Reach Your Fitness Goals by Eating Right
Working out is a time-consuming, strenuous (if you're doing it right) process that takes hours each week to maintain. You have to plan for it if you hope to reach your fitness goals. Even so, many people sabotage themselves by leaving out one of the most important aspects of fitness: eating right.
Even if you spend tons of time in the gym, the fact of the matter is that eating right will determine whether or not you reach your fitness goals, and how you look. Just because you just spent an hour in the gym, it doesn't mean you can eat a hamburger and fries as a reward.
I've seen plenty of men and women in the gym who work out all the time and have looked exactly the same for years, never truly reaching their fitness goals. It's not like these people are bodybuilders who are already at 4% body fat and look phenomenal. Far from it. They are overweight and apparently don't know how to change their fitness level.
It's very easy to fall in the trap of thinking that you can eat whatever you want because you exercise. Unfortunately, that's not the way it works if you are striving for proper fitness. In order to change your body for the better you have to work hard in the gym, but even harder in the kitchen.
What does this mean to you? It means you have to plan your meals, pre-cook some food, and get everything organized. As the saying goes, fail to plan then plan to fail. Here are a few tips that have really helped me get my body fat down but didn't keep me in the kitchen all day long:
1. For each day of the week, plan to eat 5 to 6 meals, and specify each one. Keep a notebook or spreadsheet on your desktop.
2. Make a good list of food for the grocery store and only get those items! Don't be tempted by fattening snacks.
3. Prepare your vegetables as soon as you get them so you have snacks ready for the whole week. Cook a bunch of chicken in a night and use it for salads throughout the week.
4. Keep a cooler with you at all times that contains all your meals and snacks for a day.
These tips will help you start eating right and get you much closer to reaching your fitness goals. Not having a plan means that you may never be able to fully achieve the results you want. So eat right! - 17268
Even if you spend tons of time in the gym, the fact of the matter is that eating right will determine whether or not you reach your fitness goals, and how you look. Just because you just spent an hour in the gym, it doesn't mean you can eat a hamburger and fries as a reward.
I've seen plenty of men and women in the gym who work out all the time and have looked exactly the same for years, never truly reaching their fitness goals. It's not like these people are bodybuilders who are already at 4% body fat and look phenomenal. Far from it. They are overweight and apparently don't know how to change their fitness level.
It's very easy to fall in the trap of thinking that you can eat whatever you want because you exercise. Unfortunately, that's not the way it works if you are striving for proper fitness. In order to change your body for the better you have to work hard in the gym, but even harder in the kitchen.
What does this mean to you? It means you have to plan your meals, pre-cook some food, and get everything organized. As the saying goes, fail to plan then plan to fail. Here are a few tips that have really helped me get my body fat down but didn't keep me in the kitchen all day long:
1. For each day of the week, plan to eat 5 to 6 meals, and specify each one. Keep a notebook or spreadsheet on your desktop.
2. Make a good list of food for the grocery store and only get those items! Don't be tempted by fattening snacks.
3. Prepare your vegetables as soon as you get them so you have snacks ready for the whole week. Cook a bunch of chicken in a night and use it for salads throughout the week.
4. Keep a cooler with you at all times that contains all your meals and snacks for a day.
These tips will help you start eating right and get you much closer to reaching your fitness goals. Not having a plan means that you may never be able to fully achieve the results you want. So eat right! - 17268
About the Author:
Author Marcus Martinez can help you reach your fitness goals. For fitness tips see his free fitness programs concerninghealth & fitness.
posted by X - Men at
6:02 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home