Training Hard With No Changes on the Scale – Part 2
December 3, 2021
Exercise alone has many health benefits, there is no denying that it improves life quality, increases life expectancy, and improves mental health. The benefits of exercise are phenomenal physically and mentally. Is exercise alone enough to lose weight though?
At first, the answer may be yes, without changing anything else in your life the introduction of exercise may lead to fat loss. Things become a little more complicated as you progress.
If you are training consistently and appropriately and not losing body fat the first thing to address will be your nutrition. Nutrition is at the foundation of good health and body composition. You have probably heard the saying “You cannot out-train a crappy diet”…and this is very true. On a diet filled with crap food, the best you will achieve is a neutral result. More than likely though the result will be in the negative over the long term if you do not change your nutrition choices and habits.
Think of it like this, it is so easy to consume an extra 500 calories (so easy, a few drinks, a few snacks each day), to burn these extra 500 calories off though, that is a really hard thing to do. It will require up to an hour of moderate-high intensity exercise. Which in a nutshell demonstrates the notion of you cannot out-train a crappy diet.
If you are reading this and feel like you are not getting the results you are wanting then you need to review your nutrition. Especially your habits and behaviours around your eating. The answer to your lack of results is normally easy to identify if you are honest with yourself, it may be the snacking you do through the day (and night), the few glasses of alcohol at night, a weekend of binge eating, and drinking, coffee dates etc.
To change your eating firstly address your habits and behaviours, these are the things that will lead to long term and ongoing success. Identify what you need to stop doing, what you need to start doing, and what you are currently doing well. These three questions will help set up a plan to help with behaviours, establish new actions around these behaviours which over time will become positive habits.
If you need help with nutrition there are many more articles on the blog, or you can drop in to the gym to make an appointment for a nutrition consult.
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Training Hard With No Changes on the Scale – Part 2
December 3, 2021
Exercise alone has many health benefits, there is no denying that it improves life quality, increases life expectancy, and improves mental health. The benefits of exercise are phenomenal physically and mentally. Is exercise alone enough to lose weight though?
At first, the answer may be yes, without changing anything else in your life the introduction of exercise may lead to fat loss. Things become a little more complicated as you progress.
If you are training consistently and appropriately and not losing body fat the first thing to address will be your nutrition. Nutrition is at the foundation of good health and body composition. You have probably heard the saying “You cannot out-train a crappy diet”…and this is very true. On a diet filled with crap food, the best you will achieve is a neutral result. More than likely though the result will be in the negative over the long term if you do not change your nutrition choices and habits.
Think of it like this, it is so easy to consume an extra 500 calories (so easy, a few drinks, a few snacks each day), to burn these extra 500 calories off though, that is a really hard thing to do. It will require up to an hour of moderate-high intensity exercise. Which in a nutshell demonstrates the notion of you cannot out-train a crappy diet.
If you are reading this and feel like you are not getting the results you are wanting then you need to review your nutrition. Especially your habits and behaviours around your eating. The answer to your lack of results is normally easy to identify if you are honest with yourself, it may be the snacking you do through the day (and night), the few glasses of alcohol at night, a weekend of binge eating, and drinking, coffee dates etc.
To change your eating firstly address your habits and behaviours, these are the things that will lead to long term and ongoing success. Identify what you need to stop doing, what you need to start doing, and what you are currently doing well. These three questions will help set up a plan to help with behaviours, establish new actions around these behaviours which over time will become positive habits.
If you need help with nutrition there are many more articles on the blog, or you can drop in to the gym to make an appointment for a nutrition consult.
