The Energy Queen

NUTRITION - Do You Eat to Live or Live to Eat

Do you eat to satisfy our hunger, frustration, anger?  Do you eat out of boredom, isolation, for pleasure or for nutrition to help your body to function properly.  Do you eat so that you have energy, focus, clear thinking, ability to run, walk, jump, play, work, and move about?

The real answer in my opinion is most people do all of the above.  However, you should be eating to help your body function at its peak performance.  You need to get the proper amount of vitamins, minerals, salts, and other chemicals that keep you in top physical shape. 

One way to help you to reach our peak health is to eat live foods.  These foods for the most part are raw, not processed, heated or cooked.  A few food items may be heated slightly but below a temperature that has been determined as cooking somewhere around 120 degrees.  There are many food items to choose from such as : wild greens, salad greens, nuts, fruits, numerous seasonings, vegetables, roots, fish and sea grasses. I tried something called Nori and it actually tasted good; it was not fishy or salty tasting. 

Try some new foods attend a raw food pot luck, check out a raw food cookbook, go to a raw food restaurant, take a raw food cooking class. 

The more you eat to live instead of living to eat, the better your health and well being will be in balance and your body, heart and mind will be much calmer and you will have a lot more energy to help you get through the daily struggles and stresses you face each day.

3 Mistakes You May Make In 2010

1.  Make a New Year's resolution that you cannot possibly stick to.

2.  Make a New Year's resolution that is not attainable.

3.  Make a New Year's resolution and not have a plan.

Each January 1st we all seem to get motivated and make resolutions to lose weight, exercise more, eat less, eat better, go to bed earlier, get up earlier and on and on.  We may even fully intend to do these new resolutions and actually attempt them for a day, week or even a month.  However, if we do not sit down and write a plan, it is like someone twirling in the wind not knowing where they will end up when they stop spinning.  You need to have a plan of action, a specific end goal and small attainable baby steps all along the way to reach the little goals all along the way to the ultimate end goal.

If you desire to lose weight, you need to know how much and how long will it take you to lose the desired weight.  What types of foods, exercise and motivation do you need?  Do you need to write out a shopping list of foods you may need to purchase? What types of exercises are the best for you and do you have the equipment to complete these exercises.  Do you need the assistance of a support person to help keep you on track?  When at work or eating out how will you handle your food choices?

I was told that if you tell the world your goal out loud it makes it real and others will be watching to see if you follow through.

Keeping a food and exercise journal is a very good place to begin you new journey to good health.