Fifty plus FIT: HELP! I'M SABOTAGING MY HEALTH AND FITNESS

Fifty plus FIT: HELP! I'M SABOTAGING MY HEALTH AND FITNESS

HELP! I'M SABOTAGING MY HEALTH AND FITNESS

 

FOOD ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND...the spiral affect

Breakfast: You start with a cup of coffee and add Coffeemate, for me it's Italian Sweet Cream, YUM Or you head to Starbucks and get your fav creation of Lattes or Machiatos. That starts it...

All of the sudden you get an insatiable desire for breads "Mmmm a bagel sounds great!" "yes I'll have cream cheese too!"  You finish that simple and filling breakfast and what?  You're dying for something sweet?  "But I just ate?"  

Lunch: "How about a Cheeseburger, Fries and a Coke, no I'll do a diet Coke" "Oh and don't bother bringing the bun, I'm watching my calories" "How about a Wrap, that must be less calories?"  Or you go to Subway and get the 6" - 300 calorie choice and you ditch the regular chips for a bag of baked chips to save on calories and it's healthier too. 

Mid Afternoon: "I am dying for something sweet!"  So you head to the vending machine.

Dinner: "YUMMO!" Grilled Chicken with baked potato and corn! "Now this has to be healthy!" Within an hour of eating you're back in the fridge looking for something to munch on.

Have you ever thought about the 'Why' the cravings start? I mean you think that some of it has to be self control or lack thereof, and just where you are right now, not able to get it together and determine to eat right.  Yeah, we take this all on and feel it's our emotional comfort eating season when truly there is a far greater reason this is happening.

Food producers these days, are first of all using all types of fertilizers and chemicals to treat crops in order to maximize outcomes and of course gain profits.The Farms are using antibiotics in their cattle, chickens etc...and using corn feed.  The true outcome is sabotaging us in several ways.  Many of the chemicals used are carcinogenic and can truly get those radical cells we all have come to life, driving disease such as cancer and others and that's only half of it.

Foods can actually cause your cravings!  That is why for instance when you eat starchy products or bad carbs you suddenly get a craving for sweets!  It's real, the cravings are driven by the foods we eat.  It's insane and we unknowingly allow ourselves to be sabotaged.

Dr Mark Hyman, author of The Blood Sugar Solution says..

"Our government and food industry both encourage more "personal responsibility" when it comes to battling the obesity epidemic and its associated diseases. They say people should exercise more self-control, make better choices, avoid overeating, and reduce their intake of sugar-sweetened drinks and processed food. We are led to believe that there is no good food or bad food, that it's all a matter of balance."

"This all sounds good in theory but...
"New discoveries in science prove that industrially processed, sugar-, fat- and salt-laden food -- food that is made in a plant rather than grown on a plant, as Michael Pollan would say -- is biologically addictive."

"Imagine a foot-high pile of broccoli, or a giant bowl of apple slices. Do you know anyone who would binge broccoli or apples? On other hand, imagine a mountain of potato chips or a whole bag of cookies, or a pint of ice cream. Those are easy to imagining vanishing in an unconscious, reptilian brain eating frenzy. Broccoli is not addictive, but cookies, chips, or soda absolutely can become addictive drugs."
It's all about balancing your blood sugar.  So as much as the junk food hits the spot, you can retrain yourself with balanced blood sugar to enjoy a fresh fruit or crisp veggies in/and to take the place of the junk. 

We have a push from the White House to end obesity, to get healthy foods in schools, yet recently I learned that our government subsidizes the food producers that make the processed foods and the farmers with the chemically treated plants however they do NOT subsidize organic farmers and food producers. What is wrong with this picture?  We're calling for healthcare reform and subsidizing what causes many of our health problems to begin with.

Also I mentioned yesterday that if you are dealing with chronic illness there is a VERY STRONG chance that you can reverse your illness by just changing what you eat rather than doing what most Doctors prescribe.  Medications buffer the affects and only make the pharmaceutical companies fatter.  Wouldn't you like to believe that you have control over your own health and fitness?  Well you do!

It's Insane to keep this up.  Do you want to stop the insanity and not fall for the game that processed foods play in sabotaging you're health and fitness goals?  Then get on board!  Research, read and get your own information and knowledge, to validate this.  No matter what, try hard to limit or eliminate the processed food train and go with fresh natural foods!  IE: Grass fed meats, organically grown veggies and fruits, 

We went to Whole Foods two weeks ago to start ourselves.  Our normal food bill at our local grocer was around $165.00 per week. Our bill at Whole Foods was about the same...it's amazing when you rid yourself of the processed chips, snacks etc..you can afford the 'good for you' food, it really takes the excuse out of the normal response to eating healthy and organic you know which one I mean; "It's way too expensive"!  It's isn't at all too expensive when you cut out the food that is literally sabotaging our minds and bodies into believing it's just motivation that stops us from getting Healthy and Fit.  Try it one step at a time, start incorporating clean food into your weekly grocery shopping and eliminating all processed foods!  

