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Wednesday, July 26, 2006, 10:51 PM
You can cheat on occassion, if your food choices are well thought out in advance,
and you are willing to put in the time to excercise.......
kfc chicken
I love spagettibodybuilding
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( 3 / 786 )Wednesday, July 26, 2006, 08:35 PM
it's out of control
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( 3 / 731 )Sunday, July 16, 2006, 10:51 PM
Just a test.
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( 3 / 713 )Sunday, July 2, 2006, 03:52 PM
I'm guessing I find myself running on the treadmill at least 4 days out of a given week, and during that time, I have ample opportunity to think about my life, and fitness in general.
Recently, I've really found myself focusing on the digital calorie counter on the treadmill, and debating about it's usefulness. On the one hand, the calorie counter gives you a visual estimation of the number of calories you may have burned, or energy expended in a given workout session. If this encourages you to get on the darned thing and run or walk regularly, then more power to you.
On the other hand, if you find yourself thinking, "well, let's see, I ate that piece of cheesecake last night with raspberry topping and ice cream, and that was 1175 calories....Yikes,...I've got to spend two and a half hours on the treadmill," then you've got a problem. What I really want to ask you, is "which calories are you burning when you are working out?
Seriously, think about it. If you're like most people, you eat something every single day of your life. Most people eat several times each day. If you really believe that you can somehow 'exercise away' last night's desert, and the only way you can justify eating what you ate, is to over-do-it on the treadmill, you're doing yourself a disservice, and potentially risking injury to yourself in the process.
The point I'm trying to make is this; you consume calories everyday of your life. Rather than bingeing one day, then trying to burn if off the next day, doesn't it make more sense to think about your body as a furnace which requires you to stoke it's fire with nutritious fuel throughout the day, everyday. With the confidence that if you are exercising regularly and eating well 98% of the time, your body will still be able to deal with that occassional slice of cheesecake, even with the raspberry topping and ice cream.
When we work out or exercise each day, we really can't say which calories are being burned in a given session. If you are consistent in your quest to stay healthy, and make good nutrition and daily exercise a priority, I can promise that you can give up being driven by guilt. What's more, you can go on to enjoy the benefits of having developed a healthy metabolism, one that's more than able to deal with the little dietary indescretions in which we all indulge, on occassion. If you're planning on eating each day during your life, then plan to eat well, and plan to exercise. Just as there is no end point to your body requiring calories, except when you're dead, there should be no such end point where you give up living a healthy lifestyle, which includes optimal nutrition and exercise.
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