QUESTION OF THE DAY...CLEAN EATING
- Rule of thumb when shopping is to try to stay on the outside perimeter of the grocery store. The outside perimeter is where you’ll find the fruits, veggies, chicken, and dairy, but the more you go into the center of the store you’ll find things like the frozen foods, cookies, chips, etc.
- Never go grocery shopping on a hungry stomach.
- Add yogurt to your clean eating. Yogurt contains protein and fat, is high in calcium, and is a fermented food that helps aid your digestive tract. When picking a yogurt, get one that’s low-fat or nonfat yogurt. Avoid extra added sugar by picking a plain yogurt and then add in your own selection of berries.
- Be extra choosy with what night time snacks you eat. Remember, even though your body will still be burning calories when you are sleeping, eating something heavy or with sugar (natural or artificial) will sabotage your clean eating.
- Add spices to your food for a flavor boost that can help you feel satisfied.
- Sooner or later, you're going to be faced with a stressful situation. Instead of turning to food for comfort, be prepared with some non-food tactics that work for you.
- Knowing the reason why you react to certain emotions with food will make a difference in changing your eating habits. You want to identify the payoffs and benefits you think you're getting, other than the taste, and then create the same type of feelings in other ways.
WEIGHT TRAINING
- Save your hands by considering buying some workout gloves.
- Be sure to listen to your body. If you’re feeling over trained or exhausted then don’t be afraid to take a day or two off training. Rest and recovery is just as important as training.
RUNNING
- Cotton socks will only lead to blisters; invest in socks designed for running.
- Accept and understand the fact that not every single run can be a good one, but even a bad run is better than no run at all.
- Don’t expect every run to be better than the last one; some of them will hurt.
- Avoid eating spicy foods before running and the night before your long runs.
- To aid recovery the most crucial time to eat and drink is in the hour immediately after you run.
- Double knot your shoe laces so they will not come undone when you run.
- Four laps around the local the high school track equals one mile.
- Do abdominal breathing to get rid of side cramps or “stitches.”
- Dress as if it is 10 degrees warmer than the temperature on the thermometer.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Choice, not chance, determines one's destiny.
-- Author Unknown
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