Nutrition Tips

Nutrition is such an important part of loosing weight, building muscle and should just be part of your everyday life. If you are not giving your body what it needs, then exercising is basically, "all for nothing". Did you know that when you sleep, your body requires a certain amount of calories just to breathe, sleep, and lay their. If you are not even providing your body with those calories then you can see that if you do everything else during the day you would need more than just those calories for continued energy. I wonder if this explains the fact that you might be tired everyday. Do you complain about being tired, muscles hurting, you just don't have it in you to play ball with your kid. Well now you know why. You’re not giving your body enough of what it needs to continue throughout the day.

I sleep on average about 5 hours a night due to the fact that I work about 16 hours a day, have a 2 and half year old, a fiancé, and a home with many projects that need to get done, oh yeah as well as working out myself. If I was not eating about 8-9 times per day I would never be able to do all these things.

FEED YOUR BODY!!!

If you want to loose weight then you should be eating 5 to 6 small meals per day to help your metabolism kick in and start the fat burning process. Easily explained you need to treat your body like a furnace. The more fuel you input the more it burns. The concept is the same when it comes to burning fat. The more good calories you eat the more you will burn. You see your body goes into what is called "starvation mode" when you do not feed it. It say's he is not feeding me so therefore I cannot let go of my fat stores because I might need it when it comes time. Your body holds onto fat because that is its basic survival instinct. Now this does sound easy but each person is different so how many calories should you eat what should you eat?

TIPS

1. This is so important that I put it first on this list. Drink plenty of water. During exercise your body will sweat and you will loose a lot of water so keep yourself hydrated. Water also aids in delivering important vitamins and minerals to your muscles.

2. Try to eat at least 5 times per day if not more depending on how many calories your body needs. Your body needs a constant supply of food to keep it working on burning calories. This means that every 2 to 3 hours you’re should be supplying your body with another meal. Now this seems like a lot but you will find that by eating this way you will never be tired or sluggish. Think of your body as a race car to keep it racing at the speed it does it needs a constant supply of fuel well your body acts in the exact same way.

3. To break #2 down a bit further. Each meal should have a ratio of 3 parts Carbohydrates, 2 parts protein, and 1 part fat.

4. When you plan out your day think about whether or not you will be working out that day and adjust your calorie intake for this. If you are planning on working out put in a bit more carbohydrates into your caloric intake for the day and vice versa on non-workout days. It’s so important to adjust your calories to what you are doing on each given day.

5. Vitamins are so important these days. You will get some of what you need through the foods you will eat each day but you need a good source of vitamins to help your body stay healthy and active when you are dieting.

6. Try not to consume alcohol, nicotine and other substances, since this will just sabotage everything you work for. Remember you are investing time and energy into living this new healthy lifestyle.

7. Track your progress so that you can make changes when needed. Weigh yourself each and every week. You will find that on this diet your weight will fluctuate every day since your calories are different each day. If you weight 200 on Sunday by Saturday you should have lost an average of 1-2lbs. Everyone is different so you might loose more or you might loose less. No matter what keep your eye on the prize and stick with it.

Until Next Time

WSC

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