Exercise = Free Food Pass

All too often we fall into the trap of participating in exercise to do our body good, shed some unwanted body weight and pump up our spirits only to negate all our hard work, sweat and toil and blow it in the food department. Does this sound familiar? Don’t worry you are not alone. Many Lovely Ladies seem to think that because they worked out and added exercise into their lives that it gives them permission to eat like a pretty little princess.

Hmm….So why can’t you eat like a rock star and enjoy everything you want and desire when on your road to better health, greater fitness and a lighter, lovelier you? It certainly isn’t rocket science and the formula for shedding unwanted pounds has been around the block for about five decades, right around eighteen thousand, two hundred and fifty days-give or take a few.

When you are searching for weight loss and you begin an exercise program you are requiring more from your body. One of the first things that happens to your body when asked to perform in a manner that is not typical is that it feels like it needs more fuel to make it through the day. This is a habit that your body begins to form every time you give in to it’s demands. Over time, even if you are not hungry you fall into the trap of feeding your body food because that’s what you’ve always done and why change it now. It works for you doesn’t it? Well yes, it does subdue the feeling of hunger, however, it does not help your goal of shedding unwanted pounds.

What needs to happen is that you have to be equipped and mentally ready for that certain time when your body is not chuffed with the fact that you are using more energy and it pines for you to put back what you have just exhausted. Stop right there! Changing your attitude and adjusting your behavior will create the results you are searching for. Breaking the habit of eating more just because you have worked out will eventually, over time, create a weight deficit and that is what you are searching for.

Working out does not give you a free pass to over-indulge. Staying fit does not automatically open up the door to a revolving platter. To lose one pound you must decrease your calorie intake/week by 3500 calories; that equates to a calorie deficit of 500 calories/day. You’d have to run about 5 miles to bu
500 hundred calories or stay on the elliptical for an hour or so. Be aware of the “but I worked out” pitfall, it is extremely crafty and deceiving.