***** I started working out with at trainer at 24 Hour Fitness to get into shape and have more confidence about myself . Working out with a trainer helped me change my diet, gave me more confidence, and it also helped me learn more about nutrition and exercise. I learned about what types of foods were good and what types of food were bad. Before learning about nutrition, I knew about junk food but I wasn't aware of unwholesome additives in regular food, trying to make it seem like it was wholesome. Take a look at this Facebook post “The 15 Scariest Food Additives” posted by Eat This, Not That!. This Facebook site offers a lot of good alternatives to help us eat right. After learning more about food I have become more cautious about the food I eat.
*****After learning more about what was in the food I was eating I started to feel disgusted. I was eating many chemicals such as ammonia for coloring in the cereal Fruit Loops. I felt angry after reading about ammonia in the cereal, and I threw out the box. Junk food for me consists of candy, fast food, and snack food like fruit snacks (contains no real fruit). When it comes to fast food, it makes me sick just thinking about all the grease they use and extra sugar that they may have put in there. Whenever I eat fast food, I generally leave with an upset stomach and a grease coated mouth. Therefore, if I do eat fast food I try to get the most nutritious items on the menu like a grilled chicken sandwich and a fresh side salad.
*****Learning to transition from eating junk food to eating healthier was challenging. I changed from eating foods I used to like to healthier foods that didn’t always taste the best. Eating healthy doesn't have to always taste bad, and with the help of my trainer I learned how to make nourishing, low fat, delicious snacks and meals. Men’s Health magazine and their website menshealth.com has been a big help to me also. They helped me find healthy meals such as this yummy One-Skillet Chicken with Spinach and Mushrooms, and other information about health and fitness. Eating right can come at a high price to an inexperienced shopper but an experienced shopper will make inexpensive delicious nutritious meals. It can be very tempting to watch others eat what I used to enjoy. I started learning how to substitute junk food for healthy food. For an example, I like to eat ice cream which is full of fat and sugar but I learned how to substitute frozen yogurt which is half the fat and sugar, and the taste is almost the same. Although junk food is tempting, learning the benefits to eating healthy can change ones perspective on food like it did mine.
*****The benefits I have since changing my eating habits are achieving my weight loss goals, more energy and a better mood. Getting a gym membership also gives me an upper hand in continuing my active lifestyle. It has helped me gain more muscle and strength. When I was eating junk food I could not run a mile but now I can run more than a mile. Therefore, living a physically fit life and eating right can lead to a healthier society and would lower the obesity rates in the U.S.. In the end eating right and daily exercise can show some amazing results.
*****As I continue learning more about the terrible additives in my food it gave me a whole new outlook. Therefore, I have chosen a healthier lifestyle. I feel better about myself and my appearance since I been eating right. Some may say I am a health nut and go overboard with trying to eat right, but until they see what’s in their food maybe they will understand why I choose to live healthy. Maybe I don’t have a passion for eating food. but I do have a passion for wanting to learn about it. and wanting to teach others about it too. Hopefully, one day companies will stop putting junk in our food and substitute nutritious food. In the end, living healthy and wanting to live longer have made me a wiser and happier person all around.
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