Can eating junk food once a week mess up your fitness/diet plan if you work out 3 times a week?
November 10, 2011 by admin
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Question by New Life: Can eating junk food once a week mess up your fitness/diet plan if you work out 3 times a week?
I’m starting to work out three times a week and I’m having a craving for something tasty rather than just drinking water to get that “full” feeling. If I eat a bag of cookies now, will that ruin my previous progress?
Best answer:
Answer by BabeHart
An occasional treat is fine…but that would be a serving of cookies, not a bag…it’s okay to treat yourself, in fact you SHOULD to keep from just tossing the healthy plan and going binge-out on junk food, but be reasonable and don’t pig-out on garbage simply because you are tired of “drinking water”…
Instead of water to help you feel full, how about a grapefruit (a whole large one has under 45 calories) or a medium apple (around 90 calories)…those things can be filling, are low in calories, and darned sure better for you than a bag of cookies (although I understand the appeal of the cookies, trust me!!!)…
It’s your fitness plan and you should do what you want to do…but being a little “naughty” will have much less effect on reaching or maintaining your goals than being a lot “naughty”…
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