DIET
Diet should be a part of your fitness program as much as
exercise is.
Even with the best exercise program you will probably
not reach your fitness goals if you do not accompany it
with the proper diet plan. Right now, on the market,
there are hundreds of diet plans which all promise you
to loose weight fast and easy. So which ones are good
and which ones are not? The answer to that question can
be all of them or none of them depending on each
individual alone. Every single diet plan has its own
success stories, but at the same time probably there is
even more people who tried them a failed. So again, it
can work well for some people and not so well for the
others. So what is the key? Which way to go? First of
all do not go for promises of weekend diets and no
exercise diets. You did not gain all of your extra
weight in one day or a week so you better do not search
for the formula to lose it, in that time frame, either.
Furthermore, exercise is a key component of every weight
loss plan so you have to include it in your weight loss
program. The way to choose a diet plan is that it has to
be realistic. We all know ourselves well enough to be
able to judge what is possible and what not. For
instance if you decide to cut your calories to the
levels that are too low for your size, age and amount of
daily activity, there is a good chance you won’t be able
to keep up with that plan for a long time. You have to
honestly admit to yourself whether you can stick with a
meal plan you have chosen or not.
Solution is not only in adopting the right diet plan. It
is in changing your life style. I would consider well
balanced diet, which includes five to six meals
throughout a day, to be the best choice in achieving and
maintaining a healthy body weight.
SPORT SUPPLEMENTS
Sport supplement industry is a multimillion dollars
business. On shelves of your local supplement store you
can find everything from fat burning pills to muscle
mass building products. It is no wonder that sport
supplements are so popular. We all are looking for a
quick fix; if you cannot sleep take a pill, if you have
a backpain take a pill, and so on and on. Instead of
looking for the real cause of a problem we tend to go for
short cuts as long as it works, because we are too busy
with our everyday lives. Too busy to even take good care
of our health. If you browse through any fitness
magazine, a half of it would be ads for sport
supplements. Additionally, your gym sells it, your
trainer recommends it, and it does look like everybody
who exercise is using it.
So what do you really need and what not? First, no sport
supplement can replace real food. An individual who has
a well balanced diet probably would not need any of
sport supplements or products to stay healthy or to improve
his/her fitness status. Maybe that is the area where
more focus should be put on. How to improve your diet
versus trying out every new pill or chemical mixture on
the market. Furthermore, do not think that because
sports supplements are sold legally that they are
perfectly safe. There is more than one case of deaths
caused by fat burning products. And no, you don’t have
to overdose to put yourself in hazard. Ephedrine, a
popular fat burning product and just recently banned in all
states was freely sold in our stores. It took several
people to die before it was displayed as hazardous to
human health (for more information on ephedrine, visit
FDA website www.fda.gov ).
In order for someone to prescribe even something so
“simple” as vitamins and minerals he/she has to
understand what effect will such a product have on our
system once these substances are ingested. It is your
body and your call who do you consult when it comes to
your health.
Hint for you: MD, Exercise Physiologist or Registered
Dietitian are right choices.
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