{"id":25815,"date":"2015-08-05T15:47:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T19:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/?p=25815"},"modified":"2020-04-09T14:20:48","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T18:20:48","slug":"no-guarantee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nomeatathlete.com\/no-guarantee\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Waiting for a Guarantee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every few weeks, I get a message on Twitter or other social media like this one:<\/p>\n

@NoMeatAthlete<\/a> Curious about a plant-based diet, but worried about how it will affect my recovery from long rides. Thoughts?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, I have some thoughts. And they don\u2019t fit into 140 characters. Here goes.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, you just need to try things. Without a guarantee that they\u2019ll work.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’d actually be more sympathetic if you were worried about dropping dead on the spot from a lack of protein. Sudden death isn\u2019t reversible and isn\u2019t gradual, so you\u2019d be right to want to confirm that it\u2019s not a risk before diving in.<\/p>\n

But feeling a little sluggish when you get on the bike? Noticing, after a month maybe, that your times are dropping off? Unless you’re a pro athlete, none of this is\u00a0cataclysmic.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not saying that will or won\u2019t happen. Nobody can say that for sure. A\u00a0lot of athletes choose this diet precisely because<\/em> of what it does for their recovery … but it’s totally possible that for whatever reason, it just won\u2019t work out for you.<\/p>\n

And what then?<\/p>\n

Not disaster! You either tweak your diet and keep trying, or you go back to whatever you were eating before.\u00a0Nothing\u00a0goes suddenly, surprisingly, and irreversibly wrong.<\/p>\n

But when you try something new — even if it doesn\u2019t work out and you go back in a month — you’ve gained something.<\/p>\n

First, you gave yourself the chance of discovering something that works really well and changes your whole life. If it doesn’t, it’s as if somebody gave you a (free) lottery ticket that didn’t happen to turn out a winner.<\/p>\n

But unlike that lottery ticket, trying something new comes with consolation prizes.<\/p>\n

In this case, you gave yourself a month of trying new foods, maybe found a new restaurant. You gained new perspective when you learned about another way of cooking, going to barbecues, ordering from a restaurant menu.\u00a0Maybe you even learned something new about protein<\/a>, iron<\/a>, and B12<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Most importantly, you gained the experience of doing something unfamiliar, something that wasn’t as easy as standing still. And learning, if it didn’t work out, that “failing” isn’t so bad.<\/p>\n

This isn’t about veganism. I’d say the same stuff to someone stressing over Paleo, in fact.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not even a diet thing. Marathon training<\/a>? Starting a blog<\/a> or podcast<\/a>? Going back to school? The same applies to all of those.<\/p>\n

So why, then, don’t we all try these things?<\/p>\n

Because we’re afraid. Of the uncertain. Of failing. Of looking silly.<\/p>\n

And I get it. Change is risky, and where you are is safe.<\/p>\n

But maybe \u201ccomfortable\u201d is the better word.\u00a0Because one day, a day that’s impossibly far off but a day that\u2019s coming nonetheless, you’ll look back one last time at all the things you did … and remember all the things you didn’t.<\/p>\n

“Safe” is risky. Because comfort, it turns out, is addictive.<\/p>\n

Stop looking for a guarantee; you\u2019re not going to get it. If the risk is small and the damage not hard to undo, then you’d better jump<\/a>.\u00a0Before it’s too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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