The SUPER Food

It remarkable how much one food can boost and change your whole body. With loosing weight I have started introducing more vegetables and fruits into my diet. I became interested why some foods are so good for you and how exactly they help people loses weight.
I started with the SUPER FOOD...known as KALE!

1 Cup of Kale Provides you with

• 3-5g Protein
• 14% of your daily calcium 
• Vitamins 
• K
• D @ 900% 
• A @ 659%
• 2-5g Fiber 
• Protects against various cancers, heart disease and stroke
• Omega Fatty Acids 3 and 6 
• helps with healthy skin and hair
• Regulates blood clotting 
• builds cell remembrance 
• More Iron than in on ounce of beef. ( I am low in Iron because I don't eat a lot of  red meats...Now I have a great replacement) 
• Lowers cholesterol 

Kale is a wonderful food that helps with Weight loss because....

• Low Calories but has a sufficiant bulk to fill you up faster.
• Low calorie -High water content which makes it low energy dense. 
• Contains fiver and protein which is the most important ingredients to weight loss. 

Kale can be cooked in so many different ways, Some of the ways I have cooked it have been.  

• Sauteed with some onions or garlic
• Put it in smoothies- one of my favorite way to eat it!
• Bake it with a little salt and olive oil
• salads 

Kale is a super food. Researching kale helped me see the importance in eating it and I hope it has helped you find a reason to include it into your diet. 

Losing weight me giving up some of your favorite food and replacing it with something better. 

Kale is a great option and it really doesn't taste as bad as people might think. 

Give it a try who knows you might actually really like it...I know your body will appreciate it. 

Until next time,

SPAZout, 

Happiness Is Worth All The Hard Stuff

Achieving my goals one day at a time.

I planed to wake up at 6 a.m. and go running. I kind of slept in tell about 7 but hey I still got up and had a fantastic work out. I am going to critic myself and say that I need to push my self more but that is a good thing. I at least now where I need to improve.

After my workout I went shopping for tons of veggies and fruits! I got home and detoxed my whole apartment got rid of anything that would set me up to fail. After words I planned out my lunch and planned what to have for dinner.
I felt really accomplished that my day has been go so well.
Then I got to work and when I went on lunch I smelled McDonald and it made me crave it so bad. I became jealous and kind of sad. But I didn't let it weigh me down. I ate much lunch and rather enjoyed it. After words I felt so much better. I was so proud that I resisted my temptations and made a small step to a better me! :)
I just had an instant result and so glad that I am making life style changes.

Until next time

SPAZout,
              Shay

What Makes You Lose Weight

Losing Weight has been one of the hardest things I have attempted to do over and over and over....and over again. 

As February approached this year I thought back to when I first started losing weight and how its already been a year. I thought that if I would have stuck to it I could be at my DREAM weight... (if we even have one of those...we all know once we get there we will want to lose more)
I got discouraged and thought why would this time be any different....I obviously don't ever reach my goals. A few day later I thought how wrong I was. I've reached goals, lost pant sizes, created better eating habits....Ya I may not have reached my goal of weighing 150 lb But I've reached goals. I'v accomplished a lot.

Weight loss isn't about reaching your goal and then quieting. You don't just automatically stop once you get to where you want to be. It about the habit's you make and the changes you keep. I'm never going to be perfect. I'll have cheat days to cheat months. But I don't actually quite until I completely stop trying....and I sure as heck haven't stopped trying.
I want to loses weight. I want to lose weight so I can run and play with my kids in the yard (when that day comes) and not be out of breath. I want to lose weight so after going up a flight of stair I don't feel like i'm going to die. I want to lose weight for my family, my fiance and my friends. I want to lose weight for you and for me. I want to lose weight so that I know I can do HARD THINGS!!! and help other people achieve their hard things.
Ya I want it but not just for me. I know that this is going to affect the people around be in more ways than I know or even realize so I feel it would be selfish to say that I am the only reason I am losing weight and that i'm the only one that can make myself lose the weight. THIS IS A LIE!!!! When I don't want to go running because I think its to hard... my fiance shows up at my door dragging me out side and pushes me to run. That make me lose weight. When I really crave that cheese burger and my friend says "No you don't" That makes me lose weight. 
Its hard and sometimes I have to be the one pushing myself in the morning but by having the support of my family, friends and complete strangers that helps me lose weight. Because i'm not alone fighting the hardest battle of my life. I have so many people fighting along my side and when that day come where i'm to weak, I want to cave in and give up...they will be there pulling me along and fighting with me.

"Forget all the reasons why

 it won't work and believe the 

ONE reason why it will."

Weight loss isn't just my own battle to fight and it wont ever be. So i'm not going to give up, I am going to get back on out there and push myself and work hard because this year is going to go by fast and I don't want to look back and wish I would have done something different. Life to short to live that way.

Until next time,

SPAZout,
             Shay