Fitness Blunders

I love bullet lists. They serve up the information with less fat. Speaking about less fat,

Top 5 Nutrition/Fitness Blunders:

• Believing that food deprivation will help you lose and sustain your ideal weight. Simply, lowering calorie intake is not sufficient to healthy weight management. To maintain the optimal weight our bodies need to achieve the right blood glucose level. The answer is smaller meals (3 times daily) and healthier snacks in between meals.
• 100% diet perfection – This is a set up for failure. The more you deprive, the stronger you will crave. We need to gradually modify our diets, so relax; you can eat your favorites (just in smaller portions).
• Abdominal crunch madness – Many of us believe that ab exercises alone will flatten that belly. Wrong! We need to burn calories and fat in order to obtain that slim and sleek look.
• Cardio Overdrive – To be effective, our workouts need a balance of strength training (think weights) and 15-30 minutes of cardio two to three times a week.
• Not having a realistic workout schedule – you know yourself and your schedule; hence, it is wise to start small and build up. Maybe you can begin by walking 20 minutes 3 times a week and then expand from this point after three weeks.

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