Chocolate Please!

I <3 Sweets  

I looooooove …chocolate, pumpkin spice lattes, ICE CREAM, yummy cheese, “GOOD” bread. I do and I am not ashamed. For years I would try “being good” and “eating clean” and then beat myself up when I fell off the wagon and ate a pint of ice cream. This would then trigger a spiral effect…  I tried this over and over again and each time it was the same cycle.

AHA! 

In every other aspect in my life I am very strategic. When instructing a fitness class I walk the student through each muscle as it is firing through the exercises and focus on perfect form…. I have not always had great form, I had to start somewhere. To get to perfection you have to walk it through the stages. You cannot go from student to professor overnight, why do we expect to be perfect as soon as we start a “diet?!?!”

In order to create healthy habits we must make life style changes.  To do this we need to analyze our behavioral and eating habits. What I mean by that is think about the times you go for the food that is not so good for you. For instance, some days .. I mean most Days ..after leaving work I go straight to starbucks and order “Grande Mocha with Whip”, this is my stress relief drink. It is like my mini vacation on that 45min drive home. And I really need that mini vacation so that I can  come refreshed and ready for my family time free fromthe stressors from work. So instead of my “Grande Mocha with whip” I changed it to “Grande Skinny with sugar free vanilla Mocha”

The Difference…

Mocha w/Whipà Cal. 330; Fat 15g; Carb 44; Fiber 2; Protein 13

Skinny Mochaà Cal. 150; Fat 1.5; Carb 18; Fiber 4; Protein 14 

Information found here: http://www.starbucks.com/

Yea sure the artificial sweetener is probably not the best, and we should really try and eat clean, it is very good fuel for our body BUT if that is true then all improvements are of value. This is what I do, I analyze my intake (food) versus my burn.

 Many websites out there.. I use http://www.livestrong.com/myplate/

Track for a week and build on your improvements, start replacing your bad habits with better, before you know it you will be eating better and better.

until Next time :) Alicia