Which do you find more difficult: Diet or Exercise?

SuprSi

Pretty simple question, but I know I find the exercising side of things much easier than dieting. During the week my diet is excellent, but come the weekend I just can't stop myself eating crap, which partially (if not fully sometimes) ruins the good work I put in during the week.

Wifey, on the other hand, hates exercise but has no problem dieting.

So, which do you find more difficult?

Theresalwaysone

Diet. AINEC.

Outkast_IRE

Exercise at the moment, simply because I am currently doing a long commute each day, and have very little time in the evenings.

Diet I can manage because I bring a packed lunch each day so as to avoid any temptation.

Maximus Alexander

Definitely diet, food is one of the great pleasures in life and, unfortunately, the most pleasurable food is usually the worst. Exercise has immediate benefits, in that you feel great right after a workout - you don't get that from denying yourself nice food.

That said, they usually go hand in hand. I find if I'm doing regular exercise I'm more inclined to avoid crappy foods so as not to undo my good work.

Stench Blossoms

Diet. I love food.

t_dog

Diet.. When exercising I eat better, but portion control goes out the window.

Going at peanut butter and almond butter with a desert spoon is a problem... As is baking extra sweet potatoes for the next day and then just eating them all cos they get smaller when baking...

Bandit 6

exercise is easy, avoiding food and drink I love is hard, near impossible in fact!

I love exercise and i love food...

Mr. CooL ICE

Diet. I love chocolate, biscuits, chocolate biscuits and eating massive spoons of peanut butter from the jar makes my food cavings easier.

Only thing about exercise I find difficult is not having enough time for it all.

desertcircus

Diet, by a long way. I enjoy the exercise I do, and I'd cycle for pleasure even if it did nothing for my health, but even the best healthy food can't compete with carbs, fat and salt. There is no healthy option that compares to even a mediocre bacon cheeseburger.

Stereomaniac

Diet.

Hanley

If anyone says eating well 24/7 is easier than training, they're a dirty rotten liar

desertcircus

Of course, if you train hard enough and long enough, you reach the Phelps Horizon, where consumption of huge quantities of junk becomes positively necessary.

Stereomaniac

I guess I'll have to get back to you when I have reached that stage, I'm a long way off yet though.

MD1990

Hanley wrote: »

If anyone says eating well 24/7 is easier than training, they're a dirty rotten liar

Not exactly. I find its best to stay away completly from junk food rather than eat it occasionaly.

Hanley

MD1990 wrote: »

Not exactly. I find its best to stay away completly from junk food rather than eat it occasionaly.

Avoiding junk food doesn't mean you're eating a healthy balanced diet.

dylbert

Training is fun, keeping on top of my diet takes allot more work.

MD1990

SuprSi wrote: »

Pretty simple question, but I know I find the exercising side of things much easier than dieting. During the week my diet is excellent, but come the weekend I just can't stop myself eating crap, which partially (if not fully sometimes) ruins the good work I put in during the week.

Wifey, on the other hand, hates exercise but has no problem dieting.

So, which do you find more difficult?

Hanley wrote: »

Avoiding junk food doesn't mean you're eating a healthy balanced diet.

I know that. Im referring to the OP about eating crap which i think he means junk food.

Frigga_92

Exercise.

Devia

Diet. Mainly the beer element of it.

clara_thornton

MD1990 wrote: »

Not exactly. I find its best to stay away completly from junk food rather than eat it occasionaly.

Diet for sure. I can take a half hour to an hour at least once every two days to go for a run but I have an insatiable sweet tooth.

Alf Veedersane

It's a rocky road, keeping diet on track.

And also what I'm eating right now.

Alf Veedersane

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

It's a rocky road, keeping diet on track.

And also what I'm eating right now.

Can't just survive on phish food all the time



but I can try!

HigginsJ

Exercise, find it a struggle to get out of bed before work to go for a run.

For me diet is something I can control. Take no spare change to work only healthy lunch & fruit

Crumpets

Definitely diet. I'll happily exercise on a regular basis but I LOVE food.

acon2119

Diet

Cake Man

Diet definitely harder I think.
Diet is something you need to keep on top of 24/7 whereas training is something you only have to do 3 or 4 times a week and even at that it's an hour or so of training (personally speaking).

Don't get me wrong, I've had days where I just wasn't in the humour to train but I've never skipped it out of not being arsed and you always feel better for it afterwards. I think it's much easier and more tempting to reach for the chocolate/biscuits,doesn't help when you have a horribly sweet tooth!

Inspector Coptoor

Diet, diet, diet and then diet again.

It's by far the hardest to do get consistently right on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.

Last week was as near to a perfect training week I've ever put in, and I hit all my protein macro requirements, the carb intake was however, off the chart.

Windorah

I get up at 5am to get a run in before work... Then Trying to avoid the biscuits and goodies while at work.. Very very hard!

Zamboni

I find diet and exercise go hand in hand.
I can't do one without the other. If one slides, both slides.
I'm either a clean paleo eating gym rat or a supermac's couch potato

Inspector Coptoor

Inspector Coptoor wrote: »

Diet, diet, diet and then diet again.

It's by far the hardest to do get consistently right on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.

Last week was as near to a perfect training week I've ever put in, and I hit all my protein macro requirements, the carb intake was however, off the chart.

Eat ALL the protein... and the sweets

at least the nairns oat biscuits are hard to overdose on