{"id":8,"date":"2016-01-01T21:42:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T21:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/?p=8"},"modified":"2016-01-25T02:32:43","modified_gmt":"2016-01-25T02:32:43","slug":"offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/?p=8","title":{"rendered":"Offense"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Football Diet, you spend every week preparing for Sunday. And every Sunday you decide whether the coming week you will play offense or defense. You and your fans always know whether this is an offense week or a defense week.\"By<\/p>\n

Offense Weeks<\/h3>\n

I think of every offense<\/em> week as a set of downs.\u00a0If you\u2019re on offense, your immediate goal is not a touch down\u2014you just need to make 10 yards\u2014enough to get a first down. For me, 1 pound is a first down. So when I\u2019m on offense, my goal is to lose 1 pound by Sunday.<\/strong> If I weigh 168 on the Sunday that begins an offense week, I try to weigh 167 the following Sunday.<\/p>\n

I weigh myself every morning when I get out of bed. I\u2019ve heard that this is a bad idea, because it can make you obsessive, and because your weight can fluctuate so much from day to day. But for me it helps, because it reminds me each day that I\u2019m reaching for a very specific goal. If my goal for an offense week is 167, and on Thursday I\u2019m at 169, I\u2019m going to press extra hard to bring it down by Sunday. If I\u2019m already at 167, then I have extra incentive to not pig out Thursday night\u2014I\u2019m almost there!<\/p>\n

How do I lose that 1 pound? That\u2019s where the blocking & tackling comes in, as described below. The important thing is that during an offense week, I\u2019m actively trying to lose weight, but I\u2019m not trying to make a touchdown\u2014I\u2019m not trying to lose 5 pounds in a week. If I can lose 1 pound each offense week, and if I play good defense, I\u2019ll eventually make it to the end zone, my target weight. And I won\u2019t have to starve myself to get there.<\/p>\n

This is based on good behavioral science\u2014you\u2019re much more likely to be successful if you take small, achievable steps. People don\u2019t typically give up on a goal when they\u2019re making progress toward it\u2014we give up when we \u201cfail.\u201d So with the Football Diet, you give yourself a goal that requires some effort and discipline, but is doable\u2014it\u2019s within reach. When you\u2019re on offense, do whatever it takes to lose 1 pound by Sunday. That will move the chains, and you\u2019ll be 10 yards (1 pound) closer to your goal.<\/p>\n

Remember, every offensive play doesn\u2019t gain yardage. Sometimes your quarterback gets sacked or your running back gets caught behind the line of scrimmage. So if you have a rough day during an offense week, just figure out how to make up the yardage\u2014an extra trip to the gym? Salad for supper? It\u2019s an offense week,<\/strong> so you have 7 days to move the chains.<\/p>\n

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In the Football Diet, you spend every week preparing for Sunday. And every Sunday you decide whether the coming week you will play offense or defense. You and your fans always know whether this is an offense week or a defense week. Offense Weeks I think of every offense week as a set of downs.\u00a0If … Continue reading “Offense”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98,"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thefootballdiet.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}