Some migraines have been linked to preserved food such as wine, cheese, ham, deli meat….. If you have headaches, keep a diary of what you eat and take it to your doctor
Well I know that we have talked a lot about cardio for getting started but now it is time to look a bit at your nutrition. Here is your “assignment”. I want you to keep a food diary. No, don’t change anything yet. Just write down for one week every single thing that you put in your mouth.
And I mean everything. Gum, drinks, coffee, meals, snacks, those few jelly beans you grabbed from a co-worker’s candy bowl — EVERYTHING.
A food diary helps us get honest about what we put in our mouths and it is the only place to start for you to get your diet under control. And YES, healthy eating is critical for fitness. It keeps your energy up and fuels your body properly. You can work out a ton but if you put garbage in your body — well you know the old saying about garbage in, garbage out.
So that is it — simple — keep a food diary.
Do you want to know how to play the best golf you can? This is a line that is used for every gadget, book, magazine and club that comes onto the market. Some of these are great products and do help your game (my wife swears she can putt blindfolded with the new VJ putter and have it go in). However, the true “Magic Key” lies within you.
Einstein once said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. This is also true of your golf game. Are you practicing the same bad swing over and over again? KNOCK IT OFF AND TRY SOMETHING ELSE! Get a body assessment from a personal trainer to see if you have weak or tight muscles that are impairing your performance (and setting you up for injury). Get a swing assessment from your friendly neighborhood golf pro (that is why he is there). Most of all, when these professionals give you advice for how to improve, take it and do it. Once you fix the problem (poor alignment, bad swing, bad grip, etc) and you practice the correct way (proper swing with no muscle impairment), you will be making forward progress.
Once you have the correct ingredients, it will be just like Einstein’s experiment. A new result will come from doing something new and different. (And a great putter never hurts either!)