Can I join up? Ive been training to run a marathon and using that as an excuse to eat whatever I want. So.... I actually have gained weight while training lol I'm running my marathon Saturday, after that I gotta get back on the rails!!!
There is an old saying that goes like this: You cannot exercise your way out of a bad diet. Running alone will not produce weight loss. What you eat has a far greater impact on your weight.
There is something that i've been pondering... Say you've been eating really healthy for like a week and doing a 6mile walk every day and lifting very heavy things for a couple of hours a day...
You decide to have one takeaway - fish and chips... Surely you can't put on *more* weight than the actual meal *WEIGHS* ?
For starters (no pun intended) there's not going to be 1:1 transfer from food to belly.
Surely one takeaway after a week of being 'good' isn't going to do any harm ? If you stood on the scale holding your meal - it would barely register.
Interesting thought I thought !
I always feel guilty after getting one takeaway like every once in a blue moon as for some reason I always think it's going to undo weeks of eating healthy and
exercising every day.
After many years of trial and error I've determined that successful dieting requires that you
do not deprive yourself of the foods you love, you just limit your intake of said foods to "occasionally." An example for me would be that generally speaking I avoid sugar, carbs, starches and saturated fats most days but on Sunday mornings I go out to breakfast with my best friend and I eat what I want. Usually a waffle with bacon or pancakes and bacon. I'm not an egg person. Every now and then I will have an ice cream or a piece of cake at a birthday party. But I don't do these things habitually, that's what will get me in trouble.
So, I don't think there is anything wrong with having fish and chips once in a while or some other "not so good for you, but very tasty" treats like a big old bacon cheeseburger and a plate of french fries. In the long run, doing that from time to time, assuming at all other times you are avoiding the items I listed above, you'll keep the weight off.