Diet Plan for 09!

Most people decide to hit the gym in the early months of the new year to try to undo the festive seasons excess drinking and eating, but why do people always do this first?
For example, atleast 90% of people who join a gym do so to lose weight but is the fact that they havent been going to the gym the reason that they have put on the extra weight?

Well let me put it another way, If your cold what do you do? You would put on some more clothes. OK seems simple so now what if you get too hot then what do you do? You would then take some of your clothes off so it is a reverse of what you first did.
So what is the reason why people put on extra body fat? It is because they have been eating to much and to reverse it you need to start eating less, which is the reverse! The gym should be their to help get you fitter, aid in weight loss not be the answer, help make you stronger and raise metabolism etc.

So why do people automatically think 'I need to lose weight i must go to the gym'? It should be 'I've put on some extra body fat so I must start eating better and start going to the gym to help this and to stay healthy and fit' SIMPLE!

Diet Plan for 09 to get in shape for the Summer!!!

Snack Meal 1- Protein and Low GI Carb Based
Gym- 45Min's weights and 15 min cardio interval training (1 hour max short and intense)
Snack Meal 2- Protein and High GI Based
Snack Meal 3- Protein and Low GI Based
Snack Meal 4- Protein and Vegetables
Snack Meal 5- Protein and Vegetables
Snack Meal 6- Protein and Vegetables

This sample menu is very simple and it may seem like you will be eating a lot but the portion sizes will be small. You will be eating protein in every meal to aid body recovery from your training as well as growth. The carbs are selected in the snack meals where you will be needing the most energy and not in the snack meals where you will be doing nothing. Although the meals can be moved around if you train at different times, for example if you train in the evening then that's where most of your carb meals will be so you would just switch them around a bit.
The weight training should be based around the big compound movements such as squats, deadlifts, bench presses and rows and can either be completed in a full body style programme or split depending on experience and the amount of times you wish to train per week.

Stick with this and you should be dropping body-fat in no time for your summer holiday!