Oh and then there is the whole allergy possibility to Wheat, Gluten and Dairy, but that's a subject for a future blog.

It's Just Me, Val Ciao'!
http://beachbodycoach.com/valstay

HEALTHY & FIT WHERE ARE YOU?

How many people would pay for a can of motivation to get & stay healthy & fit?

Health and Fitness is high on everyone's bucket list.  Obesity runs rampid today, and highlighted in the news daily as well.  Diagnosis of pre-diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol are all on the rise. And popular answers are making pharmaceutical companies fatter and fatter!  There's got to be a better way.  

It's all easy, right?  Wrong!!!  Why?

MOTIVATION MOTIVATION MOTIVATION MOTIVATION MOTIVATION MOTIVATION

I swear if we could bottle MOTIVATION we'd make a Fortune!

You're motivated, you say? Awesome! 

And, you are now healthy and fit, or well on your way and journey

What finally motivated you? Do you know what others would pay for Motivation?

You're struggling with Motivation?  What does Healthy and Fit look like to you?

What would you pay to get healthy and fit?  We certainly know you will pay if you don't get there.

Many train of thoughts exist on BEST PRACTICES for HOW TO lose weight but it gets confusing and hard to follow: 

• Weigh in NO Don't Weigh in
• Check your BMI, NO Check your BMR
• Measure inches NO Measure fat NO Measure both
• Eat Wheat NO Don't Eat Wheat
• Eat Gluten NO Don't Eat Gluten
• Don't Eat Sugar No Eat Pure Cane Sugar
• Drink Coffee NO Don't Drink Coffee
• Eat 5 meals per day NO Eat 3 meals a day
• Eat before bed NO don't eat 3 hours before bed

By now you're screaming "HELP!,  This has to be easier!"

The good news is that there is ONE simple answer to remember - 

The Formula: Calories in vs Calories burned = Weightloss or Weightgain

500 calories burned or decreased per day will result in ONE POUND lost per week

Likewise, eat more calories than you burn and it will result in a weightgain.

That's it!  Simple yes?  Well sort of...you have to keep in mind the types of calories you're consuming.

Here's what we are doing in our home that works:

• Setting small achievable goals
• Weigh in once a month
• Eating Healthy and Clean (what does that mean?)
• 2 portions of fruit daily
• Unlimited veggies daily
• About 3 oz of Protein the size of a deck of cards twice daily
• Limited carbs to 1/2 cup at lunch and dinner, however make them good carbs
• Two healthy snacks daily (stay away from 100 calorie bagged snacks)
• HYDRATE WITH H2o; drink 1/2 your weight in ounces of water per day!
• Exercise daily and the latest train of thought is that muscle confusion works best
• Lastly whenever possible make your food choices Organic Why?  Processed and chemically treated food is full of addictive and carcinogenic elements. (More on this in a later blog) A great book to read on this is: The Blood Sugar Solution by Dr. Mark Hyman

You say you aren't a lover of Veggies?  Fruit?  Or Both?  

There are answers for that as well! Feel free to ask me what we use. I'll be glad to share.  It takes care of all those daily requirements and more.

So there you have it, the formula and best action items for mapping your way to health and fitness. And now you say "But Val, I still can't find the MOTIVATION" You need an 'AHA MOMENT' one that will last and get you going to the next step. Here's my first step to getting there:

Remember, we are creatures of habit.  Habits are formed over 21 days. It has been said that if we  "Do the same thing over and over again and get the same results it is Insanity"   Well that same thought applies to Good Habits!  My fav phrase to drive me in the right direction is: 

"ZERO TO ONE"

We love the sense of accomplishment.  It's healing, It's gratifying, It's MOTIVATING!

ZERO TO ONE is about making a commitment to make ONE MOVE today, any one move.  For instance determine to Drink All Your Water today, OR No Sugar today OR take a walk today, OR whatever it is that you know you need to do to start the process, just make ONE MOVE towards that, GET IT DONE right now. The result?  Amazing, it will set off a sense of accomplishment that will feed your brain with 'feel good' 'motivational' vibes to want more, I PROMISE YOU this will happen.  So commit today to ZERO TO ONE, Get the Job Done!.

I have several fitness groups I run on Facebook and from time to time we do a challenge.  It starts with everyone willing in the group to commit to getting up the next morning and making that move right out of bed, then report back to the group for accountability sake.  IT WORKS!  And we get excited about the results too!

Join me on my journey to Health and Fitness!  Comment below if you are in and I'll help you with your next steps!

Make today your tomorrow before it gets here, we have no promises for anything further AND we can't change our yesterday.  I'm so excited to see you get started!

It's Just Me, Val! Ciao'

http://beachbodycoach.com/valstay