The Most Beautiful Game

Nutrition Performance

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Fuel for Feeling.

I’ve always geeked out on nutrition.

It was one of the main reasons why I started NoOrdinaryMoments.co.

For over 15 years, I’ve lived by a simple question: How does the food you eat make you feel and perform?

Here are my principles and protocols that have helped me.

Breakfast

  • Water (with lemon)
  • Black coffee (with Lion’s Mane)
  • Matcha
  • Collagen
  • Lion’s Mane
  • Eggs (with yolk)
  • Venison
  • Sauerkraut
  • Avocado
  • Coconut yoghurt
  • Linseed & flaxseed
  • Blueberries, raspberries
  • Almonds, Brazil nuts, walnuts

Go-to Breakfasts

Warm water with lemon + 1x black coffee with Lion’s Mane, then one of the following:

  • Power Bowl: Coconut yoghurt with collagen, linseed, flaxseed, nuts, blueberries, raspberries.
  • Protein Start: 3 eggs, venison, sauerkraut, avocado, sourdough.
  • Oats Fuel: Eggs, gluten-free oats, cinnamon, collagen, nuts, raspberries.
  • Fasting Reset: Black coffee only (once a week, fast until 2 p.m.).

Lunch

Principle: I like to keep lunch light. I find I can be more mentally sharp throughout the day — staying a little hungry keeps me motivated to get things done.

  • Mixed leaf salad
  • Avocado
  • Olive oil & apple cider vinegar
  • Sauerkraut
  • Biltong
  • Bone broth
  • Dark chocolate (80%+ cocoa)

Simple Lunches

  • Fresh Salad: Mixed greens, olive oil, vinegar, avocado, sauerkraut.
  • Healing Broth: Bone broth with sauerkraut and sourdough.
  • On-the-Go: Apple and biltong.

Dinner: Sleep Starts Here

Principle: Eat earlier for better sleep. Eating late raises your resting heart rate and spikes adrenaline — making it harder to wind down. Bringing your last meal forward lowers your heart rate and improves sleep quality.

  • Salmon
  • Chicken
  • Steak
  • Avocado
  • Mixed leaf salad
  • Olive oil
  • Reishi
  • Hypnos capsule + drink
  • Sourdough
  • Broccoli
  • Sweet potato

Evening Meals

  • Salmon Plate: Salmon, broccoli, olive oil, vinegar.
  • Chicken Greens: Chicken, broccoli, mixed salad, olive oil, vinegar.
  • Steak + Roots: Steak, sweet potato, broccoli, salad, olive oil, vinegar.

Other Principles

Supplements

I never stick to these consistently, but I cycle through them throughout the year:

  • Male Multivitamin – Solgar
  • Vitamin D & C – Solgar
  • Hair, Skin and Nails – Solgar
  • Collagen – Ancient & Brave
  • Mushrooms:
    • Lion’s Mane (daily)
    • Chaga + Turkey Tail (heading into winter)
    • Cordyceps (for long-distance running)
    • Reishi + Magnesium (before bed) — Hypnos
  • Superlattes: Moksha, Zencha, Javasu
  • Electrolytes: LMNT

Things I Aim to Avoid or Limit

  • Inflammatory foods (pulses, grains, legumes)
  • Processed foods
  • Added sugar, artificial sweeteners, natural flavourings
  • Dairy (limit)
  • Drinking calories (limit)
  • High-calorie sources (limit)

Where I Fail

Late at night, when tired and hungry, if there’s junk food in the house, I can undo a whole day of good choices in minutes. Keep it out of the house.

Further Principles & Philosophies

  • Understand your baseline calories; measure using an app like MyFitnessPal – input all your foods for a good couple of weeks.
  • Not all calories are created equally.
  • Don’t confuse hunger with being tiered.
  • Don’t confuse anxiety, when you are just hungry and haven’t slept.
  • If hungry, prioritise protein — not sugar or carbs.
  • Fats over carbs for fuel (carbohydrates and protein each provide 4 calories per gram, while fat provides 9 calories per gram).
  • No coffee after 11 a.m. — it affects sleep and REM cycles.
  • One coffee per day (unless running over 10+ miles) — any more and I shift into an anxious, unproductive state.
  • “You can’t outwork your mouth.” — heard from my PT. 🙂