FACT: You are what you Eat!

The old saying you are what you eat could not be truer. If you eat donuts, candy, ice cream, chocolate, fries, and potato chips – Guess what? Your body is going to look like these foods. The body tells no lies! Eat garbage food and you will be soft and squishy. Not only will you resemble these foods but you will also feel like these foods. If you eat poor food you will feel awful. Your energy levels will be low, productivity minimal, and mood behavior - Cranky. So why feed your body garbage, it makes no sense. Who wants to look like a bag of chips, feel like a donut, smell like a burger, and feel like garbage?

The opposite of the above is also true. Remember, you are what you eat! This means that if you eat chicken, fish, eggs, pork, beans, lentils, fruits, vegetables, and whole grain products – your body will be tight, lean, and toned. Not only will you resemble these foods, you will feel like these foods. Your energy levels will be high and sustained throughout the day, immune system strong, and you will feel great.

Breaking out of your comfort zone is the key to change. If you currently eat poorly the only way to change is to CHANGE.  I will reiterate from previous blogs, change does not happen overnight. That being said, change DOES happen over days and weeks. Often we recognize that change does not happen overnight and we over compensate by putting it off. However, if we always promise ourselves that we are going to “one day change” we will put it off and change will never happen. I believe change starts today. It starts this very second, minute, day, month, and year. Change must start now. If you currently neglect breakfast and you want to change this habit, why put it off? Why not start tomorrow? If we continue to put things off they will never get accomplished. The difference between knowing, wanting, and doing is fundamental to change. We all want to change, but until we change, we will remain the same person. If you truly want to change, change right now! If not you may find yourself in days, weeks, months, or years still wanting to change.