The first question we seem to get from people within the CrossFit community is, "Most CrossFitters are doing the Zone Diet, why do you guys promote the Paleo Diet?" The answer is that you don't have to choose one over the other. You see, the Zone Diet is about macronutrient quantities and ratios (i.e. how much you are eating and in what proportions) while the Paleo Diet is about macronutrient sources and their level of quality.

When attempting to change the way you eat, it should be for the long haul. It doesn't do any good to go on a crash "diet" and change the way you eat for a few weeks or months just so you can eventually return to your normal eating habits and put on more weight than you lost.

Instead, you should work towards changing the way you eat with plans on sticking to it for the rest of your life, thus making it a "lifestyle" change. Only then will you be truly successful in attaining AND maintaining your goals. Nobody likes losing 50 pounds so that they can eventually gain back 75.

This is precisely why we stress the importance of quality over quantity. Lifestyle changes are generally very difficult to make, so don't make it any harder than it needs to be. Let's take it one step at a time. By focusing on the quality of our food, we are free from counting calories and being hungry.

You see, we can eat until we are full at every meal and still be making progress. This is because healthier foods are less calorie dense and therefore more difficult to consume in high quantities. Ever try consuming 200 calories from broccoli? A lot harder to do than 200 calories from pizza or beer! Therefore, by eating "clean", we will naturally consume fewer calories and more than likely, begin losing some weight.

So, let's all start focusing on what we are eating. Having an awareness of what we are truly consuming on a daily basis will be the foundation from which we will build on going forward.

Welcome to our nutrition blog. We know this has been long overdue, but hopefully worth everyone's wait. We have a lot of good info to share and hope everyone can find something useful in our ramblings. We are not doctors though so please don't take anything we post on here as medical advice. This is simply a place for us to express our opinions and viewpoints. We welcome you to challenge us if you don't agree. We would much rather have a bunch of critical thinkers hanging out here rather than blind followers. Besides, it won't be any fun if we never get to debate anything.

We understand that not everyone has the time or the desire to make nutrition a passion of theirs. That is why our plan is to share what we have learned through extensive reading, studying, analyzing, interpreting, and practicing. We want this to be a valuable resource for those of you who are trying to improve your health and/or performance through nutrition. Please let us know if there is ever anything we can do to improve the usefulness of this blog.

And with that being said, Let It Begin!