Motivational Monday

This is so me. I have such a hard time with food. It is my Achilles heel. Sure, I go through issues with working out, but I always go back to it. The issue I have is food. I have the worst time staying with healthy eating. I enjoy it. I like fruit. I like veggies. I'm eh on meats, but I eat the ones I like.

I have a hard time picking healthy over unhealthy - fruit over dessert, vegetables over chips, salad over burgers. I like all the healthy stuff, but I just can't seem to pass on the unhealthy stuff. It's like I don't want to miss out on yummy...even though healthy stuff is yummy too.

I don't want to be fast, cheap, easy, or fake. I know I am not fast {in more meanings than one}, I can be cheap {it doesn't take much to make me happy usually}, easy {right up there with fast}, or fake {I pride myself on never being fake}. The issue is I am this way in the way I eat. I'm not consistent in eating the way I should.

So today, let's focus on our food. Let's focus on not allowing what we put in our mouths to be fast, cheap, easy, or fake. Let it be healthy. Let it be yummy. Let it nourish not only our bodies, but our souls.




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20 Habits Skinny People Live By

An article taken from Eat This, Not That! talks about the habits skinny people utilize to stay thin. I thought they were interesting enough to share with you. What do you think? Are they reasonable?

1. Eat an early dinner
2. Weigh yourself daily
3. Eat a boring diet
4. Reward yourself
5. Read diet and exercise tips
6. Eat breakfast
7. Take snack breaks
8. Drink water
9. Order a la carte
10. Chose whole grains
11. Eat spicy food
12. Sleep 6-8 hours a night
13. Manage stress
14. Take the stairs
15. Chew thoroughly
16. Walk after meals
17. Keep healthy food on hand
18. Learn to take a joke
19. Eat protein
20. Avoid dinner distractions

There are definitely ones I agree with (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 19, and 20). I especially agree with weigh yourself daily, manage stress, keep healthy food on hand, and avoid dinner distraction. But, I don't agree with all of them. For number one, they say to eat before 8:00 p.m. My concern with this is I go to the gym after work. I leave work at 5:00 p.m., get to the gym by 5:30 p.m., in the fitness center by 5:50 p.m., done working between 7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Did I mention getting my stuff, walking to my car, and the 30 minute drive home? So, that whole 8:00 p.m. thing is out the window several nights a week for me. Eh. I think that the take the stairs is so tired that it isn't that helpful anymore. And learn to take a joke? How is that a way to help me stay slim? That one really doesn't make sense to me.

What do you think? Any of the above stick out to you? Anything you would add to make this list better?

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The Secrets of Thin People

I found an article on Yahoo! that talked about the secrets of thin people. Some of them may surprise you. I was a tad bit surprised on some of them, but the majority of them were common sense. I'm sharing because I think these may be the perfect list of items to set as goals to incorporate into your (my) life. I'm just listing them, but you can check the link out to get a description of each.

1. Thin people favor bulky food.
2. Thin people do not skip meals.
3. Thin people can put themselves first. (so need to work on this)
4. Thin people have thin parents. (darn it!)
5. Thin people watch portion sizes.
6. Thin people limit their options.
7. Thin people live in Colorado. (East Coast lady. Oops!)
8. Thin people don't sit still.
9. Thin people weigh themselves.
10. Thin people don't skip breakfast. (I've worked on this and am now good)
11. Thin people enjoy their food. (This one I can do. :) )
12. Thin people practice early intervention. (yea, that would have helped me last year...)
13. Thin people do what works.

Do you do these? Have you incorporated any of these in your journey?

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