What I'm All About

What I want to bring to you is my experience with cooking and food. I want to show you how to live a healthy life without giving up all of the food that you love! I know, it sounds to good to be true but bear with me. I personally have low blood sugar levels meaning I have to watch what I eat. On the other hand I grew up with my mother being diabetic and she refused to take care of herself claiming that "she wasn't going to give up eating the food she loved." Well she may be eating the food she loves but she is now fighting obesity, as well as high blood sugar with insulin injections. It breaks my heart. Today I start my own transformation that has been in the works for over a year now. While I was never seriously obese, I wasn't healthy either. Today I am down forty pounds and have kept it off for more than three months. I'm going to not only share how to live a healthy happy life, but how to save money on groceries, and even share recipes that will help you stay fit and living!

I first would like to start out with some basic tips that can start your new life. That's what this is all about right? Having a long healthy life filled with energy and happiness.

Contrary to what some people think we as humans are officially grazers, we are meant to pick food and much all throughout the day. So while you might think snacking will ruin your appetite, it will actually help curb it! What do I mean by all this? Simple, if you eat when you wake up, have a snack between that and lunch, you are not nearly as hungry and will instinctively eat less at lunch. Now it might all be starting to make sense. Another misconception I'd like to debunk now is eating less will make you thin. You're right! It will also make you dead. Your body is not made to be starved. The longer you go without food the more your body stores for later due to the simple fact of, it doesn't know when it will eat next. It's amazing how we are made to survive.

So get your snack on. It may be as simple as a handful of mixed nuts, or a piece of fruit, or even maybe half a sandwich. At first it's going to sound silly, but watch after a week or so, you will almost never be actually hungry. Another perk of this is that you are getting your nutrition throughout the day giving you more energy. That perfect fix to that 2 p.m. feeling.

So this is the beginning of change. I wish you the best of luck!

~Skadia