Inspiration vs. Motivation

Sometimes the Doritos be calling my name! Sometimes I don't want to work out. Sometimes I want to just slip into old habits. That's when motivation kicks in.

Fast Food is the Devil

There are several reasons I don't eat fast food, but there's one that takes the cake (pun intended). Aside from the fact that is has no nutritional value, makes me feel crappy, and causes gas and bloating, there's this:

     The video was part of research that really shed light on something. Just from the still shot you can see a difference. But wait, before I go further, let's just agree on a few things. The digestive system's function is to break down food into a form which can be used for energy. That's a fact. So when foods can't be broken down in the body, they simply pass along the digestive tract. Why does that matter? Well considering the fact that the purpose of eating is nutrition (energy, minerals, vitamins, etc.) there's nothing beneficial to eating something that's not going to be broken down an won't provide any.
    So yeah, I don't eat McDonald's, Wendy's, or Burger King and haven't for about two years now. But is this just a phase? I mean, we constantly hear that something is good for us, then we hear that it's not. Well let me assure you, there is NOTHING good about the processed crap that gets handed to us out of windows. Consider a piece of paper. You leave some paper in a container and a few years later, there's no difference. Okay, great for the paper. But would you eat that same piece of paper? Well of course not because who eats paper? I mean other than someone on TLC's My Strange Addiction..... Yet fast food eaters eat things that are not breaking down. They're not actually food. I mean, anything bugs won't eat, ain't for me.

Burgers & Fries....2 Years Later 

Photo: Blisstree




What about you? Do you love fast food? Leave a comment below. 

Why I Run

I run because...

I had a friend in college who was born without legs.

I want to wear a bikini next summer.

I want to be an athlete

I want to become a personal trainer and help others overcome hurdles that I'm currently fighting to defeat.

I run because.....

I enjoy eating carbs.

I enjoy looking good in my clothes.

I want to look GREAT in my clothes.

I run because...

Heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol all run in my family...and I don't want to be next.

I run because I realize I have some control over my health.

I run because there are people who doubt that I can.

I run because we need more black women encouraging each other to exercise

I run because I never thought I could.

I run because....

I have asthma-and it's dramatically improved since I began running.

I want to look as good as I feel.

I want to have lots of energy for as long as I can.

I run because....

I refuse to be an older woman who feels like weight gain is simply part of aging-and does nothing to stop it.

Its easier to change a lifestyle in my 20s than it will be in my 60s

I run for all those times people made me feel less than because I was overweight.

I run because...

I'm no longer afraid of how others will view/treat me when I'm at my goal size....Not. My. Problem.

I enjoy the blessing of endorphins. A natural high? Yes please, and thank you.

I run because....

Excuses are inexcusable.

I enjoy being outside.

I'm worthy enough to take care of myself.

I run because....

I can.

Fitspiration

Our Greatest Fear —Marianne Williamson

it is our light not our darkness that most frightens us

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous?

Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other
people won't feel insecure around you.

We were born to make manifest the glory of
God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.

—Marianne Williamson