general well being
Oops I Did it Again
Erase Your Binges
The Eating Plan can be the hardest thing to stick to. But don’t despair, it’s normal not to stick to The Plan 100% of the time. It happens to everyone, and I mean everyone, the lady next to you on the bus, the fitness instructor at your club, the model, actress and the athletes we all admire. We all have that moment of weakness where the doughnut is too good to say no to. CBS news reported that 42% of dieters drop out as soon as they eat something that isn’t in The Plan. But the trick is to accept that you will have some naughty stuff and either just get back on track the next day or counteract it with some extra exercise. Yes you could just do a little extra exercise and get rid of the extra calories you consumed. (Was that a light bulb moment we all had?)
Following is what you will need to do to counteract what wasn’t part of The Plan.
- 4 beers = 114 minutes of walking
- 1 cosmopolitan cocktail = 30 minutes of dancing
- 20 roasted cashew nuts = 25 minutes on a bike in the gym
- 2 cinnamon donuts = 51 minutes cycling
- Big Mac = 64 minutes of heavy weights training
- Block of chocolate = just over an hour of swimming
- 1.25Litre of coke = 54 minutes of circuit training
- 100 gram packet chips = 68 minutes of boxing
Here is an indicator of how many calories you will burn whilst exercising:
- Spin class – 600 to 800 Calories depending on how hard you work.
- Aerobics/Step – 440 to 800 calories
- BODYPUMP - About 483 calories. Added bonus - also increases your metabolism and muscle mass which will help you burn more fat all the time.
- Moderate house work – Approx 160 calories.
So the moral of the story is don’t beat yourself up when you break your eating plan, make up for it at the gym with a little extra activity and get on with it. Don’t be a Diet Disaster Statistic, get right back on track and enjoy your health and well being. It’s your life, so make the most of it.