Energy is a key luck factor. For you to be at the top of your form, to be action oriented, fast moving, and extremely productive, you have to have high levels of energy - both physically and mentally.

For you to be able to take advantage of all the possibilities around you, and to have the continuous enthusiasm that keeps you and others motivated and moving ahead, you have to organize your life so that you feel terrific about yourself most of the time.

1. Eat the Right Foods
The first key to high energy is a proper diet. To perform at your best, you must eat the right foods, in the right balance, and in the right combination. Your diet has an inordinate impact on the amount of energy you have, how well you sleep, your levels of health and fitness, and your performance throughout the day and into the evening. To support your diet, I suggest supplementing with whole food, organic sources of nutritional supplements.  The best source I have found is from Nikken  http://www.nikken.com/product/technology/#kenzenWellness 

2. Watch your Weight
The second key to high energy is proper weight. Proper weight is essential for health, happiness, and long life. Being slightly under your ideal weight is best. As they say, you can never be too rich or too thin. If you are not happy with your current level of physical health, you need to set specific goals for yourself for the weeks and months ahead. Having an optimal weight management support plan can also be helpful. The product technologies I use to help my clients achieve their target weight are the Body Balance organic meal replacement shakes from Nikken  http://www.nikken.com/product/technology/#kenzenWellness . 

3. Exercise is Essential
The third key to high energy is proper exercise. The best activity for high energy and physical fitness is aerobic exercise. This type of exercise requires that you get your heart rate up into what is called the training zone three times per week. This training zone is about 120 to 160 beats per minute, depending on your age. You then keep it there for at least 20 minutes or more each session.  Power walking with the Nikken Cardiostrides - a specially-designed walking shoe that helps increase your metabolism when used regularly - is what I encourage my clients to do for regular exercise to build energy and control their weight. Info about the Cardiostrides can be found at http://www.nikken.com/product/technology/#kenzenWellness . 

4. Get Lots of Rest and Recreation
The fourth key to high energy is proper rest. You need an average of seven to eight hours of sleep each night to be fully rested. You need to take off at least one full day each week during which you don't work at all. You should take regular mini-holidays of two or three days each, every couple of months. You should take one and two week vacations each year when you relax completely and get your mind totally off your work.  Optimal rest and restoration can also be facilitated and enhanced through the Nikken Kenko Sleep Technology http://www.nikken.com/product/technology/#kenzenWellness .
   
5. Develop a Positive Mental Attitude
The sixth key to high energy is the elimination of negative emotions. This can be the most important thing you do to assure a long and happy life. Your ability to keep your mind on what you want and off of what you don't want will determine your levels of health and happiness more than any other decision you make. Having a mentor that you can consult with, can facilitate and hold you accountable to your daily positive attitude is very helpful. If you ever want to schedule a complimentary consultation to learn more about how to keep your thoughts, feelings and actions on a positive track, please contact me atPaul@CallawayGolfFitness.com .  

6. Start a Personal Mental Fitness Program
The seventh key to high energy is for you to go on a 21-day positive mental attitude diet, one day at a time. Resolve that, for the next 21 days, you are going to keep your mind on what you want and keep it off the things you don't want. You are going to think and talk positively and optimistically about your goals, other people, and everything that is going on in your life. This is just one great example of the helpful mechanisms that can keep you on track to energizing your results in life. If you want to learn about many more helpful resources for improved energy and improved results, then contact me for a FREE consultation at Paul@CallawayGolfFitness.com .

7. Become a Personal Powerhouse
The more you practice the health habits we have talked about, the more energy and vitality you will have. The more you keep your conversation focused on your goals and on the things you want, the greater the amount of strength and power you will feel. You will be more alert and aware. You will feel more positive and action oriented in every situation. Remember, to have more positive and energized results, you must first have more positive and energized beliefs. Because beliefs create thoughts, thoughts create feelings, feelings drive behavior/actions and behavior/actions produce our results.  

