I still believe in most foods are ok, as long as it is in moderation! The fact that people eat way too much bad is a problem they have to address themselves. It's not for them to blame the food but it's time to take a little of the responsibility on themselves as to how their lifestyle is.
In this following article, I am and will explain how we can let it get right out of hand. Just like the person in that '60 minutes' episode, we all start from a point, we just have to keep a check on it...
Anyway's, enjoy the read...
Ok guys, I know I said I would be going over different training techniques in the next few posts, and I will be but right now I have to talk a little about one of the major concerns that so many people worry about, the world over... What and How should I eat??
In recent times I had a real self assessment on my eating habits. My main reasoning for this was due to the fact that our boys were seemingly always wanting to eat treats and take away?!?!
With that in mind I remembered something that I had heard and learnt back in the early days of our boys life. Basically they learn everything from us! So...
- When we eat bad, they eat bad!
- When we eat the fast and easy way (this quite often the unhealthy way) they eat that way also.
Basically there wasn't enough of the following...
- Fresh Fruit
- Protein
- Salads
- Vegetables
Looks good hey? Not one Macca's rapper in sight...didn't get it from the drive through...it actually looks fresh, no-one told me 'it was freshly made', I know it is fresh!
Man, I could go on and on, but the realism is, it really does look like this when you buy it for yourself and prepare it at home.
Now back to my recent self assessment...
How wrong an assessment can that be!!
Guys, just cause you exercise, doesn't mean you can go out, eat and drink what you want, and life will be ok!
It won't!... It all goes hand in hand!... Your body needs and requires exercise and good fuel - food.
Without the right fuel, your body won't get the...
...it needs...
Just because you're fit, does not necessarily mean you're healthy!
If you choose to eat and drink fast food's/fluids and don't think too much about what you put into your mouth, it will all come back on you one day.
Lets go over quickly - the essential nutrients...
- Water - The body is made up of 40-60% water. doesn't it make sense you would ensure you drink plenty of water?
- Carbohydrates - essential for fuel. Don't be fooled by the media, if you don't have Carb's, you will not function properly.
- Fat (Fatty Acids) - Scary word, yes, but it is needed. But it is more the un-saturated fats we need. Certain Vitamins (A, D, E and K) rely on these fats so they can be taken up. It is much higher in Energy that Protien or Carbs. BUT, be careful which fats you consume, SATURATED fats are to be taken up in very small doses. 30% of total calouries should come from fats (20% unsaturated just 10% saturated)
- Protiens - Essential for building and re-building, all muscle in the body.
- Vitamins - Work with metabolism,growth and development, regulation of cell function, prevent infections, important for our night vision and enable the body to clot blood. There are Fat-soluble and water soluble (water soluble vitamins need to be replenished daily).
- Minerals - Split up into Major Minerals and Trace Minerals. Minerals are needed for bones, teeth, blood, normal heart rhythm, cellular metabolism and muscle reflexes. Minerals are found in the soil, root plants and animals.
Now then... How do we eat it all?
The trick is to eat consistantly without over eating... What?!?
Yep, I know, up until now it sounded easy... and it still is!
The idea is to get in the required amount of the fore mentioned essential nutrients throughout the day and exercise as well...
Your daily food/fuel intake should equivelate your daily energy expenditure. For example, my intake is higher than the average persons due to my high level of exercise expenditure.
For the average person though, who probably exercises 3 times a week, your intake will be a whole lot less than mine. The whole idea is to be sensible with your food/fuel intake.
My intake contains a wide spread type of food that includes such foods as fruit salad, yoghurt, eggs, tuna + crackers, baked beans, peanuts, vegetables and some form of meat. I space it out into smaller meals each day.
The average persons goal is to eat say like the following:
Breakfast
Morning tea
Lunch
Afternoon Tea
Dinner
My advice is to give yourself 1 day away from normal eating habits... It's like a reward to yourself for being so good throughout the week and it is something to look forward too. The thing that ends up happening on your day away from normal eating habits is you will keep a certain amount of sensibilty in your food choices, this because you are bound to be enjoying the results and how you feel thus making the whole lifestyle easy to live by... Oh yeah, I now have fruit salad and yoghurt every morning and let me tell you, I really look forward to it every day and so will you. I look forward to my tuna on crackers and the rest of my diet.
It really is the way to live. So, take my advice and keep eating, just make it healthy...
Now... Back to the training techniques...
Next post due within the next 2 weeks...
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