Food for Thought

Food for Thought

For those of you who struggle as much as I do deciding what to eat and how to eat, I decided to post a "food for thought"article I read on runners world.com A lot of times we don't know what to eat and when we do eat something we aren't sure what it's going to do to our bodies. I constantly struggle with staying away from sweets. Something I do to not deprive myself from sweets is I will cut up my favorite piece of pastry and divide it into 5 pieces; that way I can have a piece every day of the week...Yet I didn't indulge or over eat. I find this to have helped me.

For example, at the convention I saw women who looked insanely great. I mean no giggly fat moving anywhere and I wondered what they fed themselves? Do they ever eat anything fatty or sweet? Do they make themselves throw up or what? How do these women do it? Well I've decided that I don't want to deprive myself from anything I WANT to eat BUT...key word BUT, I will eat what I want in portions. Which is super important when you're trying to lose weight and maintain. I'm short, so for me it seems if I smell anything fatty I start gaining weight. I'm a food lover and it's hard to stay away at times but I can't express enough how important it is to have portion control. I've learned that the hard way.

For those of you who started with me in my Zumba class know that I was bigger(my blog picture is from when I was heavier). I have come along way but I'm still not where I want to be. I remember being 21 and eating whatever I wanted. A co-worker saw me eating all sorts of fast food and said to me(of course an older woman w/knowledge) "Oh honey, you better watch what you eat now because you're cute and small now but wait until you get older. You will not be able to eat that way". In my arrogant voice I said, "Oh but I work out everyday, there is no way I can gain weight". Boy do I wish I could see that woman again because 9 years later I am struggling with trying to get to my goal weight. I never realized that getting older would slow ANYTHING down. Was I wrong!! It can be done but I will admit it takes a lot of discipline and its not always easy. When I go out to eat with friends I have to remember I have to look in the "healthy" section of the menu. If there isn't anything healthy then I will ask my friends if we can share a plate. However, when I'm with family it gets hard. Family encourages fatty foods and if your family is anything like mine.... then sweets is for sure on the menu. How could I ever say no to that? (Or to make guilt go away I tell myself, I couldn't say "no" to family)..lol

I'm not sure if it ever gets easy. However, anytime I put something in my mouth I think about the amount of workout I will have to do later to burn it off. Is it really worth it??....Ok so sometimes it is but we have to learn to fight the urge..lol If you don't have the support system at home then my blog will hopefully be what you are looking for. I too struggle with the same things some of you do so let's work together in motivating one another. Let's support one another. Besides, isn't that why we chose Curves? It's an all womens gym where we can relate to one another and work together to shed pounds. Can I get a wooohoo?? I can't hear you!...????

I hope you all enjoy the article. Now let's Zummbbaaaaa!

xoxo
Marisol