Get your food right!

I will always push and encourage exercise – ALWAYS!!

Exercise makes you feel better, look better, it makes you stronger and fitter, provides you with some ‘me’ time, makes you feel empowered, and obviously makes you awesome 🙂

But I’m still hearing from people who aren’t reaching weight loss goals, and trying to fix it with more exercise. You could do a hundred sessions a week, but if your food is not right, apart from being fitter and stronger, you will struggle to lose your fat. We have to stop believing in the ‘burn it off’ theory. You can raise your metabolism by having more muscle on your body, but this still won’t balance out a terrible diet or excessive portion sizes.

Here’s a story of mine – a few years ago I wanted to shift a few extra kgs. I decided that I didn’t want to change my food as I was enjoying what I was eating, so I believed the only other way to lose the fat was to do more exercise. So I added more on top of what I was already doing (which was already ample). I busted my butt with long cardio sessions, but nothing changed. My fitness probably increased a little, but my shape, my weight and my body fat didn’t change. If anything, I was just feeling frustrated that I was working harder with no results. Then over the years, as I got wiser, I knew the exercise didn’t have to change at all – in fact I’ve been able to decrease my exercise and still lose weight. And that was all done through my diet.

So don’t go round and round and round eating too much and then trying to work it off the next day. Fix your food first!! I’ve said it before, and I’ll keep saying it as it upsets me to see clients run themselves to the ground at training, without getting the results they are after – all due to a poor diet.

The food plan that I suggest is NOT a diet, it can be maintained for as long as you like, and is nutritionally balanced. It’s also something your entire family can eat – no cooking different meals every day! I have nutriton sessions available – if you’re keen to finally get your eating in order – let me know and we can organise a time to sit down and get your food sorted.

Once you’re eating right, you can then see exercise as less of a punishment and therefore much more enjoyable!!

Trust me – once you start seeing the changes your diet can make, you’ll never look back 🙂

Paula