Surviving Thanksgiving Without Gaining A Bunch of Body Fat

We cover stress management, how to workout to avoid fat gain & how different types of training affect your body in different ways, and the mindset you should have surrounding this time (Hint: You need to relax!).

Stay calm, get a hard workout in, fill up on veggies & protein FIRST, then maybe have a few dessert items.

Alternate between alcoholic drinks & water to stay hydrated and avoid some of the negative effects of alcohol consumption.

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5 Minute Friday- The Perfect Diet

What is the perfect diet?! What is the best way to workout? How do you perfectly optimize your health and fitness routine? Dig into this quick episode to find out!!

5 Minute Friday!!! [Podcast]

That's right, it's Friday!

The Enlightened Athlete Podcast is back again with the first installment of 5 minute Friday.

5 minute Fridays are going to be quick, inspirational bits of audio that will give you tips and habits that you can implement immediately to increase the overall quality of your life. Ranging from motivational quotes, to simple exercises you can do.

I hope you enjoy the episode!!

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Here is the episode of Mark Bell's Powercast I referenced in the show: Stan Efferding – Small Changes, Huge Impacts | Ep #180

Here is a video all about Max Shanks 5 Minute Flow

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My First Time As A Podcast Guest! (BIG news about the future of Enlightened Athlete)

I have been listening to podcasts for quite some time. I like to listen to them literally almost all the time. I worked at a factory during high school. I loved listening so much that I scoured the internet to find headphones that looked exactly like the ear plugs we were forced to use at work so I could listen to one the whole time and not be bothered. That takes dedication. I kept three pair of those ear plug headphones on hand in case one broke. I listen to them on solo hikes up 14ers in Colorado, when I’m driving, and when I'm doing about anything. I know this is world shattering news, I enjoy listening to them.

So when I had the opportunity to be a guest on one I was pretty pumped. I am so grateful to be able to talk a little bit abut my story and share my passion with as many people as possible.

I break some BIG NEWS in the beginning of part two about the future of Enlightened Athlete. So if you only listen to one part, check that out! We also cover some of my favorite supplements, some great books, and some activities I use to achieve flow states.

Also, Enlightened Athlete will be producing a podcast of our very own. We want to know what you guys want to heart about, who you’d like to hear on, stories you’d like to hear, topics you would like us to cover. If you have any suggestions shoot us an email, info@enlightenedathlete.com, or shoot us a DM on Instagram.

As I mentioned, I was a guest on a podcast recently called the Extraverts podcast and I’ve posted the links below to the podcast which is broken up into two parts. Check these bad boys out to learn a little bit more about me and my journey in fitness, nutrition, meditative states and why I believe its so integral to truly living life.

Part One: https://soundcloud.com/odian-levy-593579074/extraverts-podcast-eps-009-an

Part Two: http://theextravertspodcast.com/blog/2017/12/18/extraverts-podcast-eps-010-an-interview-with-the-enlightened-athlete-part-2/

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3 Tips: Minimize Damage From Treats of Trick-Or-Treating

Let me start by saying, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! There's a few things I'd like to touch on before divulging my 3 tips for success on this spooky holiday.

There are far too few Americans that have a basic understanding of nutrition and the role it plays in the way your body is formed and functions. I mean on a cellular level. What you eat BECOMES your cells. So my question to you is do you want to be made of fast food and pop or grass fed beef and kale. The answer is obvious to me.

One is like building a house of duct tape and 5 gallon buckets. It will be a wobbly, leaky, shitty house. The other is like hiring the best contractor in the business to use the highest grade materials to build you the ultimate fortress. Guess which is which.

That being said, that should be the majority of the time, it doesn’t have to be all the time. If you can live 80/20 you will be doing pretty damn good. 80% clean, 20% less clean foods. The majority is clean and healthy. Building up your house.

Now, it’s a special holiday and you don’t have to be that restrictive psycho completely denying you and your family the indulgences of Halloween. There's a few steps you can take for yourself and your family to enjoy the holiday without going completely off the rails.

1.       Exercise. (higher intensity)

This will actually change the way your cells interact with glucose and can help minimize fat storage. Hopefully you’re already engaging in regular exercise because it will help stabilize your blood glucose levels overall. The exercise will hopefully deplete your muscle and liver glycogen and allow those tissues to more readily absorb glucose(sugar) instead of your adipose tissue(fat cells). If you’re going to eat candy, get in some intense exercise beforehand.

2.       Moderation

For god’s sake, don’t you or your children eat the whole haul in one sitting. Also try not to whoof the entire score before this week is over. Avoid eating three pounds of candy every day for the next 5 days just because it's there. That’s going to be more damaging than breaking it up to smaller amounts over a long period of time. So, what I suggest is placing some boundaries on yourself and your family on how much to eat on Halloween and for the rest of the week. Then put that candy away, (ideally just throw it away and the problem is solved) and save it again for a different occasion. Don’t just let your kids or yourself graze on it whenever you feel like it for the next two weeks. Make it a rare occurrence.

3.       Hydrate

This is a tip I include with almost any holiday nutrition help post due to the number of people that walk around in a constant state of dehydration. Drinking pop, diet pop, tea, sparkling sodas, anything but water. Your body will be able to function at a higher and more optimal level overall when you’re hydrated. It can handle stress and inflammation better (one cause of these effects is ingesting sugar regularly in high amounts) when it is properly hydrated.

These tips are hopefully something you will carry with you after the holiday as well. Even if you did go off the rails, putting these tips into action will help get you back on track much quicker. Day after and you ate 37 mini snickers bars?! Wake up, drink a large glass of water, hit a workout that will get you breathing hard and sweating, drink another glass of water. BOOM.

Follow that up with a hulk juice smoothie (recipe on our Instagram page: @enlightenedathlete) and you are back on the rails just like that!

These are some very simple things you can do to try and minimize the damage caused by walking in the door with a 10 pound sack of candy and diabetes ( I had to do it haha!).

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