Food is Not the Enemy

It would be easy to blame food for being overweight and unhealthy, but the truth is food is not the enemy.  In fact, our survival is based on our need for food and water to run our body.  If we are honest about our lives, it is about taking responsibility for our fitness and making choices to keep us healthy.  Quality of food could be part of the issue, but then again who is making the decision to eat the frozen pizzas, burgers and fries in super size portions.  Actually, getting down to the chemistry and caloric needs of our body, eating too much is the biggest factor of not being fit.  Even if we ate the crap food and kept it within the calorie portion to run our body, we could be labeled 'skinny fat people'.  On the outside we may give an appearance of being an appropriate weight, but inside we are a hot mess and feeling like it.  There is nothing good that exists in processed fake food and the damage it does to our body through inflammation and disease is alarming.

Food is our friend and turning the crap into quality is what will change our bodies into fit, healthy people.  You have heard "no-one ever got fat eating too much kale"  and not that I would sit around eating kale all day but you get the point of the statement.  If we start eating to live instead of the other way around, a huge change in the obesity epidemic would happen as the shift toward eating the right stuff would finally be taking place.  How our bodies look and feel are our responsibility and we can absolutely use healthy food to control much of that.  We are hit in the face all day long with fast food commercials, peer pressure, and even sabotage by our own hands or significant other to turn to the dark side of food.  You have the power to see food as your friend and control what you put in your face.  The donut may look appealing but that apple is going to supply the best nutrients to fuel your body and push you closer to your fitness goals.

As the sports nutrition expert on the about.com network, I am always providing fresh exciting content for you.  Check out my recent articles on white rice, eating full-fats, how salt recommendations have been challenged and so much more.  You are guaranteed to find several subjects that interest you and may even have questions about.

Don't forget to subscribe below to never miss a free update of the Stay Healthy Fitness Blog!

             DON'T MISS MY FREE UPDATES

Be well and Stay Healthy!

Be a Leader not a Follower with Your Fitness

My daughter's 1st grade teacher let me know she would always be a leader and not a follower and this still holds true 24-years later.  I have also remained great friends with the awesome lady providing this advice, and I think about it often and how it applies to health and fitness. We all need to be leaders and not followers when it comes to our nutrition, exercise, sleep and everything related to improving the quality of our health.

I am a  skeptic when it comes to the "too good to be true" fitness miracles regardless of who is sharing the information.  I refuse to follow into the beliefs of others just because they heard it was the next best thing to sliced bread and how they have lost 20lbs in 5 days, or some crazy thing like that.  I feel the same way about exercise programs and will not trend in with the crowd because it has been advertised as the coolest "big hit" workout ever.  What does impress me is solid research and leading myself with what works best for me nutritionally and physically.  Everything else is just fluff until proven quality.  Sure it takes work when you are a leader, but it is worth the time and effort to ensure sound principles are being applied to your health.  There is so much crap out there that can actually hurt you and to not be aware of this fact is negligent.

Leaders also do not feel the need to compare and are confident moving forward, regardless of how slow, with a tried and true fitness program.  Followers are more apt to give up and jump to the next new fitness "thing" in hopes of achieving something from empty promises.  Leaders stand firm with dedication while followers get lost in the shuffle.  Leaders will get lifelong results and followers will yo-yo through and typically end up right where they started or worse.  Science has already proven consistent healthy eating and regular exercise is the answer to good health and leaders understand and accept this fact. Followers continue to struggle because they want fast and easy and typically the results worn by the leaders.

It is so important to understand being a leader will be the success of your overall health and fitness.  We all have differing things going on genetically, medically, and even emotionally worthy of our time and attention so an accurate fitness program specific to each of us can be applied.  It is time to stop jumping through someone else's hoop and think that is going to work and start being a leader with your fitness.

My current article on the About network covers science-backed nutrition recommendations for contest preparation and natural bodybuilding.  This is a great read and right on track with being a leader!

Science Steps Up with Nutrition Recommendations
Read the Article!

 

Thanks for stopping by my Blog and don't forget to subscribe below to never miss a free update:

             DON'T MISS MY FREE UPDATES

Be well and Stay Healthy!