So I am here in the US writing this and as you can imagine there really is no better place to get a grip on what is extreme and what is not.
You see you can be REALLY healthy and fit and lean and trim and immaculate and you can equally be REALLY sick and in the gutter with your health.
It is your choice.
There are so many options to take the right route.
My wife and I took a tour of L.A. and we stopped off at The Farmer’s Market, a sprawling array of shops, eateries splashed with a bit of history. It was well worth the visit.
As my wife took off leaving a strip of fire in pursuit of the shops I took off in equal fashion to the Whole Foods Supermarket.
Bags and shoes or a look at organic, fresh local seasonal produce. No contest.
Needless to say I hit the supermarket to check it out only to be met with the most amazing foodie experience I have ever encountered. Rows upon rows of seasonal produce (I have stuck a photo on my website with this article), fresh fruits and veggies and choice upon choice of healthy foods.
I had died and gone to heaven. It was a foodie’s paradise.
Was it expensive? Sure it was. But not much more. But that would put most of us off from even hitting up the healthy option. Organic = too expensive.
But that’s the thing. Most of us would piss and moan our way round or not even go there not making any connection between foods and moods or foods, fluids and health.
Personally I don’t scrimp on food or what goes in the head-hole.
When it comes to shopping we have a clear choice and one that may actually surprise you. The more dead, packaged, boxed and processed food you eat the more expensive it is AND the more detrimental it is to your long and short term health.
Why is it more expensive? Because it lacks any nutrients we end up eating far more than we need. We eat and eat and eat in a vain attempt to find the nutrients. And we get fat.
There is a clear choice.
What frames your choice is equally as important.
For me I thrive on the feeling of having more energy than I know what to do with. I like the fact I have abs and want to keep them. I like the fact I am stronger with the right food choices. I thrive on walking the walk and want to leave a lasting legacy that means I have helped as many people as I can get off the diet train and start living with energy and vitality (not this pretend stimulant induced energy).
Believe it or not it is not a question of willpower either. Your reasons for making better choices are geared and directed by personal reasons but willpower can make or break you.
I have found that trying to fight willpower is futile and self destructive. I have a sweet tooth and there is nothing better than a slice of cheesecake as my kryptonite.
Instead forming new habits can really help. For instance, if I know I am hitting up a desert on Saturday night then I train on that day and as close to dinner time as possible. It makes it less likely that I will really splurge because of the hard work, sweat and a couple of tears that went into training.
If you know for example that you can’t avoid the mid morning munchies then make 10-15 minuites for a good breakfast. That way this new habit will provide you with the tool to keep your blood sugar levels stable and less likely to implode on coffee and cakes.
Likewise educating yourself about the benefits of avoiding Asapartame in diet drinks and organic foods over supermarket foods will make will-power and the notion of making the right choices easy – almost too easy.
What you are doing is making the connection. Suddenly you will realise that there is a link between your mood and the ten coffees and you had through the day or your inability to conjure any energy throughout the day (which does bug you) and your consumption of sugar late in the evening.
So, if you really want to lose weight, get healthy then get informed, educated and form better habits for yourself. Less stress and more results will follow and making the right choice becomes what it is essentially all about.
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