To Keep Yourself Healthy Exercise and Nutrition Goes Together

Usually when people talk about being healthy they are mainly talking about exercising, but we have to remember that if we're looking to lose weight, the reality is that exercise is not the only thing. It's about lifestyle and realizing that exercise is only 20% of the equation. 

You may have heard of the 80/20 rule, 80% of the results come from 20% of the effort. In terms of weight loss, 80/20 involves 20% exercise and 80% nutrition. It's vital to understand the importance of nutrition in fitness and health. While numerous methods of weight loss treatment involve limiting calorie intake or limiting what passes the digestive system. For a healthy approach to nutrition, focus on reducing indigestion and constipation by including fiber.

Recommended fiber intake should be between 21 to 25 grams for women and 30 to 38 grams for men each day. Dietary fiber is found in a variety of fruits and vegetables, as well as in grains, such as brown rice, whole wheat bread, and oatmeal.

It is important to remember that if you want to manage your weight, you have to manage your calorie intake by consuming fewer calories than you are burning off in order for your body to consume visceral fat. Many people keep track of their calories using fitness trackers and apps like MyFitnessPal. MyFitnessPal helps to label the food you are taking in every day, and shows the calories and other micronutrients, such as carbohydrates, proteins, fats, etc.

Many people try to outrun weight gain just by hitting the gym. While in theory, you could exercise to continually burn calories, the fact is that exercise is not something we should do purely to make up for the overconsumption of calories. While many of us feel that we are living a sedentary lifestyle and could exercise more, the solution is purely to have a healthier approach to our workout regime.

Over exercising would not be good for the body or the mind as we think of eating less, which could impact overall health. The body gets stressed when we exercise and it needs time to recover. This is why the 80/20 rule is important. It involves having a healthy lifestyle 80% of the time while making sure that 20% of the time involves exercising. 

As parents, we are all more than aware of how busy we can be. Therefore, being able to cram in workouts is not easy. While we can feel guilty for this, the reality is that time is actually on our side. Instead of thinking of going to the gym, we can come up with creative ways to exercise such as...

• Isometrics, involves tensing parts of your body. It may seem like it's nothing, but if you do it intensely enough, it can work at burning those calories.
• Bodyweight workouts, 5BX, burpees or press-ups. 
• Exercises of your choice to increase the heart rate.

It is better to not go all in by pushing your body or your nervous system beyond the brink of recovery. Recovery is vital in workouts. If you are overtraining you will have signs such as waking up in the middle of the night, feeling overly sore, feeling incredibly tired. It's also vital to recognize the importance of hydration in your ability to recover.

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