Showing posts with label #journey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #journey. Show all posts

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Saying you're too overweight to exercise is like saying you're too skinny to eat.


    Your body needs exercise just the way your body needs food. No matter how overweight you are, you can do something to start the process of losing fat, strengthening your bones, and relieving your joints of the load that they're carrying.
    Start small: Walk 5 minutes day, and increase by 1 or 2 minutes every few days. Soon, you'll be fit enough to walk an hour a day. You can even start small with resistance training. Doing simple exercises with soup cans or books will stimulate your muscles in new ways-and begin the process of kick-starting your metabolism so your body can burn fat.

If you want to live longer, start today. Your family-and your younger body-will thank you.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

How often do you have your "treat" ??

So I learned a hard lesson this past week. I restrain myself and my family and we eat so perfect for a good 4 weeks....so I've taught my family that they don't need the willpower I have it for them, but when all my willpower is gone no one is there to help me fight against my cravings. So I fall down...and I fall hard! So after way to much Ice Cream and a few to many s'mores I have come to realize I need to "treat" myself a little more often and not take so much control of how my family eats. If they slip, I can't use all my energy talking them down. Hard lesson, but I'm glad I've learned it! I see the next 4 weeks being much more productive and a lot less stressful! What are you learning on your journey?

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Morning, Noon, or Night?

In my perfect world I would wake up at 5:00 am and eat a small breakfast...clean the house for 30 minutes and then do my workout! I would shower and be ready to start my day! (daydream)
Oh sorry back to reality! I have two kids, one is a baby and one is in First Grade and I homeschool her....so my world is NOT even close to perfect...But I do schedule my workouts!
I workout around noon time! When my son is sleeping! It makes my day start very late but I ALWAYS schedule my workout time in! Just like I would an appointment! If someone asks hey can you call around noon...nope, sorry I have myself scheduled for that time to be doing something else!
You are more likely to do your workout if it's on your calendar then leaving it to chance! So I ask...do you workout morning, noon, or night? Are you scheduling it?
Happy Workouts!

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Monday, September 24, 2012

Memorize it!

You can clean your eating habits up so much by just cooking your food different. If change is hard for you and you're wanting to start small...start here! Change how you cook and we can work on changing what you cook later!

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

I get a lot of questions about what to eat and how much....yoyo diets, and gaining weight back!

When you talk about dieting you are setting your-self up for failure! You are not going to gain long term success from a diet. So instead of cutting out carbs completely or eating certain foods for a certain amount of time, lets CHANGE what we eat and how we cook it.
You eat eggs and bacon with butter toast for breakfast! Ok, so do I! I eat 1 whole egg and 2 egg whites (120 calories compared to 3 whole eggs at 210 calories!) I eat 2 strips of turkey bacon (50 calories compared to 100 calories) and I have one slice of whole grain or whole wheat bread with my egg and bacon on it! So I don't need butter .... that saves another 50 calories! So my breakfast is 280 calories and yours is  460!
You eat a bag of chips for a snack....try lightly salted cucumber or 100 calories bag of plain popcorn with light salt!!
For lunch you stop at a burger joint and get a triple burger and large fries !!! I have a turkey burger with sweet potato fries!
You may skip the next snack which makes you hungrier at supper time so you eat two plates instead a one. You double your calories right there! Portion your meals! If one portion is too high in calories try to fix the recipe in order to lower the calories!
I hope this helps you! Small Changes in you lifestyle can make a huge difference! Switch pop for water and you will see a huge change over a 30 day period! But don't go back! Start with one less pop today and one more water....then next week 2 less....and so on! 100 extra calories a day equals 10 pounds in one year! Start in small steps and you will see yourself GROW! And your pants size shrink!

So get out of your own way!!!