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Pace Yourself

I'm no expert at fitness or nutrition - trust me - I wouldn't have extra pounds to lose if I was, but I see a lot of you going from one extreme to the next with your diets and exercise, and I can't stress enough that you need to pace yourselves.
It's good to make changes, but the likelihood of a drastic change sticking is probably somewhere between slim and none.
When I started changing up my diet and working out about 3 months ago, I told myself that this time, I need to take my time with it, because every other time, I just stopped "eating bad" or started "eating healthy" immediately. This time, however, I implemented changes in phases - small phases. I started off at the gym, and did enough cardio to make myself feel like I got a good workout in. I then began to incorporate weight lifting after that as well as increasing my time doing cardio - but just a little - then getting in to a full on "routine". After I was comfortable with all of that, I implemented the changes to my diet, but I didn't go overboard. I didn't starve myself at 1200 calories a day, and I didn't switch from milk shakes to broccoli pops over night.

For some, habits can form by switching it up drastically, but I'm willing to be the number of people that can actually do that and stick with it are very low.
My advice...and I don't want to sound like I'm the "know it all"...is to make changes in phases - don't go all out all at once...trust me. You have a much better chance at succeeding by slowly developing this new habit of being healthy.

Beau
- 14 July 2010
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almost 2 years ago conrey responded:

this is actually golden advice - its one reason why I haven't gone over to Crossfit yet - I know that if I rush in I'll burn out. Small steps forward. And if I have a coke or a cookie one time a week, it won't kill anything.

From the guy who ate fried rice tonight before hockey.

Conrey

almost 2 years ago Tyler Hurst responded:

I've been purging and eating Saltines all morning.

That's the secret, right?

almost 2 years ago Fat Off responded:

But seriously, yes.

almost 2 years ago Steven Rose responded:

Great advice. I definitely plan on making this more of a life style change then a short term diet, so doing it in phases is a good to not get burnt out (which is what has happened previously - burnout), and to hopefully make this stick long term.

almost 2 years ago Victor Moreno responded:

when you do it in stages, you also dont get the shock of feeling like youve forced yourself to just eat lettuce. try different things that might be healthier as you start along with what youve eating, modify recipes, or even just lower your portions. - if you eat burgers a lot, try maybe just one a week versus a day or dont get cheese etc. make it easy for yourself early and itll be easier as you go along. food shouldnt be a crutch that keeps you from enjoying your life.
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