I took a random survey tonight, asking 8 members whom I was training what they eat after working out.
- 6 of the 8 said they don't eat after training.
- 1 of the 2 that eats after training eats only because I give her food and make her eat.
- The other 1 of the 2 that eats after training buys a protein shake at our juice bar.
- This means that I'm feeding the 2 of the 2 that do eat.
When I then asked them why they don't eat after training they said "because I am dieting". "Because you are dieting?! That should be why it is all that more important for you to eat!" I responded with. I was definitely shocked to hear this and thus stemmed a lecture to them all about the importance of eating a post-training meal.
When I made an analogy between trying to run a car on an empty tank with them training on no food, one joked and said "but I'm not a car." "Exactly", I told him, "so why do you treat your car better than your body?! Food is your fuel."
Behind the juice bar I've printed a Korean version of a food diary I've typed up for my personal training clients, so I had them all stand at the juice bar and take a look at it. One person asked me if it was my diary for the week and then nearly choked when I told her that no, it's actually my food diary for one day. I eat 6 meals a day -- 6 smaller meals, one meal every 2.5-3hrs. I then went and asked them how many times I day they eat. The most meals one person ate was 3 but a couple of them noted only 1 or 2 meals, now it was me who was left choking on what I heard. I don't claim to have a perfect body by any means but I've been eating 6 meals a day now for about 3-4 years and it's done wonders on my body composition as well as with my training. I can't remember the last time I was sick and I'll be the first to admit my clean eating and 6 smaller meals plays a huge role in maintaining my non-stop hectic schedule that's jam packed with training -- training of my clients and my own personal training.
One of them who only eats 1 meal a day said she could never eat 6 meals a day and was quite stubborn with wanting to stick to only eating one meal. "I've been eating like this for years", she told me to which I responded "and apparently it hasn't been working. You're here now and overweight". It was a harsh thing to say but it was the reality of her situation. She says she wants to change but give her some advice on how to do so and all of a sudden she starts to justify her bad habits; this is very typical. No ifs, ands or buts about it, if you want to change then you can but you have to WANT IT. I can't want it for you. It always amazes me how people ask me for help but then come back with all these reasons why they can't change.
Today I weighed in three of my members and they lost an average of 5% body fat each which is awesome. All three of these members train hard like other members but I know they all eat after training, unlike many other members. One of them is my Poster Child Girl. She eats what I give her after training and I know that if I don't give her food then she won't eat -- she's developed a kind of "food is the enemy" mentality. "Food is not the enemy", I told her, "you're thinking is. Change your eating and your body will have no choice but to follow."
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