Our thoughts and feelings will always seek to be validated. When strong internal feeling and emotions arise, we often look to external sources to have them validated. Because we are conditioned to want to be right, even if the emotion is painful or brings trouble, we have a desire to want to feel like we're right about it. We have a tendency to surround ourselves with people, media, music who re-affirm our beliefs. If you have a scarcity mindset about anything (health, finances, spirituality, etc) you will find sources to reaffirm why you should feel that way. If you have an abundant mindset about the same things, you will find sources to reaffirm why you should feel that way. It sounds easy on paper. If you want to be more abundant, you have to allow yourself to first see the abundance in nature. You have to believe there are more opportunities for you to tap into those frequencies. More often than not, when we have a scarcity mindset about a particular issue in our life, we hold it very tight to the chest. We don't particularly enjoy talking about it, and we can be hard-headed in seeking help, because we have labeled it as embarrassing or shameful. When we have an abundant mindset, we are much more open to conversations. We want to connect, we want to share, we want to help, and we may even seek more help because it is a driving force in the right direction. The challenge here is to look at your labels: What in your life can be embarrassing or shameful to talk about? Do you like when those emotions get stirred up? Do you ever ask for help or seek help on problems where you have a scarcity mindset? Can you see the other side of the coin where you may know people who are abundant in ways that you may want to be, and they are scarce in ways that you are abundant? Do you think if you allowed yourself to remove the stigma around your scarce mindset framework that you could shift your perspective?

Level Up Accountability Sheet - Google Sheets Your choice of meat matters a lot! My "guru" prior to getting into macros were very diligent about drilling how important it was to ONLY eat grass-fed, cage-free, wild-caught meats. Not only do these meat cost more, but they often are of a higher fat content. Which at that time was primarily 85/15. IF YOU ARE EATING GROUND BEEF, TURKEY, CHICKEN THE RATIOS MATTER. FYI NUMBERS FOR 4 OZ (113G) 80/20 = 287 calories (19g protein/23g fat) 85/15 = 243 calories (21g protein/17g fat) 92/8 = 171 calories (22g protein/8g fat) 96/4 = 142 calories (24g protein/4g fat) The ratio is based on the weight of the meat not the caloric load. So actually in 80/20 beef, 71% fat and 29% protein. Because 1 gram of fat = 9 calories and 1 gram of protein = 4 calories. This adds up quickly to extra calories. Remember that when you are dissecting a nutrition label, this is why I look at fat first, not carbs because that is going to play a much bigger role in the calories you are consuming. In comparison to their grain-fed, caged, farm-raised alternatives. The truth on this statement, not only because the animals are better ethically raised, but the more natural the animals eat to their natural diet, the fat actually has anti-inflammatory properties. The missing piece to this is, if the protein source is lean and/or fat free it doesn't make a difference in body composition. The protein from these sources is going to have an identical amino acid profile, which is what we are gaining from consuming protein. IF you have an ethical standard of how your meat is raised, by all means stick with the initial sources. If you are on a budget though, you can nearly cut your cost in half or less, sticking with lean options like: 96% or leaner ground meat chicken breast cod/shrimp/tilapia egg whites skim milk These will get the same aesthetic results as their alternative.