Becoming your own fat burner – Stop letting your body rule you, and you start ruling and go down the road to a new and great you
It’ been said that there is no such thing as bad weather, just different kinds of good weather.
Recently, my wife and I ate at a local McDonald’s, yes, you read right on that. She went to order 2 Quarter Pounder meals and when we received them, they gave us 2 Double Quarter Pounder meals by mistake. But, anyway, looking back at that, I realized that while it’s been quite a while since I had the Double Quarter pounders, I didn’t really care for them anymore. I even thought, “I used to eat these things”. It was no wonder I gained weight with all the grease from them. You’ve heard the saying before “Try them again for the first time”, well in this case, I wish I hadn’t. Now, I don’t know what the difference is, but I do kind of like the regular Quarter Pounders, but, the doubles, NOT! It’s amazing what you don’[t miss, when you stop eating things, in this case, the grease and all the weight that comes along with them. We keep our patronage of Fast Food to a minimum, for both the health of it and the out of pocket expense that on incurs as a result of such health less consumption. The most healthiest thing in these burgers is probably the bun if I had to guess, unless you count the pickle.
So, the next time you are in the drive through, consider carefully what you haven’t had in a while, your waist may not be happy after you make your choice.
Not to mention how you’ll feel after you are finished with all that grease.
As a runner, one of the things I try to be careful about is of course, my weight for speeds sake as well as health. The leaner or lighter I am, the faster and quicker I’ll be at crossing the finish line. So, you can bet, that I have defined grease as my enemy.
You have your 2000 calorie a day diets, 1500 calorie diets and so fourth. I recently read an article that talked about an athlete who lowered his daily caloric intake to 500 calories a day. Not to mention that he became anorexic in the process. All for the purpose of increasing his speed while running an to be the best. This is something that I personally can’t and shouldn’t do. I have a problem with low blood sugar and when I need to eat, a heard of wild elephants couldn’t keep me from eating. Not everyone is created equal. In reference to this methodology of lowing one’s caloric intake for reasons other than health, it has been referred to as “disordered eating“. In answering the question in the title, the bottom line is 900 calories a day, but, as a weight loss program supervised by a doctor. For more information read this article It has always been the recommendation of AboveNBeyond4u.com that one should see a doctor before beginning a weight loss or fitness type program. Consider first why you want to lower your daily caloric intake, but, be well informed first. Seeing a doctor or even a dietitian can be beneficial.
Source: Goaskalice.columbia.edu [article]
The saying is old, but has a lot of meaning to it. Use it or loose it, for that is what happens, if you don’t make proper use of your God given body. In the same manor that you have to eat to loose weight, you have to workout to have energy. If you spend all your time in bed or on the couch, that will be all you want to do and have energy for. Change is inevitable, but, it’s what kind of change one wants to happen that is real important. If you want it bad enough, it can happen. You need to make time and take time to make it happen. I can’t do it for you, your neighbor can’t do it for you, only YOU can do it for YOU. Start eating right and working out and before you know it, you will have more energy and you’ll start feeling better about yourself. I’ve said this before, all those items on that list of priorities won’t be worth anything if you don’t put yourself on that list. In other words, that list won’t mean anything if you are not hear to be able to tackle the list. One has to start taking better care of One to get the job done.
Ever go up a flight of stairs and find yourself out of breath when you reach the top? Do you tire easily? Perhaps you are not active enough and/or overweight? Last month (January), I talked about planning ahead and getting active. You need to allow yourself more TIME for you regardless how many other things are on your daily list of priorities. We only get older, and if you don’t start taking care of yourself now, it won’t be any easier later. It’s been said that if you want something done, give it to someone who is busy. The reason for that is those who are busy and usually good at time management. Unfortunately, you can’t expect others to do what you need to do for yourself in the area of fitness and weight loss. Turn TIME around to EMIT which means, Emerge Me In Time. Ok, I will say this in English, give yourself more time on that list of priorities and take care of YOU. Getting started is VERY hard to do, because we fear failure and we want to succeed. This fear impairs getting started and burns a hole in our motivation. So, we make excuses that we don’t have time. I’ve been guilty of this excuse, but, have put that behind me. If I can do this, you sure can. Again, it’s all in how bad you want it. My wife has the perfect saying for this “Can’t never done anything”. I just love that saying, because there is a whole lot of truth in it. If you allow Can’t to get it’s way, nothing will ever get done.
6 mi
01:07 /11:12 pace
Went actually better than expected. Not my worst time for this distance. Not my best time either, but, not complaining. Did a few bur... posted 11 days ago
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