Don't Eat Yourself Old (looking and smelling)

Great visual thinspiration!!! One of my favorite "diet stories" / thinspiration is of the calorie restriction studies on the rhesus monkeys.

 If you know what I am talking about then these cute little guys will ring a bell:

Can you believe these monkey are the same age? Now you tell me which monkey looks "hotter"?  
That's what I thought, I agree, the monkey on the left totally looks hotter and younger than the monkey on the right.
As I said, this was a calorie restriction diet study (Wisconsin National Primate Research Center 1989) and from what I see, just look at them, the proof is in the pudding or should I say in the healthy, low calorie, unprocessed alternative.
The National Institute of Aging sort of rebuked this study recently saying that the monkeys in their study showed no difference in longevity to the other 'control' monkeys.
But come on now, I think The National Institute of Looking Young and Hot would have to agree that who cares what makes you live longer, it's what makes you look good, young, hot and healthy that matters!
Albeit the CR diet also had the benefits of greatly reducing  the risk of getting heart disease, diabetes, cancer and other diseases of aging. The CR monkeys also were said to have "younger-seeming immune systems" and better metabolisms. They also did live 50% longer which shows it "slowed the aging process".
I don't know what the NIA is getting at but these findings show, just looking at the picture above, a very clear picture just what eating until you're full can do to you physically.




Longevity? Is that the debate? What about youth? Who cares how long you live if it's in this body>

Poor little fella!


Summary:
If you eat whatever, whenever and how much you like you will look older (even go grey faster!) and be fatter.
Restrict Calories at the very least by 10% daily and you will look younger and hotter.

Sugars, processed foods, saturated fats, GMO's, propylene glycol and especially deep fried foods will make you look 10 years older and a few inches wider at the least.
It is best when shopping at the grocery store to stay near the walls. Only shop in the produce, meat (unless you are vegan/veggie) and may be bakery (only for some fiber filled 100% whole wheat). If you must penetrate the isles of shame it better only be for some healthy almonds, walnuts and some soda water. 
.....and of course you are allowed to hit the liquor section but that will surely even out all your calorie restriction and may be not make you so young looking after all...at least the next morning right! 


So, here's to you calorie restricted, healthy, way younger looking (inside and out), skinny rhesis monkey on the left.
Thanks for proving that eating an unnecessary amount of food can have such an impact on not only your complete happiness with your reflection but on wellness and your well being too.
Thank you for the visual that I always keep in my mind of your cute little "before picture" that was never an "after picture" like the monkey on the right.

      

This is all I have to say to any ingredients that have preservatives, flavour added, colour added, to any sugar that does not come from a fruit or veggie, to anything processed, to GMO's, to propylene glycol and above all deep fried foods:

After or Before

Remember the door swings both ways.......

(The fridge door, hahaha) 

                                                After?           Before?

October Champion

Congratulations to me this week! It is only the 6th and guess how many time I have worked out so far this month? 5x ...yay
And I feel great and I can see a bit of difference inside and out, so keep up the good work, Miss Active :)

Viva Variety

Tip to not feel like you're missing out on the yummy munchies but in fact are eating more:
Eat a Variety of Foods, yay……
Instead of eating those 6 slices of pizza, just have one slice and then have a salad and then if you are still bugging out for more carbs and greasy cheese and meat just have an apple instead and then a big glass of water and then a nice hot cup of green tea and if you are still having a food epi have a liquid soup and, if you must, you can have one slice of whole wheat linseed bread w/ the liquid soup and if you are still in the mood to eat like a gross pig then have a low fat yogurt.
So there you have eaten a variety of only 3 things and your jaw should be tired by then, geez that is if you stopped at the apple.  But if you had to go all out and eat the whole lot, at least, if you think about it, you still only had just one slice of pizza which is honestly the only taboo food in that mix…..well only if you had a responsible salad dressing.

Will and Way...so way

A taste is best just don’t eat the rest!
Find any excuse to burn carbs instead of finding any excuse (and free time) to fill filling your pie hole.
So what if it is only 10 Kjs or 400 Kjs of exercise, they all add up regardless and you will be so happy to be getting stuff done!...instead of getting fatter, fatty.
Just doing the dishes burns 40kjs, running around w/ a pet or playing w/ kids burns heaps, standing up, gardening, sewing, walking, shopping, reorganizing, having a yard sale, photography, and padlocking the empty fridge all burn kilojoules and you are not even working out, you are just being productive. Combine your new found passion for productivity w/ just 3 days a week cardio/weight program.
What did you say? Oh, your looking so fit because you have been so busy running your personal empire of awesomeness? Well, good on you! Keep up the good work!

Create The Will Power

Bob Marley Wellness & Fitness role model

Dear Bob was not only a “poet and a prophet” but also a pretty healthy, very fitness orientated fellow.

He loved playing soccer so much that he refused an operation that could have ruined his active lifestyle but might have saved his life.

Bob was not a big drinker which is beneficial to any waistline but he didn’t live for food either.  Bob loved delicious blended fruit smoothies made from fresh fruit and also drank fish tea daily, full of healthy omega-3’s I imagine, which is great for your mental and physical well-being.  So good that some say Icelandic people have the highest mental health rate nationwide compared to other nations due to the high intake of fish in their diet, ahem omegas! Wellness was very important to Bob so he was not only a pioneer of peace but of well-being too.

At home when Bob was not playing music he was shooting hoops or playing soccer in the community getting everyone active, I mean who would not want to play soccer with Bob Marley, right.

I am not condoning drug use of course but light stimulants can help your focus, motivation and fat burning. Coffee for example is full of antioxidants and will help get you in the game if you are feeling a little off yours….like being on the couch instead, no way!
Bob was the opposite of a couch potato, Marley was no slouch.

Marley can definitely pass for a fitness role model, so here’s to you Bob Marley, thanks for inspiring so many people inside and out…….and in life and in death. 

Rastafari!