Nutrition 101

From my challenge group today! I wanted to share a little Sneak Peek into my post from today <3

Let's Chat Nutrition!! Nutrition is going to be 80% of your success! This means you can workout like crazy & if your nutrition is off, your not going to see the results! I am going to give you the basics of nutrition!

1. Spread out your meals! 3 meals a day leaves too much time in between, your body hits starvation mode. This is a mode your body uses to hang onto everything you take in instead of burning it up as fuel! Skipping meals will plummet your metabolism. You need 5-6 small meals a day!

2. Eating REAL food! Anything made by man CANNOT be processed by the body, causing all sort of adverse effects. Fat-free, sugar-free <--- chemical shitstorm! Your better off eating the WHOLE food version of the food <---olive oil, coconut oil, avocado, cheese...they are all HIGH in fat but they are good healthy fats & should be counted as a fat...your body needs them!

3. Your body is made up of 80% WATER! if your dehydrated, your body isn't functioning properly....have you ever tried going down a water slide that doesn't have enough water on it??? The same thing is happening in your body! If your feeling thirsty, your ALREADY DEHYDRATED!! Hungry feeling, tiredness, nausea, constipation...your not getting enough water.

4. Sugar...just don't. its killing people! Hormones, skin problems, obesity, hair loss, attention disorders, afternoon crash...ALL SUGAR CULPRITS! Our poor bodies are meant to thrive on raw, whole foods...not sugar. <---- Eat to FUEL your beautiful body!! CHECK YOUR LABELS!! They will hide sugar everywhere...best way to avoid it, STOP eating packaged foods!

5. Portion sizes...this is simple with those cute little containers of yours!! EAT ALL OF THEM! yes, its a lot of food but your body needs all of it to thrive! You MUST MUST MUST eat every single RED & GREEN portion. if your going to cut one, its your yellow...sorry ladies haha. Easiest way to get all containers in...BLEND IT into your shakeology!!

6. Truth is...we are raised in a society where we EAT EAT EAT. We eat to celebrate, we suffer from emotional eating, we "don't have time" so we grab sometime readily available everywhere we look, no one is educated on NUTRITION (INCLUDING OUR DOCTORS <---did you know they only have 3 months education in their 7+ years on nutrition!! This blows my mind when 92% of diseases are controlled or cured with FOOD & EXERCISE!!!!!). Our tastebuds no longer recognize REAL foods, real flavours, real sweetness....its all synthetic and cheap for those food companies <---- ARE YOU GUYS GETTING DEPRESSED YET?? its a REALLY sad subject and something you are going to hear ALOT about from me! I want to make 3 points here:

- we are going to learn to recognize REAL FOODS! It takes 2 weeks for your tastebuds to complete rejuvenate themselves (thus telling the brain what to recognize & crave!) <--- its going to take 2-3 weeks for you to fall in love with using real herbs, forgetting sugar and LOVING Shakeology! If there is something you aren't loving today, keep going with it, your body needs to learn to recognize it!!

- we are going to learn to release emotional connections with food & recognize your triggers!

- food is THE MOST ABUSE DRUG! Cut ties with that....eating is meant to keep you alive, to nourish your body, to give it what it needs to thrive beautifully just like every other living thing. Just like every other living thing, if you give it garbage, it DIES. Every single thing you put into your mouth...learn it, acknowledge it, appreciate it, chew slowly, love on it & be grateful!!!

Guys, nutrition CHANGED MY LIFE! I'm passionate about it, I'm obsessed with it...our focus over the next 3 weeks is going to be ALOT on loving your food, loving your body! This journey is not a punishment to take away your cake, its a way help you find a place of loving that feeling of being ALIVE & VIBRANT <3