Action Exercise
Resolve to become intensely action oriented from now on; whenever you get a good idea or something needs to be done, move quickly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's right! Although cinnamon does NOT directly increase your fat burning through the increase of your metabolic rate, it CAN actually help you burn off fat potential and help you get leaner in an indirect way.
 
Here's how...

In addition to cinnamon's dozens of other important health benefits, the main benefit that will help you to get leaner is through it's strong physiological impact on www.nikken.com/shop/details/!jade-greenzymes  controlling blood sugar levelsin your body.

In the 2003 study from the medical journal Diabetes Care, groups were split into people taking 1, 3, or 6 grams of cinnamon per day in capsule form (the equivalent of approximately 1/4th to 1 teaspoon of cinnamon).

The results showed that all 3 amounts of cinnamon reduced fasting blood glucose levels by 18-29% after 40 days.

Cinnamon can also increase insulin sensitivity, which means that it is helping your body to control blood sugar while simultaneously allowing your body to produce less insulin.

As you know, chronically high insulin levels can make your body produce and store more fat.

Two simple ways to use cinnamon in your battle against stubborn belly fat include:

1) Use cinnamon daily in your meals when you can, such as in yogurt or cottage cheese, in smoothies, oatmeal, or anything else you can think of where it would go well.

2) You could use a cinnamon capsule before each of your meals.

These two methods can help you control blood sugar and insulin response from your meals and thereby control your appetite and cravings throughout the day ... hence, helping you to lose body fat more effectively over time.

So, cinnamon is not only a powerful antioxidant that can help you stay youthful longer, it can also help you to control blood sugar and get a leaner body!

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Is it really true what the health and nutrition experts say, "You are what you eat?" 

Well, as one of those so-called 'experts' ... at least in the specialty area of golf fitness and performance training www.CallawayGolfFitness.com I'm here to tell you that it's TRUE!

 

Moreover, as a golfer, what you eat is not only what can make or break your general health and wellness, but it can also determine your total performance potential and prevent painful injuries.

 

Simply put, 'You swing like you eat!' If you put 'junk' in to your body, your body will become junk ... and, if you're body is junk then all it can produce is junky golf swings. Make sense?

 

So, here are some basic guidelines for building a solid nutrition plan that will help you both 'on' and 'off' the course. These are the types of basic nutrition principles that you must do on a consistent basis IF you are serious about improving your total wellness and want to experience a major performance breakthrough in your golf game.

 

First off, like with any game that we want to play, there needs to be some rules. The rules aren't designed to hold us back or penalize us in any way. Instead, they are intended, when followed, to help us WIN! And, in the game of healthy nutrition, when you play by these rules ... everyone wins!

 

However, if these rules are a bit different from what you are used to, then changing over to this new set of rules - just like changing any other habit - can be difficult. It will take a sincere desire ... a 'want' ... to change AND it will take a specific strategy ... a 'how' ... for change. 

 

The “want to” will be your personal decision ... it is all your own! But the “how to” is the job of a professional expert. The expert should be someone who has has dedicated their professional career to helping people to help themselves.  

 

Specifically, when working with a professional consultant, they should first help identify 'what' you want, and then create a success formula for 'how' you can achieve what you want. In most cases, for people to get what they want, they will have to change their rules ... their beliefs, thoughts, feelings and behavior (habits) to be successful at getting what they want.

 

After all, if my clients already possessed all these things, then they probably would already have what they want - before they met me. So, for me to be successful, I had to learn how to be very good at facilitating change in other people. If they don't win, then I certainly don't win! That's the name of the game in my world.

 

Next, when considering the necessary changes in the rules for building a proper nutritional program for improved golf performance, many things will have to change, above and beyond the way you eat, including the way you sleep, they way you look, the way you feel when you wake up in the morning, they way you perform your day-to-day activities, and when you practice or play golf. But, for the purposes of this blog, I’m only going to start you off with the basics - a system based on what is known as the 'Triple S' criterion.

 

The 'Triple S' criterion represents a '3-step' way of evaluating a strategy for its usefulness.

