Nutrition tip of the day: Don't wait until your "starving" to eat. Try eating a "mini-meal" every three hours, and include protein in evey meal. Don't fall for traditional junk food "snacks". Don't buy in to the marketing. Choose a piece of fruit, berries, green leafy vegetables, low-fat cheese, milk and whole wheat bread. Chooose some "good" wholesome fats like avocados, walnuts, pecans and almonds. Ideally, you want to avoid becoming extremely hungry. Extream hunger leads to grabbing whatever food is quickly available, and you’re less likely to make the effort to choose something wholesome.
After the birth of my son in June of 2005, I found that I was easily fitting back into my prenatal jeans after only five months. My secret? Walking! I was up and out trekking from our then Hooker Avenue home over to Spratt Park five or six days each week, and it took an hour and a half roundtrip. Once my son started walking around 10 months he no longer wanted to sit in the stroller for an hour and a half, so my walking came to a halt as did my fitting into my jeans. Thus, came the inspiration for my local walking group! I want to get back into my jeans, and I wanted others to reap the benefits of walking as well. I’m not fitting into my jeans very well yet - but at least now I can get them up over my butt!
During our walks the members of the group chat and enjoy the outdoors in good company. We often laugh about how much mental work it is to drag ourselves out of the house to meet at 7pm. Refreshed, invigorated, mission accomplished, we feel like a million bucks after having completed the walk. Along with meeting interesting people, walking can also help improve ones self-esteem and body image. Oh, my son's birthday went great, and sorry to say I did little walking overall that day. Never the less, get walking.
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