If you go ‘off-Plan’ or miss a day or session at the gym, the best strategy is to simply get back on track.
DO NOT try to make up for a dietary indiscretion by eating less (before or after) or by exercising more. The way to encourage the best patterns of behaviour, the ‘habits of health’ that are so important, is to be consistent.
‘Yo-yo dieting’, excessive exercise, bingeing and starving, and other negative self-limiting patterns, will not allow the body to be healthy, release fat, gain muscle, or function optimally over the long-term. Take home message:
You can’t starve away bad habits
From Carb-Appropriate 101 by Cliff Harvey PhD
Carb-Appropriate 101 gives you 101 daily tips to help you achieve the energy, health & performance you deserve. It includes daily tips for nutrition, movement, exercise, meditation, mindfulness, sleep, stress-reduction, and more! These tips are some of the themes that Cliff has written and spoken about over his decades in practice, in ‘bite-sized’ mini-articles.
Read the book from cover-to-cover, applying a tip a day, or simply open the book to any page to find a valuable health and performance tip to help you feel and perform at your very best.
