Diet:
 

Uh-Oh. There is that four letter word that most people hate to hear. Do not worry. The word diet here describes your eating habits. One thing to remember that a diet is a secret to a successful gain in your fitness quest. Changing your diet is a gradual process. Just like getting fit, you have to start slow. Now remember, everybody's body is different. There is no one diet for all. A diet is consisted of three things. One is protein, in which your body uses to rebuild muscles. Your muscles are put through stress of everyday activities and they need to be rebuilt. I am not talking about the kind of stress where people gets on your nerves. I am talk about the physical stress, whereas you always walking, lifting things, etc. The second part is carbohydrates. These give your body fuel to burn to help you throughout the day. Carbs are broken down into complex, which the body burns slow and simple, which the body burns fast, quick energy. The complex carbs consist of your grains. The simple carbs consist of your fruits and sugars. The third part of the diet and it is something that everyone hates, is fats. Fats are the slowest burning fuel and the most easily stored. But it is there for the long haul, when you need it most. There are two types of fat. There are good fats and there are bad fats. I do not know too much about those fats, by reading from some articles, anything that has hydrogenated or partially-hydrogenated on the ingredient label, those are the fats you want to cut way back on. There are many different ratios of protein to carbs to fat. Most will recommend a high percentage of your daily intake (60%) be carbs and the rest be split equally between protein and fats.

When to eat has always been a hot topic throughout the years. It has been said that a big meal in the morning is essential because your body has fasted through the night, then eat less throughout the day. Depending on your activity level, you may need to eat 5 or 6 meals a day. Is that too much? Take what you would normally eat and split it for the whole day. Another I had useful is to eat a good meal consist mostly of high protein before I go to bed at night. In the morning I would something like a toast or bagel and eat a "fruity" meal. Some days you may be able to eat 2 or 3 meals and on some days, you may only need to eat one. A very important part of the diet is fasting. Once a week, take a day and just drink nothing but water. The reason is that as I had mentioned before, your body is a machine, and there are time you need an oil change, and fasting is the way to do it. If you are not confident about it, do it on a day that isn't demanding. Another reason to fast, is that your body can go into a carbo overload. If you ever had a day when you eat a lot of say bread products, you would feel sluggish. That is carbo overload. A day of fasting would help your body to burn the excess.