Here's another debate that's raging on in the world of fitness that's going to cause nothing but confusion and arguments.
The debate is all about meal timing.
Some say it's best to graze and eat smaller meals through the day.
Others say it's best to eat with great amounts of time in between each meal.
Both schools of thought are about maximizing some sort of fat blasting or muscle building strategy.
To be honest through, I think we are starting to split hairs here.
In the end, both schools of thought have delivered the goods.
So the point I'm looking to make is that if both ideas work, maybe the important component is neither to eat often or not so often.
Today I found the answer.
I went out for an errand that should have taken me 20 minutes but took me 4 hours without a chance to eat.
Since I didn't have much for breakfast, I quickly grew hungry and my blood sugar plummeted.
I grew tired, lethargic and anxious.
When I finally got home I was so hungry I devoured everything in sight.
I ate far more than I usually do and as a result I was still tired, lethargic and not so pleasant to be around.
I'm always an advocate that no matter what your fitness goals are, you simply must keep your energy level up.
If your energy tanks you can't do much of anything very well.
So not eating makes the energy level drop, and eating too much makes the energy level drop.
Damned if we do and damned if we don't.
Well as long as we don't go to extremes.
If your hungry (truly hungry) then go ahead and eat, but keep it to just enough to satisfy.
No need to clean the plate and force the last slice of pizza down.
Just enough at the right times is our only chance of keeping the blood sugar level, the energy up and on the path to success.