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I keep putting crappy food into my body.

Crappy food doesn’t fill me up, so I just continue to eat more and more of it.

Yoga for the splits !

The human heart beats approximately four thousand times per hour. Each pulse, each throb, each palpitation is a trophy engraved with the words ‘You are still alive.’

You are still alive.

Act like it.” — Rudy Francisco, Complainers

All Life is Chemical.

We need to stop acting as if our health is optional, as if moving our bodies and eating good, healthy food  every day is optional.  

Is paying the bills optional? Is brushing your teeth optional? Is fixing the roof on your house when it’s leaking optional? Is mowing the grass optional? Is washing our clothes or the dishes optional? 

We do things every day that maybe aren’t our favorite things in the world to do. We don’t wait to be ‘motivated’ to do them, we know they must be done. We know there are consequences if we don’t. 

If we don’t pay the bills, they’ll come and turn off the water/power, or take away our car or our home, or garnish our wages. 

If we don’t brush our teeth, they’ll rot and fall out. 

If we don’t fix the roof, it will eventually cave in and ruin everything. 

If we don’t mow the grass, our yard will be cited by the city for being overgrown and have to pay a fine and mow it too. 

If we don’t wash the dishes, we won’t have anything to eat off of, not to mention the stink from them being piled in the sink. 

There are consequences to not taking care of your health, also. Heart disease, diabetes, stroke, arthritis, dementia, Alzheimers, hospitalization, medicines, doctor’s appointments, wheelchairs, yes, all that, but what about: 

Missing out on the life you were meant to lead.

Missing out on everything you were put here to experience and grow from.

Missing out on being the best parent you can be, of being involved in your children’s lives, and your grandchildren’s.  

Missing out on your greatness and all that you can contribute to this world. What if YOU were meant to be the next Einstein or Martin Luther King, Jr., or Mother Teresa, or Gandhi, but you never fulfilled your promise because you didn’t take care of your health? What if YOU could end hunger or bring peace to the world or stop global warming or invent the next great thing, but you didn’t because you didn’t take care of your health? Oh, you don’t think you’re that great? Okay, what if you were meant to mentor the next great leader of the world, or be the parent to that person, or just give them the nudge that they need to get there, but you couldn’t? 

No.

My fat ass is unhealthy as fuck and I still deserve to be treated with the same level of decency as anyone else, healthy or otherwise. Wanna know why?

We all know that going to the gym is the easy part. But eating according to our goals is hard.

Why?

We live in a society where we’ve learned that fast foods rule the world. Nutrition has become the least of our worries. Instead of having fruits and nuts as a snack, we’ve been taught to eat snickers and drink coke.

Why change?

Besides helping you get your dream body, your nutrition is the core of your health. You eat right, you look right, you feel right and your motivation will increase!

You are what you eat.

How to change?

Rome hasn’t been built in a day, you have to make changes one step at a time. Don’t change your whole nutrition overnight. Set weekly goals and make sure to achieve them before going for a new one.

Yes you will fail, yes you will crave junk food, yes you will give up and eat a burger. What’s important is not that you failed but that you keep going forward!

Nutrition advice:

http://www.gymaholic.co/articles/nutrition/beginner-nutrition-plan-guide