It's Not What You Do Some Of The Time,
It's What You Do Most Of The Time That Counts
By Mark Teal

This has to be one of the most important phrases to keep in mind when it comes to fitness and nutrition.  Nobody sticks to a perfect fitness regimen or eats exactly what they are supposed to eat all of the time.  Some people have a little more will power than others but everyone must take a break once in a while.

That's why I think the best nutrition plan includes a day or a meal a week when you eat whatever you want.  Believe it or not, it's healthy mentally and physically, to pig out once in a while.  Mentally, you quench that desire to eat your favorite "bad" foods.  Physically, you signal to your body that it's not starving.  It has plenty of food.  So keep churning the wheels and burning calories.  Keep that metabolism going!

Now, obviously you don't want to go overboard.  That's why I say, it's not what you do some of the time, it's what you do most of the time that counts.  If you pigged out all of the time, you'd gain fat, start to feel bad, start to look bad, and be on your way to some serious health issues.

So "eating bad" is ok once in a while.  The same holds true for exercise.  So maybe you were lazy for a week and didn't get to workout.  Maybe you went on vacation and did nothing.  Does that mean you just stop working out since you haven't been in a week?  No!  Remember, it's what you do most of the time that counts.  If you made sure you got plenty of exercise each week for a year but missed a week or two, I'd say that qualifies as doing the right thing for your body most of the time.

Some Nutrition Day Off Tips
Now I'd like to point out a few tips that might help on your "days off".  One of my friends explained that he would eat six meals a day everyday except on his day off.  He would purposely eat nothing all day so that he could pig out in the evening.  Now I guess that's Ok if he is taking the entire day off his nutrition plan.  But if he really meant that he just wanted to take the evening meal off, he should have eaten his normal six meals that day.

I know that means he would have put away more calories that day but in the end it's a better strategy.  You see if he ate properly all day, he wouldn't be as hungry in his "pig out" meal and would eat a little less of the "bad foods".  Also, by continuing to eat on his nutrition plan that day, he kept his metabolism going.  If he eats nothing during the day, he slows his metabolism.  Then boom, he nails his body with a bunch of calories in his big meal.  Not good.  You want a fast metabolism to help burn through those calories so they're not stored as fat.

Some Training Tips
Now how about training on your nutrition plan day off.  I recommend resistance training on a day you will be eating more.  Think about it, feed the muscle, right?  Your muscles are trying to recover after your resistance training.  Give them food.

Another friend of mine likes to go out and have a few beers once in a while.  On those days, I recommend cardio training.  Get that metabolism rolling during the day with some heavy cardio so that your body can better handle the calories in those beers later.  I don't think I'd do resistance training on a day that I might drink alcohol.  My body would be too busy processing the alcohol that night and would not "have the time" to build the muscle that I tore down in my resistance training that day.

Which brings up another good point.  You do realize that you are tearing down muscle when you lift weights right?  Yep, you are creating micro-trauma in the muscle when you resistance train.  How is that a good thing and why is resistance training good for you then?  Well your body rebuilds that muscle when you give it time to rest.  It not only rebuilds it, but it builds it bigger, better, and stronger than it was before.  But you must give your muscles time to rest after lifting.  That's why it doesn't make sense to work the same muscle day after day.  It needs time to rest, recover, and build.
 

About The Author

Mark Teal is a Microsoft certified software developer and an ISSA Certified Fitness Trainer.  He developed BodyTrans because there was no application on the market that allowed you to easily track all of the keys to success in building your best body.  Mark welcomes your comments, questions, or suggestions about BodyTrans or health and fitness in general.

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