Getting fit while still eating junk food?

SuprSi

I've been putting on a slight bit of weight for the last year now, and have for ages been postponing doing something about it. My main conern is giving up the foods I like, particularly chocolate and ice cream

I play soccer 3 times a week, and of late have decided that I'm going to start running in between soccer whenever I can.

Is it possible to get fit and lose weight, playing this amount of sport and running, while still eating smallish amounts of junk food? I should add that outside chocolate and stuff I have a good diet, rarely eating fatty foods or take-aways.

Cheers,

Si.

Chucky the tree

it should be easy enough.

you will certainly get fit, i dont know if you will lose a huge amount of weight though. The odd few chocolate bars and take-away food shouldnt be a huge restriction of loosing a small amount of weight.

kazzer

Plan your daily calorie allowances, and incorporate a small amount of junk food into your diet. Perhaps a small bit at the weekend say. As long as you take in fewer calories than you need and are physically active (you play sport which is great), you will lose the excess weight, even with the junk food.

Giving up junk food indefinitely is unrealistic anyway.

p.pete

Article on ice-cream and exercise as for chocolate, it's derived from a fruit, provides energy and contains calcium and caffeine

SuprSi

All good news It's not like I pig out, but I've a truckload of stuff left over from Christmas and I'm not going to let it go to waste, so rather than leaving it, or tucking into it and doing nothing, I'll eat the junk and just exercise more - sounds easy hehe!

Cheers,

Si.

joc_06

Here's a list of recipe's for a good diet for athletes but for anyone really.
A lot of them contain amout of fat and calories per serving and it seems like everyday stuff you'd have around the house.

http://home.pacbell.net/leewaysf/food.html
Some good links too.

trotter_inc

joc_06 wrote:

http://home.pacbell.net/leewaysf/food.html
Some good links too.

Thanks joc - looks like there's some good adive in there.

Sangre

You'll get fitter but we don't know if you'll lose weight with the information you have here.
When I'm training or going to the gym regularly I would never eat junk food (not that I would normally) but I just think that a Mars bar is like 400 calories, then I think how long it takes for me to burn that off running or cycling and think, **** that and grab myself something else

tomED

My opinion would be that you can get fit whilst eating junk food, but you won't lose eight, nor are you doing your body any good to remain fit in the long run!

I was a fattie at one stage and for me I lost weight through my diet and kept it off with exercise and watching what i was eating!

You can exercise all you like, but if you eat too much of the wrong things you'll still put on weight.

Kasser is right, you need plan your calorie intake if you want to lose weight!

my two cents