The Football Fan’s Diet

By Matt DeReno
On The FFD

PITTSBURGH – I noticed a very bizarre sequence of scoring this week: three days of touchdowns without any exercise. I alluded to this in yesterday’s post but today I should emphasize why this could be significant.

It is rare that I actually win days on which I do not exercise. In fact, reviewing the entire previous full season of scoring data (Season III on the Football Fan’s Diet) I noticed that out of nearly 154 days (22 weeks) only on 5 of those days would I do the following: win without having exercised. Almost to a tee: the days I won, all included exercise.

You may recall that I give myself a field goal for exercise (3 points). So the maximum score I can get on any given day is a 10. I got quite a lot of 10s and on those 10 days, I won. However, seldom were the 7-0 days and the 7-3 days. This means when I didn’t exercise, I had little concept of how to live healthy and naturally.

I think that reflects an all or nothing at all mentality. It was as if I felt that if I did not exercise, the day was mostly a loss anyway. This thinking dooms one’s long-term efforts at being healthy day-in and day-out.

Now consider those 7s I just notched: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. I had all but five 7s total for one whole complete season. Now I have 3 consecutive 7s already. This means I actually ate within my means and didn’t exercise. This means I could be learning something like how to be healthy.

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