What did u eat today? By this I don't mean to ask if you eat a lot, if you are fit, or if you are starving. Being "on a diet" doesn't mean starve yourself or decline all those delicious burgers or snacks we might be craving for. Whatever is your activity (even if you decide not to practice any sports), different meals, vegetables, carbs, etc. are better for what you do, including intellectual activity.
Sports wise, there are three factors that combine to give the results we get: training, genetic composition and nutrition.
Training includes an adequate routine for you according to your fitness level, goal, age, time frame, activity and benefit you might be seeking for in your body. Genetic composition means how athletic your body naturally is, how easily you practice sports, ability and resistance wise. Nutrition means feeding yourself according to what your specific needs, your kind of sport, age, gender, etc.
WE GOTTA KEEP THESE THREE PILARS FOR THE PRACTICE OF SPORTS IN BALANCE
Exercise increases the caloric needs of a person, and depending on the kind of sports, the source of those calories. For example, someone practicing body building will need greater amount of proteins to create muscular hypertrophy anaerobic sports require; and someone practicing triathlon or cycling, will need carbs, due to the prolonged physical effort of an aerobic sport.
An adequate sports nutrition has to cover all the cycles in sports and the training program such as recovery days, active phase and proper rest.
Realize how important is everything we ingest when we work out and when we don't
Wether you decide to start a training program or not, you have to be aware or having the food your body needs according to your physical need and have a proper sleep time. Having said this, we all have to realize that everyone has different nutritional needs, even if you practice the same sport, everyone has different characteristics and goals.
The right nutrition is not to be followed only in a short term... is changing our habits what really works for the long term... so instead of starving right before summer time, or eating all the proteins because you want to get biceps in one week... if you balance all and combine work out with proper nurture, the benefits will be for the short and long term, and they'll last as long as your habit.
If you plan on making a diet, don't take the "pineapple diet" or "whatever miracle diet"; your health is first, and even if takes longer to notice results, you will notice them for more than what the spring break lasts. You can combine everything, even junk food, just watching frequency and quantity, don't quit your guilty pleasure, well all have one... or two.
I'll be looking forward to read your comments or tweets.
Happy weekend!
Tita.
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