Working Out vs. Eating Habits
Over the last 3 weeks or so…I raged a classic contest of Working Out vs. Eating. To wit, I worked out steady to recent standards: about 7 hours a week, 50/50 weights and cardio.
But…the eating slipped substantially. Excessive beer, fried food, large meals eating out, large quantities of nuts, even *gasp* desserts made large inroads to my clean eating habits. A C- might be a fair, if not kind, grade.
So what would prevail? Muscle gains? Steady fat or fat gains?
The results are in.
It was a disaster. I gained 2.5 lbs of bodyfat returning me to February levels. And to offset that was a very modest gain of muscle, perhaps just 1 lb.
Granted, I was pushing some pretty lean lows and I think that set me up for something of a rebound. But…this was a really bad result any way you slice it. I do have a good 5 lbs more of muscle than I sported in February, so at least that’s **some** net progress.
This is a valuable lesson for everyone. With the cardio and working out I’ve been doing, I’d think I could at least hold steady, but I didn’t. Even my wonderkin body fell prey to some mildly bad eating habits.
In the battle of working out vs. eating habits, eating habits won handily.
May 1, 2008 at 11:39 am
I feel you on that one. I am now starting to cut leaving a 2 month bulk and I feel like my old bulking habits will come back to haunt me. Well motivation on here is enough for me so hopefully it does the same for you. Good luck with sticking to your diet.
May 3, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Wow someone read my blog! Yeah!!
May 31, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Maybe if you did some cardio with that you could still have those forbidden fruits.
700 calories for me today on the treadmill (granted … very long and boring!) From the new photos, though, you’ve got nothing to fret about. 