PrintBy Raphael Calzadilla
Fitness Pro
Whenever I discuss fitness issues, I never separate exercise and nutrition. Never. Exercise and proper food intake go hand-in-hand like Lucy and Ricky, Fred and Ethel, peanut butter and jelly. Some things just need to stay together.
The following is a list of five common blunders and what you can do to correct them. Just click the arrows to go forward or back.
Blunder 1 — Believing that eating a little less and going on a diet will get the results you seek. It’s what most people think, though it is a dietary strategy popularized prior to the 1980s. People would go on crash diets like the grapefruit diet and lose weight — meaning muscle and fat. They assumed just eating less would take care of everything.
Today, we know total calories are important, but so are the amounts of protein, carbohydrates and fats in the diet. A slight caloric deficit (less than maintenance) must be adhered to as well as eating small meals and snacks every two to three hours. This helps to control blood sugar; and it is a fact that blood-sugar control will help you to lose fat.
I always recommend some sort of structured nutrition program. Just guessing doesn’t work.
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