The 4 Step High Protein Diet
If I had £1 for every time a client over the last 15 years said to me "I'm struggling to hit my protein", I could probably have a very tasty house deposit right now.
What shocks me the most is this universal difficult is so easy to fix in my eyes that maybe i've become a little too desenstised to the issue, so let's start by first unpacking this problem.
1. The Problem: "I'm struggling to get in high protein"
When you say you struggle with high protein consumption what do you really mean?
Struggle to know what to eat that is high in protein?
Not sure where to begin?
Paralysed by all the options out there?
Physically sick from eating high protein?
No control over basic bodily impulses?
Emotional attachment to satieting food? (whatever that means)
There's honestly a lot of ways that someone may struggle to get protein in, so it's important to write down & find out what that is for you.
Once you've explore this we go to step 2:
2. The Solution
Take you initial problem and write down at least 5 ways you can solve that problem.
For example if you put "Not sure where to start" you may write down:
Let's solve breakfast first
Write down 3 high protein breakfast ideas
Choose easiest to prepare
Choose tastiest option
Plan time in calendar to prepare & eat
Now you have an action list to actually solving that very specific problem, next comes stage 3.
3. The Time Block
Now you have the solution you need to make space to solve this. First set aside some time in your calendar to:
Buy the ingredients needed
To prepare the food each day or week (if you're meal prepping)
To consume it (yes schedule eating windows)
Once you have this concrete in your calendar it is now time bound. Meaning you have physically allocated time to doing it, therefore you are more likely to do it.
The Optimizer
Lastly we want to take this physical structure & add accountability from someone. This can be a support group, a coach, a friend, even social media. Get someone to join you in this pursuit & share your progress with them.
After a week of this you can start exploring the next problem & do the same thing.
Before you know it you have completed revitalized your diet over 2-3 months and will look & feel radically different because of it.
Now I may have made this seem rather simple and that's because it is.
The physical act of eating high protein food can be reverse engineered like this:
Desired Outcome: Eat High Protein Food
Have High Protein Food readily available
Prepare High Protein Food
Allocate Time to prepare High Protein Food
Allocate Time to collect Ingredients for High Protein Food
Solve 1 Problem you're having with High Protein Food
Identify 1 Problem you're having with High Protein Food
Recognise you have a problem with High Protein Food
Now go and try this yourself and watch how easy high protein food really is to get in.
If you've made it this far & not cried yourself to sleep over how many times i've said High Protein then make sure to download our FREE 50 High Protein Recipes that can be cooked in 15 mins or less.
Nick Finch