 

 

Using this 'Triple S' criterion, there are 10 Nutrition Rules for Optimal Golf Performance and Wellness. This nutrition success system, fully integrates the basic habits of good nutrition, and supports the nutritional needs for high level golf performance, total health and weight management, stress recovery and injury prevention.

 

Rule #1: Eat every 2-3 hours – whether you think you're hungry or not! But, you don’t need to eat a full meal every 2-3 hours. On average, you need to eat 6-8 meals and snacks that align with the other rules that follow.

 

Rule #2: Consume complete, lean protein each time you eat. Select an animal food item every time you eat. Note: If you’re currently a vegetarian, this rule still applies. There are still plenty of animal-related foods, rich in protein, that will be consistent with your philosophy to choose from.

 

Rule #3: Consume vegetables each time you eat. In addition to a complete, lean protein source, you need to eat some vegetables every time you eat. You can throw in a piece of fruit here and there as well. But don’t miss the veggies!

 

Rule #4: Only eat non-vegetable/non-fruit carbohydrates like rice, pasta, potatoes, etc. -after you exercise. Although these grains are dietary staples in North America, there is a known relationship between the large amounts of these foods in our diet and the prevalence of heart disease, diabetes and cancer. So reward yourself after a good workout with a good carbohydrate meal. Your body will tolerate these carbohydrates much better after exercise). And, remember, every 2-3 hours of your day, eat lean protein and a delicious selection of fruits and vegetables.

 

Rule #5: 25-35% of your diet must come from the right kinds of fat. There are 3 types of fat; 1) saturated, 2) mono unsaturated, and 3) polyunsaturated. Eating a healthy balance of all three fats can dramatically improve your health and even help you lose excess body fat. Your saturated fat should come from your animal products and you can even use some butter or coconut oil for cooking. Your mono unsaturated fat should come from mixed nuts, olives, and olive oil. And your polyunsaturated fat should from flax seed oil, fish oil, and mixed nuts.

 

Rule $6: Stop drinking all calorie-rich drinks. All your drinks should be non-calorie beverages. Fruit juices, alcoholic drinks, and sodas need to removed from your daily consumption. Your absolute best choices for adequate, daily hydration and nutritional support are purified, ionized, alkaline balanced and oxygen-rich water, and green tea.

 

Rule #7: Concentrate on eating whole, organic foods. The majority, if not all, of your daily nutrition should come from whole, organic (no chemical pesticides, preservatives, artificial additives, etc.) foods. There are a few times when organic, whole-food supplements are also useful. But do your best to invest in whole, largely unprocessed foods for your regular meals.

 

Rule #8: 10% foods are OK! 10% foods are foods that don’t follow the rules above – but foods you’re still allowed to eat or drink 10% of the time! 100% nutritional discipline is never required for
optimal progress. For example, if you’re eating 6 meals per day for 7 days of the week – that’s 42 meals. 10% of 42 is about 4. Therefore you’re allowed to “break the rules” 4 meals each week.

 

Rule #9: Develop food preparation strategies. The hardest part about eating well is making sure you can follow the 8 previous rules on a consistent basis. Therefore, working with your nutrition consultant to design effective meal planning and food preparation strategies that you can stick to and support these 10 rules is vital to your success.

 

Rule #10: Balance daily food choices with healthy variety. During the week - when you’re busiest - you will often confront time constraints for preparing large, elaborate, gourmet meals.
up gourmet meals. When this happens, you’re going to want a list of tasty, easy-to-make foods that meet your nutritional needs, and that you can eat, day in and day out. Then, once every day or so, when the time restrictions are less demanding, eat something unique.It's true! We are what you eat! And, as golfers, like it or not, what we eat also significantly influences how we perform on the course ... and in life!

 

These '10' Nutrition Rules for Optimal Golf Performance and Wellness are what I incorporate into each of my customized, golf fitness and performance programs with my clients www.CallawayGolfFitness.com .

 

If you want to have a nutritional strategy that is simple, science-based, and successful, this '10' Rules system could be exactly what you need to achieve your goals. After all, isn’t it about time to feel great, look great, have unlimited energy and realize your true golf performance potential?