Rethink Your Eating to Spur Weight-Loss

It’s that time of year I dread as a fitness instructor. The mid-part of February when so many people give up going to the gym.

I think I know what happens. Or really, what doesn’t happen: instant weight-loss.

If you joined the gym this January and have been exercising regularly, I have to ask you something: Did you remember that fitness begins in the kitchen?

It’s not a pleasant topic. Nobody likes change. But if you really want your time on the treadmill and the hours you spend lifting weights to count, you have to think about what you eat. Exercise and eating healthy meals work wonders for weight-loss when you do them at the same time.

Personally, I think dragging myself to the gym for a heart-pumping aerobic workout is a lot easier than saying no to the double chocolate brownies sitting on my kitchen counter. (They’re a treat for the kids.)

When I talk to people at the gym where I work, I realize that most of them just don’t know what they should be eating. That’s why it’s so important to learn about nutrition and seek advice from someone qualified to give it, not  – ahem – a magazine that promises amazing abs in 10 days.

Instant weight-loss equals instant disappointment.

Alice Warchol is a freelance health blog writer and fitness instructor.

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