions to timchudy@fitnesstogether.com. I look forward to hearing from you.


To your fitness success,

Tim Chudy
Fitness Together

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