Something useful

I am all about enlightening, aren't I? It is not because I think everyone needs to be, or I think I am the best person to do so, but I do feel this urge of making a small imporvement and pass on what I learn, and to share my take on things I feel we ought to change. If we never speak up or make an effort about anything can we really complain if things aren't the way we want them to be? OK, enough of that.

What I really wanted to talk about is eating habits. How you can eat and drink yourself skinny(er). First step is to increase your water intake and believe me, most everyone can work on that. Our body is 66% water and it is so for a reason, wouldn't you think? Easy way to monitor your hydration level is by the color of urine: look it up online, but I can tell you that it should not be yellow or orange, it should be watered down or pale yellow. Another way to keep track is to remember to drink an 8oz bottle about every hour or two. I always drink water right at bedtime also, and never wake up with a headache or parched mouth. Water aids the digestion process and keeps your body going through the night. Try it and make it a habit!

Eat often, small portions and more protein than carbs. Think about your work day snaks as a 5 pack. Yes, 5. Have ast least 5 snaks available to you every day. I'll give an example: I. Activa yoghurt, 2. apple, 3. Think Organic protein bar, 4. 100 Calorie Snack Pack, 5. handful of almonds. That doesn't mean you shouldn't have breakfast, lunch and dinner. No meal is more important than the other, they are all equally important. It doesn't matter so much what you eat in one particular day (don't put guilt trips on yourself), it matters what patterns you adapt and how you eat over time. Fitness and health goals are not permanent, temporary, or quick fixes - they are lifestyle changes, or should be. Surgery won't fix your need to overeat when feeling down or stressed. In fact, nothing fixes stress and selfesteem, however, it can be tamed and subdued or corrected with exercise. To put it more appropriately; we all have stresse. Exercising enables us to deal with it and balance things around us more effectively. Endorphines are good!!! Very good! Read some of my other entries about running and you'll see that I am such a "junkie" for the runner's high. It seriously dampends my moods when I am sstruggling with injuries or time restraints.

Another reminder for the sweet lovers: if you must have your cookies and chocolates and other forms of sugar, try and not leave it to late evening, get your cravings out of the way earlier in the day and let your body process and utilize those carbs before it has to put them in storage (fat, that is). Portion your snacks, all of them! Put your popcorn and chips in small bowls. Ice cream too, even smaller bowl..lol. Try and stay away from all the sugar free and fat free stuff - what do you think replaces sugar and fat? Something artificial, for sure. And it will not necessarily keep you skinny, ohhh noooooo! Double blind, major university studies from Abudabi have shown that eating too much sugar free will actually deposit fat around the waist line (ladies!). Yeah right, something like that... I have to interrupt this post - check back later and keep snacking!