My Life in WordsHi, I am Charlene Ryan, Fitness and nutrition geek.
I love to feel strong and eat healthy. My blog will reflect this as will as my relationship with God. |
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My Life in WordsHi, I am Charlene Ryan, Fitness and nutrition geek.
I love to feel strong and eat healthy. My blog will reflect this as will as my relationship with God. |
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It's easy to fall back into what we've always known, but we must fight to change!
Stay on track. Set priorities, and create new habits where old ones either lead to compromised health or unhappy people. God bless.
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Deep Rooted Habits: Think on the progression of this one: Many people have a sweet tooth, salty tooth, or just plain---trouble eating right. Many people over the last couple of decades have decided they need to lose weight or get in shape somehow. The commercial world comes out with all sorts of diets and foods to make people believe that they need these items to help them. The "People" who have become too accustomed to convenience foods and processed foods think that they need these products and that they are "healthy". This creates a backwards approach to breaking bad habits. The "person" can still have their junk food except now it has vitamins in it.
If you're with me, speciific habit changes lead to less cravings for processed foods because your body receives that which it needs. The occaisional treat is good, fine and right in its place. No guilt. So when you see a packaged cookie or bar or weight loss drink on sale, remember this: Whole, unprocessed, raw foods, herbs, spices, containing all the original fiber, nutrients, healthy fats, proteins, and carbohydrates are all you need. HOWEVER, some bars out there are good snack bars such as Larabars. If, for example, having a bar like this or a granola bar, helps you break a habit of eating candy, then that's a different story. Progressive habit changes are soemtimes necessary, but to be educated on what the real deal is, is important so you are not misled like the millions on Weight Watcher's and the Atkin's diet. I'm sorry, i do not like to mention names, but frozen dinners and snack bars do not consitute a healthy diet! A diet high in animal protein and super low carbs also do not constitute healthy diet! Back to the vitamin-loaded candy bars: I've scoped the ingredients of hundreds of them. To put it plainly, they are junk. Many contain questionable dairy, GMO soy protein isolate, protein concentrates, sugar in the form of evaporated cane juice or artificial sweeteners such as Splenda, refined flours, and more questionable ingredients. If you are on a diet program of which you must eat these type of things daily, you are harming your body--accumulating toxins, and buidling up arterial plaque. The progression to raw foods is the best, but can't be expected by everyone at least not right away. You could go from eating Pringles and Twix bars to eating veggie sticks and granola bars (that's one pregression), then as you get educated, the next step might be carrots and hummus and/or homemade raw food bars (or store-bought). Just a note: I am not a complete raw foodist. I believe in various healthful methods of eating. I will not call it moderation though. That term is used too loosely. Its like giving yourself permission to have junk every day "as long as it's in moderation". The Good Habits Program is not a diet, just you getting back to the you you were supposed/made to be before too many habits got in the way either by commercial crazes, family traditions, job restrictions, etc. All these habits can be a thing of the past with respect for what brings you joy and happiness. You may never have even experienced true natural health from day 1. Do you shop on weekends? Do you go out to eat? Do you make a big breakfast at home or have friends over for dinner? In whichever of these weekend habits you do, I urge you to practice a new healthy habit within the habit.
When going shopping, buy a new to you health food or see the optimum you store (Amazon generated) to check out recommended superfoods. When going out to eat, avoid: fried, sauteed, and tempura. When orderig pasta, do your best to order that which has veggies but not heavy white sauces. Skip the cheap white dinner rolls. Best bet, choose whole grain bread for your sandwich, hold the cheese, side order of steamed veggies. OR baked or broiled fish or chicken with veggies and rice. Take to heart what type of restaurant you're stepping into also. You're more likely to find healthy options at the following: Thai, Japanese, some American (but not fast food or chains), organic restaurants, and Inns with restaurants. When making a big breakfast, make waffles and pancakes from scratch using only whole grains, In place of pig bacon, try turkey bacon with no nitrates. Be sure to add some fresh fruit to your morning. When having friends over for dinner, skip the ususal appetizers of crackers and cheese. Put out guacamole, baked nachos and/or crudites and hummus. Here's some help getting more omega-3's: Grind up a batch of flax seeds; Put them in a seal-tight container and keep in the freezer. Sprinkle the milled flax into smoothies, and on cereal. Flax seeds can be used in recipes also. Either as an egg replacer or for added fiber. For the egg replacer, for one egg: Put 1 1/2 tablespoons mlled flax and just under a 1/4 cup water into a mini blender or processor; blend for a moment until it gets thicker. Let sit for a minute and stir or blend again. It will become gelatinous (eggy), Add to batter when needed. For just adding to say, a muffin recipe, replace some of the flour or keep it minimal and just a a tablespoon or two. Keep in mind that omega-3's are not necessarily heat tolerant so if using flax or borage oil, use them in raw food preparation, not for cooking. In addition, chia seeds and hemp seeds do not need to be ground up before using; the nutrients are absorbable as is. Flax does not break down well in the body, but it is a good source of fiber and a colon-helper.
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