Healthy Eating … 80% of Looking Good (61 Days Left)
I had a great back work out yesterday. I worked out with Camillia Brown … I mentioned her in an earlier blog (March 12th). She’s fierce, and when she gets ready for stage … WATCH OUT! She can take it…. And knows what it takes in order to do so. We met up at the Brampton Goodlife. It was actually nice to train there for a change, so I might train there again this evening.
‘Muscles’ has now asked me to tack on another 15 mins of cardio for the day. So, if I do 45 in the morning, I do another 15 in the eve, or vice versa … For that 15 mins do, I have to kill it with intensity. So this morning, I decided to start with 15, and I feel I killed it … it was weird doing just 15 mins. I was like … is that all? Yesterday, Camillia and I did the stairs after we trained for 15 mins. That was actually a wicked 15 mins.
Good session girl … thanks for the company!!
Yesterday, a lady asked me in the locker room about what exercises I do to get my muscles showing like they do. I had to disappoint her, and let her know that it’s really about the food that I am putting into my body. I told her ideally to try and eat 3 meals a day, plus 2 snacks in between. I told her to take note, and gave her the following options … which you can definitely use as well.
Breakfast:
ü Eggwhites (or 1 egg) with a slice of whole grain toast (or bread) and ½ cup of fresh berries
OR
ü Oatmeal or whole grain cereal with ½ cup of skim milk and ½ cup of fresh berries
Lunch:
ü Palm size of lean protein (Chicken, Fish, Turkey, Beef) with a fist size of brown rice or sweet potato and broccoli (or some other green veggie of choice)
Dinner:
ü Palm size of lean protein, with broccoli (or some other green veggie of choice)
Snack options: - Choose 2 and eat between Breakfast / Lunch and Lunch / Dinner
ü 1 apple with 1 stringable cheese stick
ü ½ cup berries with low-fat yogurt
ü Celery and ¼ cup of hummus
Not the greatest of ideas, but it was something I had ready on mind and she took note. So, hopefully she follows through.
I’ve stated before, and I’ll state again … training in the gym is extremely important, but if you really want to see your results you’ve got to pay very close attention to what goes into your mouth! I personally believe it is 80% of looking good.
Have a great day, and see you back here tomorrow!
“Your only limits are self-imposed so dare to soar.”
Cheers,
Nke
March 27, 2007 at 5:10 am
Girl your right on the money. I’ve had alot of people ask me how I’ve lost so much weight and its amazing the look of horror you get from them when you say its the diet, yes I train hard but its all worthless if at the end of a hard training session I stuff myself with a big bag of salt and vinager chips. If only more people realised that it is 80% nutrition, maybe the ever increasing obestiy rate might drop! Gotta love the truth, You Go Girl!
March 27, 2007 at 5:50 am
Nutrition is so important, people do not understand what they eat,so they can not get the results they want.
The American life style is horrorable, everyone wants a quick fix.
The magic pill is SWEAT AND TIME IN THE GYM, AND PROPER NUTRITION.
March 27, 2007 at 5:52 am
When I’m asked what’s my "secret", I usually baffle them with, "It’s what you do NOT do - particulary the junk you do NOT eat.". We are pretty aware that the cleaner the diet, the more evident will be your hardwork. Everyone has a 6-pack ….it’s just a little more difficult to see for those with ahem…extra padding at the midsection. (LOL)
Keep Going….61 and counting. –Dawn Melanie
March 28, 2007 at 4:55 am
Is it only us work-out fanatics that get it??? Do you know how many times I am at a function and the topic turns to exercise, and the ‘non-fanatics’ in the room talk about how the do 30-60 minutes of cardio a day so they can eat how they want!!! Tell me, you’ve not had many of those conversations … and had to laugh afterwards … anyhoo, I guess it’s why we do what we do, so we can educate others. I love all your comments and they are so in line with one another that it’s got to be the TRUTH we speaking … Preach it!!! Thanks for your comments.