Gold's Gym SoCal Blog

Watching your figure often requires more than just working out. To give your body what it needs to be trim, lean, and healthy, you also have to eat well. Of course, we know preparing healthy meals can be time-consuming. It can be hard to balance the time you want to spend working out with the time it takes to make healthy meals.

While exercise is essential to staying healthy and fit, if your goal is to lose weight, your diet should be your main focus. Exercise alone (like our HIIT workouts) might help you to lose some weight, but it won’t keep it off long term if you don’t dial in your nutrition. You should start by filling your recipe box with recipes that are easy, full of flavor, and aren’t loaded with calories.

Ever wonder if your current meal plan is working for or against your bodybuilding efforts? Cut to the chase and take meal planning to a more precise level.

The foods you eat are broken down into macronutrients which include important proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. Everyone needs different amounts of macros depending on activity level, lifestyle, goals, and any health conditions. Keeping track of your daily macronutrients can help you best determine the quantity and quality of what you consume each day.

Fad diets and yo-yo dieting can backfire as quickly as they begin. In fact, just using the term “dieting” instead of saying “nutrition plan” can set you up for failure. “Dieting” can make you feel restricted and even hangry! When you eat, you want to be able to relax and enjoy yourself without feelings of guilt or regret. You want to feel good about what you eat!