RIO Fitness Chicago® Exercise & Nutrition Blog

RIO Fitness Chicago® Tip:

Halloween parties start tomorrow! If you're still not fitting into your costume, don't resort to starving yourself. Starving will result in loss in scale weight, but in the long term it will cause weight gain; because your body will hold onto your fat (energy reserve), anything you do consume is stored as fat, and eventually muscle will be consumed for fuel.

Healthier steps you can take right now is to:

1) Completely avoid all high glycemic carbs (bread/pasta/rice/oats) for the weekend. Fruit/veggies are low glycemic and the carbs ok to eat.

2) Avoid high sodium foods which cause you to retain water = you look/feel bloated. Eat high potassium foods (banana, beans, spinach) to lower water levels in the body. List of other high potassium foods http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/food/potassium-foods.htm