If you don't eat right, you won't maximize your exercise efforts.If you think about it, you probably know what constitutes a healthy diet: a variety of whole grain foods, fruits, vegetables, low- or non-fat dairy products, lean meats. Ideally, you need to eat frequent, small meals. Here's a neat phrase that describes the
best eating pattern for each day: eat like a king in the morning, a prince in the afternoon, and a pauper at night.
Those are 3 keys to nutrition, without getting into any detail. I realize that we are all human and, frankly, it may be hard to follow these rules. All I'm asking is that you become aware of these ideas and try to make small changes here and there. You really will benefit in the long run. I have a week-long challenge for you.
As an experiment, write down everything you eat (include the time of day and number of calories). Don't make it too hard, just use approximations. You can get fairly good numbers by reading food labels. For fruit, use a conservative 90 calories per piece. At the end of the week, read it over. Could you have made some
better choices? Did you actually need to eat what you did? Remember this, every 3,500 calories equals 1 lb. of fat.
If you wanted to drop fat, could you cut out 500 calories per day? With a little less eating and a little more exercising, you can do it with no problem. In 1 week you've lost 1 lb. In 2 months, 8 lbs. In 6 months, 24 lbs. You take it from there. It really is simple.
Chris
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