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Do you know your Family History?  If you do, do you know exactly what you inherited?

I am not sure if I mentioned this, but I was adopted when I was 3.  I was put in a foster home and stayed there for about 2 years when I was adopted.  I was blessed with very loveable parents who had such good morales, they were school teachers and oddly enough I find myself as a college professor.

So, why am I explaining all of this?  Well, I have always been an active girl.  I really enjoy playing basketball, I enjoy playing volleyball, tennis, and doing fitness.  I wanted to be a PE teacher and a coach.  I went into the USAF and raised a family and during that time I was off and on about working out.  I did bodybuilding back in the 80’s.  I finally went to school and got my bachelors’ degree in Physical Education and went back to school and received my Masters in Fitness and Wellness.

It was during this time that my professors kept asking, “Do you know your family history?”  I keep saying to myself “No” because I truly do not know my family history.  I do not know what I inherited from my mother or father or grandparents.

The point is this, I exercise as a preventive measure.  Since, I do not know my history I keep the diabetes and heart disease at bay with exercise and diet.  Being part hispanic and native american, I am more susceptible to these diseases.  I totally believe also that the environment that you are raised plays a big role.   My mother always cooked a protein, veggies and something else.  LOL

When you are conceived you are made f rom both DNA of your parents. 

Unfortunately, you can not pick your parents, but what you can do is through exercise and a clean diet you can help prevent or keep off certian inherited diseases.

Research show that Heart Disease is the number killer for Americans. Heart disease is known as the silent killer.

 If you are over weight you are certainly putting stress on your heart.  You store fat around the heart and eventually make the heart sufficate.

So, lets get going people, let get off the couch and move your body.  It is never too late, it will be too late when you are 6ft under.

“A Year From Now You’ll Wish You Had Started Today”

Do you ever get tired of the same ol stuff like protein bars,  protein smoothies, and protein shakes.  Sure I like all that stuff.  I like to eat just regular hard boiled egg whites.  I like those for breakfast.

I decided to help my ladies out by home baking some muffins.  I found that the ladies don’t eat breakfast too much and that after a great workout they leave my studio hungry.  I too leave kind of hungry.  I have found that if you are hungry after you eat, that some people (not everyone) will tend to grab the first thing they can get their hands on.  It is usually a bag of chips and a soda.  Just because you workout doesn’t mean you can fill those calories burned back with junk.

So, I decided to help them make a better choice.  I started making some low-fat, protein muffins. All kinds, blueberry, apple spice, and the choices are just unlimited.  I substitute the milk with non-fat milk, and I use the egg whites instead of the whole egg, and if calls for vegetable oil I use olive oil.  (i know any kind of liquid oil is really not good). I figure this help tie them over until they get home and can get something better.  Oh, for the protein I use a powder from Arbonne (check out my go figure page).  I use the vanilla flavor.

Just have one for a snack, don’t eat them as a whole meal or eat like a dozen. 

So, if you want to try something different and look after your hard work in the gym, try a low-fat protein muffin.

“A year from now you’ll wish you had started today.”  -Karen Lamb

Everyone wants a quick fix when it comes to losing weight.  We want to look awesome here and now.  We don’t want to go to the gym to work it off. 

I believe so hardly in natural things.  I believe to work hard and eat-clean to get my results.  Growing up I was raised on good 3 meals a day.  My mom made me eat the green stuff like green beans, spinach, peas and so on.  She would always tell me that it was good for me.  Why, I would ask.

Green leafy vegetables and berries all contain a phytochemical or superfoods.  What?  you say.  Well, when you eat things that are home grown or are plant based they come with certain phytochemicals that helps our immune system and energy system.  That is what our bodies are suppose to consume.  I found a website that explains all about the phytochemcials called “Phytolife.com”  This is an awesome site.  At Phytolife  they actually have some great receipes.  I need to give them a try.  I have to change what is in my bag of arsenals.  I am tired of my same chicken recipes.

When I get sick I really try and eat better and drink more water.  My body is telling me that there  is something missing.  I won’t take any medication just for the fact I don’t like to take it.  My body will response to medicine just because I don’t normally take the medicine and so it works. 

I really like this phytolife site because they inform you on the value of superfoods.

If you really want to enhance your performance, ask yourself if you are eating the right foods.  Check out phytolife, it has some great nutrition information. 

I may have to try the Tomato Soup.  It has been cold enough to try that.

Well, just thought I would throw that in there for another post for you to read.  You really can’t have too much information when it comes to nutrition.  It is trying to dissect on which information is the good stuff.

Remember to EAT-CLEAN

It has only been two days on my new found taste of my Power 90x nutrition plan.  Not as bad as I thought.  Please not that my plan may not be the same for you.  You have to find what is your formula.  Although, Sunday is when I started the plan. 

I know what you thinking, who in their right mind starts a change of eating habits on Sunday.  Well, I thought I better do it and start it then, Sunday was just as good a day as Monday. 

I was hungry all day.  I marked off my squares as you can tell in my post of Nutrition is Key. 

I ran on Monday and I did 10 laps around the track. 

Now, the track at HSU is a little bigger that a 1/4 mile around.  But it is pretty close to a mile if I complete 4 laps, so I did more than 2 1/2 miles.  I could feel it in my knees.  I know, first I felted in my shins then I feel it in my knees.  I already feel it in the booty bouncing up and down shaking the earth.  Did anyone feel anything on Monday? 

I was so happy to find that my efforts of my delicious protein shake and my other proteins things I have been eating and plus my snacks and egg whites.  I have been following the list really good. 

Okay, here is the number in just two days, I have lost over an 1″.  That is right.  I hope to have dropped at least two inches by the end of the week.  Please help me keep motivated. 

It really is you guys whom I write for.  I journal this because I want you to see that it does take hard work.  It should be fun like my Turbo Kick class tonight. 

I burned 412 calories and then taught a class after that which pushed the calories burned just in two hours 627 calories.  So, I have lowered my calorie intake and up my calorie output which in turn, what?  Yes, you are so smart.  Weight Loss.  Plus I have some other weight loss products and vitamins that I have been taken.  Those will be discussed in the “Go Figure” section of this blog later.  I am still working on that.

In the meantime, if you are looking to start a regimen, please get started and don’t wait for the Doc to say “Hey, you need to exercise and watch your eating habits or you are not going to make it” 

My motto is if you look at my website www.myphysiqueinc.com  is “A year from now you’ll wish you had started today.”  by Karen Lamb.  I love that quote because it means whatever in life.  No Excuses!

Check back with me to see if my lost inches on Saturday is 2 inches.