You Fit and Healthy - Get Fit From The Inside Out

I'll just some extra sets or some more Intervals next time I workout. The age old fix I can eat what I want I'll just do some extra work in the gym to make up for it. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it doesn't work that way.

I write articles, blog posts, have web pages and people will read everything on training but when it comes to nutrition it's like a blank stare. We need to get off this kick of buying the newest pill to help us in fat loss or muscle building.

I've said it before I'll say it again. "You Can't Out Train A Lousy Diet"

Why is having a balanced nutrition program such a big deal? I don't get it. Sure I understand you could be changing a lifetime of bad eating habits which is not easy. If you are truly committed to getting fit and healthy then any fitness program should start with good nutrition.

Any good fitness trainer will tell you nutrition counts for 75% of your success in fat loss or muscle building. That leaves 25% to your training.What does that tell you? If you are not paying attention to your nutrition you are probably going to fail in your fitness goals.

Below is an a list taken from an article by Precision Nutrition creator Dr. John Berardi basic easy to understand and easy to implement.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Nutritional Programs.

Here’s my take on it. I call these principles, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Nutritional Programs," a shameless and possibly illegal play on Steven Covey’s book, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People." (Great book, by the way—you should read it sometime.)

These aren’t the newest techniques from the latest cutting-edge plan. Rather, they are simple, time-tested, no nonsense habits that you need to get into when designing a good eating program.

1. Eat every 2-3 hours, no matter what. You should eat between 5-8 meals per day.

2. Eat complete (containing all the essential amino acids), lean protein with each meal.

3. Eat fruits and/or vegetables with each food meal.

4. Ensure that your carbohydrate intake comes from fruits and vegetables. Exception: workout and post-workout drinks and meals.

5. Ensure that 25-35% of your energy intake comes from fat, with your fat intake split equally between saturates (e.g. animal fat), monounsaturates (e.g., olive oil), and polyunsaturates (e.g. flax oil, salmon oil).

6. Drink only non-calorie containing beverages, the best choices being water and green tea.

7. Eat mostly whole foods (except workout and post-workout drinks).
So what about calories, or macronutrient ratios, or any number of other things that I’ve covered in other articles? The short answer is that if you aren’t already practicing the above-mentioned habits, and by practicing them I mean putting them to use over 90% of the time (i.e., no more than 4 meals out of an average 42 meals per week violate any of those rules), everything else is pretty pointless.

Moreover, many people can achieve the health and the body composition they desire using the 7 habits alone. No kidding! In fact, with some of my clients I spend the first few months just supervising their adherence to these 7 rules—an effective but costly way to learn them.

Pretty direct and easy don't you think? Look nutrition can be a pretty basic thing to understand. I bet most of you already know what to do but you don't why? I think because it comes down to meal planning and preparation. Both the planning and preparation take time and we either don't want to or are to busy( my personall favorite excuse of the decade for not doing something).

Oh I'm just such a busy person I am so sick of hearing that Well then be fat, unhealthy and die younger than you should what can I tell you.

Fact: Getting Fit and Healthy starts from the inside out.

I hate to tell you but until you embrace a healthy eating plan your gains or losses will be minimal at best.


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