Over the years I have tried different things for weight loss and muscle gain and at the age of 18 was where I think I did the most damage to my body due to a lack of education and a burning desire to be skinny because that was the "in thing" and unfortunately there is still the pressure to be slim all the time.
I dont want people and especially young girls to make the same mistakes and I did growing up.
I have a little sister and want to point her on the right path so I'm being very honest on some of the mistakes I made and how I over came it
Below are my top 5 biggest mistakes I don't anyone else to make..
1. Under eating and over training
Why is it bad for you?
Have you ever herd of the term skinny fat? what happens is when you under eat and train hard your body needs fuel so if you aren't giving it the proper fuel then it will leave your fat stores and take it straight from your muscle.. What your left with is you looking slimmer because you have lost all your muscle but its all loose and flabby because you don't have any muscle or shape
How I over came it!!
After I burnt all my muscle and was left looking skinny fat I hated how my body looked. I spoke to a fitness professional and realised I wasn't eating enough food so I download my fitness pal which is a app and it works out your calories for you and every time i would eat something I added it in there so I knew how many calories I needed to eat per day
2. Skipping meals!!
Why is it bad?
When your body doesn't think it will get fed it will go into panic mode and hold onto everything you eat because it thinks it won't get fed which then leads to weight gain.
How i over came it!!
I would set an alarm on my phone to go off every 2 - 3 hours reminding me to eat and what number meal I was up to
3. Over training!!
I must have ADD or something going on because I would train for 4 - 5 hours a day from walking in the morning to beach sprints then a weights session finished with cardio again. My body was under so much stress from not having rest and recovery I was constantly getting shin splints which hurt so bad and tight muscles which gave me a head aches every day and my hormones where completely out of whack so I was always emotional haha
How I fixed it!!
My shin splints made it impossible for me to train so I was forced to have a break for 4 weeks. Having all this time off from training I decided to do research. I found a picture of some fitness model I looked up to who happened to be andrea brazier and googled her training program and tried that instead of all my crazy training then I realised I didn't have to do crazy amounts of training
4. Guilt training!!
I used to have the worlds biggest sweet tooth as a kid I would eat ice cream for breakfast if I could. As a kid you don't care you're like what ever this cream bun or chocolate cake is epic haha teenagers start to get more health conscious and start watching their weight. So if I did have something bad to eat after I ate it I would go for a 3K run to burn it off because I was so scared of putting weight on
How I over came it!!
By guilt training my weight fluctuated like crazy which then again leads to skinny fat. I still remember someone saying to me "If you eat one good meal will that make you skinny instantly?" me - No
"Sooooo will one bad meal make you instantly fat?" me - No
then it clicked haha
What I did decided to do was I gave myself a cheat day and said to myself if I eat proper food monday to Friday I will have the weekend off and I will be ok
5. Not wearing proper fitness gear
As much as I love my Adidas kicks they have zero support and gave me skin splints and collapsed arches and my feet decided to roll in and everything was out of whack which then lead to numerous physio sessions and orthotics to correct my posture
How I overcame it?
I went into foot locker "BUUUUUURP HALF TIME" hahaha sorry the guys there do like referees hahaha The guys there measured my feet and I got fitted properly with shoes to cater for my training
Hope this info will help you or someone you know that is a teenager that might be struggling
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