A young girl came up to me at gymnastics, and asked, " how do you look like that, I do an hour of
cardio 5 days a week and I can't get lean?" When I asked her about her diet she said, "well, if I do
cardio I thought I could eat whatever I wanted." Turns out, she thought if she did an hour of
cardio, she could eat fast food and still be lean. I wonder if a lot of people feel this way? If the
cardio machine says you burned 500 calories, do you think people think this all they need to do? And, what about resistance training? It seems people place more emphasis on
cardio. Moms, I know you don't have any free time so:
- do you find it harder to get your workout in or eat clean?
- and, if you had to assign percentages to working out and diet how much of each do you feel determines what you look like?
- do you think it's 50% Nutrition and 50% Training?
Calories are not created equally, and I find relying solely on this ineffective. Technically we could eat a creme filled donut or a chicken breast with 1/2 cup of rice and 1 cup of veggies. Wouldn't you agree?
Eating clean is harder than motivating yourself to train hard. I don't know why people think they just have to do cardio to become lean?! There is a science behind it and it isn't as people think. Even if you sort your diet out it takes a very long time to cut down to 10% or even 12% body fat percentage. I personally think its 70% diet, 20% training and 10% genetics. Motivation, commitment and perseverance are the key factors.
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I agree. Eating clean is tougher to do that training hard. I think it is 80% diet, 10% training and 10% genetics. I am working hard right now to stay consistent with my clean eating. It is so tough. For me, I am trying to undo years of poor eating habits. It is hard to change habits and ingrained behaviors. Really hard. It seems like after a few weeks, my mind just wants to go back to what is easy - poor eating. The mental challenge is where it's at. Staying consistent is my difficulty. I get so sick of beating myself up. I wish I could channel this into motivation...a work in prgress always:)
ReplyDeleteI would say 80% diet and nutrition 20% what you do in the gym, but sometimes it can be more like 90%/10% because if you eat horrible it really doesn't matter what you do in the gym, you will never see your results!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with Kimber's Post! If you are't eating clean nutrition....all the working out in the world doesn't yield the physique you are after. Abs really are "made in the kitchen." Calories are not all equal. The way different foods are processed in the body is evident when you eat clean vs. having cheat meals.....I promise, you're going to WEAR those cheat meals. I believe it's 80-10-10 (nutrition-Workout-Genes)
ReplyDeleteI think abs really are built in the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteI've tried for a really long time to out train a bad diet because I love working out (lots of heavy lifting and high intensity cardio) but I want to eat a lot of food too!!
I tried really really hard to do this, but since I've changed up my diet to prepare for my competition I now see results. It goes to show that it's mainly nutrition!!
So i'd take that 50/20 or 80/20 and make it like 95% nutrition/ 5% training. But for me, a tough workout is like a given!
I find that eating clean is easier than making myself get to the gym! I made it a priority to plan 7 days of eating every single week! I've stuck to it for 7 months now. Ask me how many times in that 7 months I've worked out? Probably a good 3 full months of it.
ReplyDeleteWhat gives? I know it's important to strength train, but find it harder to be consistent in this area.
How do you get "addicted" to fitness? I'd love to know.
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Roxie-Girl
I find it easier to train than eat clean BUT I agree that it is mostly nutrition that makes the difference in your body. I think the challenge is that both exercise and poor eating feed that microwave generation in me, giving me an immediate positive feed-back... but one does good things long term and the other doesn't.
ReplyDeleteI think for me it's the workout I find the hardest because sometime life just gets in the way, family, work etc. Whereas eating clean is something I'm in control of, no matter if I'm in the car doing the school run or after school/weekend activities I can have clean food with me (to a point) but scheduling that gym time around family when they come first is hard!
ReplyDeleteI would say 80% nutrition 10% exercise and 10% genetics.
I love the feedback, thank you! I have to say diet makes or breaks me every time. I can train hard, but if I slack on my eating it shows immediately. I need 100% of both! Genetics are a part of it too. I fight mine daily, but anything is possible if you're consistent day after day.
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