Courtesy of our friend Taylor Collins of Thunderbird Energetica:
"With the end of each year, we are faced with the dreadful New Years Resolution. Everyone is guilty of making promises that go unfulfilled or sipping on a glass of champagne that tastes of a twinge of regret. You didn’t go on that raw diet and lose those 50lbs and your biceps haven’t reached the same circumference as those of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. So, you swear again – this is the year, this is the time, and you’re going to do things differently. And then you falter.
I always find that our failures are a direct result of impossible standards. We set goals that are too high and place restrictions on what we are not allowed to do. This manifests itself into our self-imposed diets and is the root cause of our failures.
This year, instead of telling yourself what you cannot do, tell yourself what you can. Translate this into your diet, by laying out what foods you can eat and not ones that you cannot. It’s acceptance, not restriction. I personally have found success in the adoption of a diet rich in nutrient-dense whole foods. There are a plethora of vegetables and fruits that you can ADD to your diet, as well as a number of other ingredients which have nutrient-dense, healing properties.
We embraced this philosophy in forming Thunderbird energy bars. The Cherry Walnut Crunch has turmeric, cinnamon, and tart cherries, for their anti-inflammatory properties. Our Cacao Hemp Walnut is packed full of chia seeds and hemp seeds, which are some of the best plant-based protein sources. Three of our bars contain dates, which are calcium rich and dense in Vitamin B-complex (fact check that). We didn’t look at ingredients in terms of caloric or fat-restriction, but what each individual substance could add to our bodies.
With the new year, we should look at a diet resolution in terms of added nutrients and not impossible restriction. Our earth has provided us with an abundant source of ingredients that we should use to our betterment and to deprive ourselves of such will only set us up for another year of failure. We at Thunderbird Energetica create our bars to help you meet your goals of eating real food in 2013. With conveniently packaged nutrient dense whole foods that tastes amazing, Thunderbird bars can help you kick off 2013 in a majestic fashion."
