Sorry
for the length between my last post, I have been on vacation for the
past week. I not only got away from my routine, I even took a break
from fitness. What this means is I did not go to a gym, though I stayed
active on my vacation. I also took the time to indulge myself in my
favorite foods. Again, I did not binge out, but I did enjoy myself.
Many people proffering weight loss advice will tell you what I did was
wrong and counterproductive to weight loss. They insist you must give
up all junk food forever and ever if you ever want to reach and
maintain a healthy weight. And they tell you that you must abstain is
you want to reach an active old age. However, I tell you otherwise.
Realistically, this is not a practical option simply because the vast
majority of us enjoy the taste of our favorite junk foods. By trying to
deprive ourselves, pretending we want to give up totally these foods.
Well, sooner or later, just about everyone caves in and ends up
binging. Instead of totally denying myself, my likes, I've decided to
strike a balance, a balance between eating clean for most of the week,
maintaining a vigorous regimen of exercise, and 1 or 2 days a week
partaking in my favorite culinary delights that are not conducive to
weight loss. I have successfully maintained an 11 to 12% body fat
composition – still quite a lean body and considered athletic –
following this plan. Even when I was losing weight, I had one day where
I enjoyed myself, and I still lost weight those weeks – even during the
time I was losing 6 pounds a week. I feel part of it was that taking in
the extra calories, after days of clean eating, jolted my metabolism
back up. So, an occasional cheat not only does not negatively affect
your weight loss, it can even boost it. It was only when I decided I
wanted to become more lean, did I discover it was necessary to totally
abstain, in which I did get down to 8.9%. Unless you have the desire to
become super-lean, you can still occasionally enjoy your favorite foods
and still lose the weight. It is sad that I need to point this out, but
some people will read this post as a license to binge and overeat. It
is not of course and naturally I am speaking about moderation and self
control. It takes knowing when to stop. If this is a weakness of yours,
then work on improving that aspect; it not only make losing weight
easier, it also will make life in general easier.
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