Lifestyl3 Blog

My buddy Paul is one of the few colleagues where we can sit down and talk about health, eating, training etc... He's set up a cool page with various posts about living a healthy, balanced lifestyle (or lifestyl3). One of his recent posts "How do I stay on Track" struck me as something everyone should have an understanding of.

The main point in his post was to talk about MyFitnessPal, an app that allows you to track calories of virtually any food you could think of, and get an instant breakdown of how many fats, carbs, proteins etc. In the post he talks about common misconceptions that are deeply set in the fitness community today. Everyone thinks there are good foods and bad foods, but that is a misnomer in itself really. As Paul stated in his post, many people think an apple and peanut butter is a "healthy" snack because both are viewed as good food, but in reality that can be well over 500 calories and if your viewing that just as a healthy snack, you may have missed the more important concept. You can eat 100% 'healthy' food but won't lose a pound because you are still at a caloric surplus. So although yes peanut butter provides great fats, apples are a good source of vitamins, but if the calories are too high, then those healthy benefits will be of no use because no weight will be lost.

Paul is a great example of someone who understands the importance of tracking not only your nutrition but training. The entirety of his blog centers around being able to do this as a style of living, to make sustainable progress and still enjoy life throughout the process. If you want to know more about setting up a sustainable diet check out his ARTICLE.