The most important thing

Most would say and believe that exercise is the most important factor to either losing weight or building muscle, however, I would disagree. What you eat is literally what you become. You can never out-train a bad diet. Exercising and eating badly is like taking one step forwards and two steps backwards; it literally takes you further and further away from your goal.

A typical slice of cake has approximately 250 calories, to burn this off it, would take just over 60 minutes of walking. Now with the lifestyles we now practise, where driving to most of our destinations is a must, who has the time to walk over 60 minutes after eating foods which aren't good for our goals?

We all have different body types therefore, one system of eating doesn't fit all.

Eating patterns

Correcting eating patterns is all about striking a healthy balance, overeating can lead to being overweight which increases the risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. Also, under-eating can be dangerous as it can leave the body short of what it needs for essential processes to take place.

The body requires a certain number of calories to operate per day, known as basal metabolic rate (BMR). The three most important things when it comes to monitoring eating are:

Calorie restriction - reduce total amount of food consumed per day

Food type - manage macro-nutrients which are protein, Fat and carbohydrates

Food Timing - eating higher starch meal after the most strenuous activity during the day

A lot of the foods we consume isn't necessarily bad, it's just that we're having far too much at the wrong time of day or preparing it in an unhealthy fashion. For example, rice. It is not bad to eat rice, however, one small serving per day after the most active part of your day isn't a bad method. I challenge you this week to do the following three things

1. Consume no fried foods

2. Only drink water, no juice or soda

3. Eat only ground-provision starches.

Done by

Jae Edwards

MA, UKSCA

Contact: jae@sprytraining.com