Nutrition-The Key to a Good Program

As I've gotten older and a little wiser, it has become quite apparent that what you eat is more important than the exercise. If you try and mix Big Macs with cardio and weight training, you will fall short of your goals every time. That's why I believe whole-heartedly that proper nutrition is at least 80% responsible for the success with every good program. Even more important may be tracking what you put in every day. I use a simple pad and paper to jot down everything, but use fitday.com to tabulate the calories and break them down. Eventually, you get to the point where you know exactly how many carbs and proteins are in each serving. 

Of course you have to cheat at least once a week otherwise a person would go crazy. That's why Sunday night is officially "ice cream night". Plus my wife really likes when I treat. You don't have to be perfect, but shoot for about 90%. Gonna do another workout from @2K3 tomorrow...mainly upper body, wish me luck!!