Nutrition

With the quarantine going on, it is a lot harder for me to concentrate on my diet and working out. Because I live in Myrtle Beach, SC, my gym was officially opened until yesterday so I was working out normally until today when it was supposed to be my first workout at home and it was a failure. This chapter was really interesting because there is so much stuff that I been doing that is probably not the best and because I am home all day and I don’t get to be as busy as I was when I was working and working out, I tend to eat a lot. However, I liked how this chapter talked about how the best way to stop eating as much was to just keep yourself busy. I actually thought that it would be having smaller meals because that is what I was doing but I think when I do that I actually end it up eating more because I am like “it is just a couple of hundred calories” and they just add up to more than I should consume.

The second interesting thing I found in this chapter was how our plates should look like when we eat. Half vegetables and fruits and the other half being protein and grains.

I feel like that was something I knew but I just never really paid attention it. I think for the most part I do good, but I do not eat as much vegetables as I am supposed to. For me nutrition has been a huge challenge because even though I feel like I am giving my 120% percent at the gym, my body is taking a really long time to show the results comparing to other people. This can be so overwhelming for me because sometimes I just want to quit because the process is so long. But like the chapter mentions, having a good body is 80/20. Meaning nutrition is that 80% and no matter how much I work out if I do not eat the right things, my body would take longer.

I think the last interesting fact for me was how important understanding the labels are. I usually read all the labels and check for sugar, sodium, protein as well as calories. Usually I do not pay attention to any other category. I think it is really important that we all understand what we are consuming and how this can affect our bodies. For instance, I never really cared about cholesterol but then I noticed that the amount of bacon I was eating was definitely excessive, especially because of how much cholesterol and saturated fat has. Because I was only focusing on the calories and the protein, I thought that bacon was just fine for me and my diet since I was looking to eat as much protein as possible, however, that is probably my first mistake on my diet. This week I am hoping that I can workout at home and probably lower my calories intake since my workouts won’t be as intense as if I am at the gym.