You see pictures of really fit people, usually on facebook, usually airbrushed.

Maybe in a wetsuit, maybe even on my page.

Then you look at yourself and feel a bit bad.

Thats it, you’re on it now.

Losing fat isn’t that hard, you just need to eat less and move more!

If only – anyway……….

You hit it hard Monday to Friday night – you’ve felt alright so far.

But its been a hard week, you deserve some pudding and that glass of wine, anyway you’ve got a long ride tomorrow so that will burn it all off.

You do the ride, come home starving but deserve that pizza and 4 peroni, you’ve forgot about that picture you saw earlier in the week.

Sunday comes and you’ve blown it and you’ve got a taste for the good stuff.  Theres no point in controlling yourself now, you might as well wait until tomorrow and then you can get back on it properly.

This is how the majority of people set up their week, especially those making up the physically active – triathlete or not.

Do they make progress?

No.

They starve themselves on the day’s they need the fuel, when they are training hard and working in the week and they overindulge by a country mile on the weekends.

Its not just the alcohol and pizza, its the gels during the ride, its the sports drinks, its the coffee and cake at the cafe stop.

The calories consumed can be huge.

You might think that because your garmin tells you you’ve burnt 2000 calories that it is OK.

But, is the garmin accurate, or is it just a rough guide?

Could it be 300-400 out?

Could it be your metabolism is changing all the time?

Slowing down because of the amount of exercise you do?

The answer is Yes to all of the above.

How to make it better?

Eat only singe ingredient foods in a plentiful amount.

Avoid dairy and gluten

Limit alcohol and make sure you do some strength training.

If you need some help with any of this, hit me up:

http://www.nutri-tri.com/online-coaching/

Jamie “be honest with yourself” Leighton