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Sometimes on the
weekends, I'll go out for dinner and eat way too much of the wrong kinds
of food. Would it be good to make up for it by skipping breakfast the
next day and workout on an empty stomach?
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 Michael Collins:
No, you can't “make up” for a crappy meal by skipping a meal or two. The
body isn't designed that way. You'll actually be digging yourself in a
deeper hole by throwing your body's processes out of whack.
And as Eugene points out, you can't
use exercise to undo a crappy diet.
Save this as a
treat AFTER you've reached your goal
Here's a better solution
If you know you're going to go out for dinner, and you haven't yet
mastered the art of control at the dinner table, you can
reduce the damage in other ways.
1) Before going out to dinner, eat
a small meal consisting of a solid source of protein with some
fibrous vegetables, such as grilled chicken and broccoli. This
combination will fill you up and satiate you so you're less likely to
eat too much.
2) Snack on a green apple before
going out. Green apples have a natural compound in the skin that tend to
make you less likely to binge on unhealthy foods. They also contain
pectin, which is a fiber that expands in the stomach, making you feel
full. A client of mine had great results with it,
as you can
read in the
Green Apple (Mini) Project.
Squash your cravings...
3) Perform your most challenging
weight training workout of the week a few hours before going out for
dinner. An intense workout
raises your metabolism for the next several hours, resulting in a
lot of the food you eat being burnt off instead of stored.
This phenomena is called
EPOC.
Another benefit of a hard workout before the meal is that you can take
advantage of the hormone surges, where much of the protein and
carbohydrate will go towards anabolism (repair) and glycogen stores.
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