Hiatus.

Heyy everyone! Sorry about going on hiatus for a little while. Life definitely passes by in the blink of an eye. School has completely taken over my life, but in 3 years I will be totally done with that.
Anyways, with that being said, I will start another blog along with this one just about LIFE.. it will be more of a personal blog..Kind of just inspirational for myself and whoever else feels like taking a look into my journey :)

Weight loss is definitely a constant battle. The second you start slacking it becomes a LOSING battle. I know this from personal experience. Ever since my last blog I have seriously been slacking in the motivation department, just from being drained from school, work, and just everyday life. But you CANNOT let that get you down! A workout is the best way to recover from any kind of day.. an absolute horrible one or the greatest day of your life. A friend of mine posted on facebook a neat lil way to help keep the motivation there. It's what I call a "workout piggy bank". Everytime you workout you place a dollar in it. Keep doing this until you reach you goal..Then you'll have money for the extra clothes that you'll need. AND .. just alil extra incentive.. if you eat good that day (like in your calorie range without busting) then reward yourself with an extra dollar or two depending on how you did.



 

this is the workout piggy bank. TIP yourself for doing good!

 

 

"It's easier to wake up early and work out than it is to look in the mirror each day and not like what you see."

You are what you eat!

All I want to do is change the world one person at a time. You deserve to have the right to know what you’re eating and the process of what happens to the food you eat. If you knew these two things you’d probably view food in a whole new perspective. Lots of meats are full of antibiotics and hormones. YES- MEDICINE! Some antibiotics are used in the animal feed and their bodies become resistant to the antibodies..so what you think happens once we consume these meats? Our bodies become resistant to those antibiotics too..which makes it more difficult for you to fight an infection (if the antibiotic given to you to help fight it was the one used in the animals feed).  And the hormones…Little girls are now starting to develop at a very young age..their periods are starting younger and younger! (What I think is) Because of these hormones our bodies are reacting in ways they aren’t supposed to. Factories put hormones in chicken and cattle  to speed up the rate at which they grow. They need them to develop faster to keep up with the high demand of the fast food industry. So, they give their animals these hormones. Chicken can’t even keep up with the rate at which they’re growing. They have these ginormous breast, and they can’t walk. Their bones can’t keep up with the rate at which it is maturing. So they just collapse. So in theory, we keep eating more and more processed foods and fast food..then why you think kids are developing so early? Their bodies are reacting to all the hormones as well.

My previous post was about the PINK SLIME. Well that really is inside of a fast food/processed chicken nugget..and meat. When you look inside the chicken nugget does it look like chicken you cook at home? NO! So what exactly are you eating? I love the way my dietetics professor puts it.. “You’re eating LIPS & BUTTHOLES people! Lips and buttholes!”  When processed food is being made, they aren’t going to use the expensive cuts of meat to make it..that goes to high-end restaurants  and some grocery stores..not in bagged/frozen foods or a fast food chain. Instead all the scraps from that piece of meat..and all the “left overs” of the animal get grinded up, put into ammonia to kill bacteria, and then is made to look like ground meat. Makes you feel real comfy about what you eat, right? I don’t know about you..but my mom never let me eat household chemicals/cleaners when growing up..I surely don’t  want to start now.

I have a video that is attached to this post. Please take the time to watch it. It was shown in my dietetics class and I think it is very important and informative when it comes to processed foods..It’s definitely an eye opener!  

Slowly,(as we all know)  we are killing ourselves with the food we eat. Healthier decisions can be made and could make the world of difference to your body. If you don’t want all these antibiotics, hormones, and “Lips& buttholes” in your food it’s as simple as reading the label before you buy it. When a product says “organic” this means that it was produced on a farm NOT a factory. It does not contain any antibiotics, hormones, or anything extra. It’s NATURAL. According to the USDA, atleast 95% of the product MUST be natural to be considered ORGANIC. Usually the product is like 97-98%. That is well worth your money. [MAKE SURE THAT THE PRODUCT HAS THE USDA’S ORGANIC SEAL TO BE SURE THAT THE COMPANY IS NOT A FRAUD!] And of course, since it takes a lot more time and effort to grow the product, it will cost you a little more than processed foods. BUT! In the long run does it really? I mean, processed foods are slowly killing you…and with the doctor bills and sicknesses you’ll probably end up spending more on that!

My next few post won’t be on fast food & processed foods. I just wanted to make you aware of what you are consuming, you have the right! HAPPY NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH! J

Incentive.

I absolutely LOVE this idea! Reward yourself for doing something good! :)