Do you exercise so that you can eat what you like!?
As we all get back to exercise and healthy eating after the festive break and have enjoyed all the lovely naughty food/drinks we allow ourselves over this time, I would like to ask you whether the reason you exercise is because you enjoy it, know it’s good for you or just so that you feel that you can eat what you like if you put the required exercise time in?! It might be all of those reasons but the one I would like to tackle is the ‘exercise, so I can eat what I like’!
There are a couple of sayings:-
‘abs are made in the kitchen’
‘you can’t out train a bad diet’
Both of these are true!
Getting in shape is a combination of eating well, exercise, getting a good nights sleep and avoiding stress. Difficult to control the last two especially if you are a menopausal woman but there are always supplements and natural remedies to help you.
I am going to focus on eating and exercising today and would like to say that eating the correct food is the most important thing to consider when wanting to improve your health and fitness and see results physically. 70/80% diet and 20/30% exercise is the general rule and you can exercise all the time but if you then eat CRAP you will not see the desired results!
Here are my top tips to help you on your way:-
- Avoid processed foods
- Do not go on a ‘diet’ (these do not work!)
- Change your mindset, healthy foods are not boring and tasteless!
- Experiment with different herbs and spices and avoid jars and packets (full of additives!)
- Eat plenty of protein, preferably at each meal
- Do not go hungry
- Drink plenty of water
- Eat lots of vegetables to fill you up especially the green leafy veg
- Eat slowly
- Enjoy your meal and appreciate every mouthful
- Eat good carbs such as brown rice, sweet potatoes, quinoa and beans and pulses
- Treat yourself sometimes as deprivation is the devil and you will crave what you are not allowed
- Choose appropriate exercises and ones you enjoy to get the desired results
- Don’t beat yourself up if you have a bad day, we all do!
- Avoid snacking by eating enough to fill you up at each mealtime
- Try intermittent fasting a couple of times a week, leaving 17 hours between your evening meal and your first meal of the day
Bye for now!
Lx