“If you don’t change your eating habits than it’s pointless to workout.”
Gentleman said this during a Sauna Talk session at my gym.
I love to workout YPs and I may not eat all that great all the time but I workout enough so that if I really choose, I can eat whatever I want. I totally disagree with this guy but I use to have the same mentality but then I thought about the ignorance in his statement and beliefs that probably affect a lot of people struggling with their weight. The statement above is apart of the American mentality and belief in instant gratification in a microwave society we live in. People wake up and adopt, believe, and realize that daily and consistent progress is better than nothing mentality. The statement above may apply to individuals with particular fitness and physique goals but working out and eating whatever you want or eating healthy is better than doing nothing and eating fattening foods. YPs watch what you hear, listen to, and say because someone with limited motivation to workout has heard this statement and probably stopped working out, thus punching their ticket to being over weight, out of shape and/or unhealthy. I have some advice regardless of your healthy or bad eating habits, get your behinds in the gym and do something.
Understand that everyone does not have the same goals when it comes to working out and eating habits. In other words, if you’re working out to lose weight and/or get that six pack that many aspire to get then you may want to watch what you eat because eating healthy is conducive to achieving weight loss and six pack goals. That means you might not want to eat cheese steaks, bagels with extra cream cheese or 3 to 4 donuts, etc., because eating fattening foods will more than likely keep you from achieving your weight loss and six pack goals. Some people have more modest goals of just maintaining their weight or just being in shape and are happy with their current physique so they eat whatever they like and just workout to maintain. Again, there is nothing wrong with this because like I said in the beginning not everyone has the same goals.
In conclusion, YPs don’t let anybody tell you that your hours and hours in the gym on the treadmill, swimming and all of the above don’t mean anything when you eat what you want because this is false. If your goals are weight loss, a six pack or you just want to maintain and you decide to eat fattening foods your workouts are still not in vain because you are working out and that trumps eating fattening foods and doing nothing any day.
YPRuck, Young Professionals Writer
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Great blog. Thanks!
I understand your points and this may work for some. However, people must remember that eating unhealthy foods can cause heart disease, high blood pressure, centain cancers, etc. No matter how much you work out, it doesn’t prevent those problems if you are constantly eating unhealthy foods. The goal is to be healthy. Working out is a great way to stay healthy…along with fruits and veggies
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