Subscribe RSS FeedIt is important to mention how easy it is to squander your hard earned results in the gym with poor food choices, and especially with unhealthy snacks. Nutrition really is worth about 80% of your results – no matter how good your training program is, you can’t just eat whatever you want and expect good results. The truth is that most people would be shocked to learn just how quickly the calories stack up with just a normal amount of snacking on junk food through-out the day, and they would be even more shocked at how much exercise it takes to burn those calories off again.
So, burning off 150 calories in an hour of playing Wii Fit might seem like a good result – but in reality it roughly equates to burning off the can of soft drink you had at lunch, or about one and a half of the chocolate biscuits you snuck in at afternoon tea time. I’m going to repeat that point to make sure no one missed it; just ONE chocolate biscuit is around 100 calories, and that’s about 50% fat and 50% sugars. When was the last time you stopped at just one chocolate biscuit?
Even burning up 3-400 calories in a high intensity personal training session will only go about half way to making up for that large serve of chips you might be having with lunch every day.
It’s very important to have at least a basic understanding of the high level of calories contained in all forms of junk food, as well as the amount and intensity of exercise required to burn of an equivalent amount of energy. Also it is beneficial to have an appreciation of the much lower level of calories contained in healthier food options.
Regardless of the quality of your exercise program and consistent levels of effort in the gym, indulging in poor food choices and particularly junk food snacks may be the critical error that prevents you from fully achieving your dream physique.
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