Diet OR Exercise?

It's about Consistent Habits of BOTH Exercise and Eating Clean. Monitoring what goes in your mouth is very important b/c it's definitely much easier to tag on an extra 3,500 calories in one day than it is to Burn off an extra 3,500 calories in one day. It would take you about 1-2 weeks of strict diet and exercise to burn off that kind of damage. So, yes it is much easier to put it on than to take it off, but here's why it's important to do both.

1. Clean eating helps to capitalize on all the hard work in the gym. You can keep your muscle weight up and your Fat weight down, low Body Fat%. This is how you change and improve your physique.

2. No one eats perfect all the time.Those 1-2 pounds of vacation, holiday parties, & tailgating weight add up over the years. Even when you go back to your healthy eating habits it doesn't mean you are going to burn off the extra calories to lose what you gained. Being able to hop right back into a consistent workout routine helps to burn the fat off. The opposite is also true, when your workout routine is inconsistent the clean eating will help to keep you on track.

3. If you eat healthy all the time it doesn't mean you are in shape. Exercise helps to keep your heart healthy & resistance training helps to counteract the natural loss of muscle due to age (which starts as early as 25).

4. Just because you look good in clothes doesn't mean you look good out of your clothes. A low weight on the scale doesn't indicate a low Body Fat %. Exercise helps to keep everything where it's supposed to be and your Body Fat down. One of my favorite client quotes, "I want to look good naked."

5. A consistent workout routine will curb the damage you do in a day. Consistent workouts mean your metabolism is higher, which helps to burn more calories throughout the day + the calories you burned in your daily workout help to limit the damage when you feel like indulging.

6. Working out & Eating Clean is like a lock and key. It's a lifestyle to do both, the internal energy created from combining them feeds off of each other & keeps you motivated.