Remember your mom telling you that breakfast is the most important meal of a day and that you should never skip breakfast? The same goes for your workout—it is ESSENTIAL that you eat something light before you work out so that you don’t pass out and your stomach doesn’t “eat itself” from hunger during your workout.

As well, you need some carbs before you work out so that your muscles have food too. Just because you might have some fat on your body doesn’t mean that your body uses that for energy—it needs an immediate source to burn off.

Let’s define carbs

Proteins and fats may turn to carbs at some point down the line, but they are not our body’s main source of energy. Carbs are our brain’s main source of energy. When we eat carbs that don’t have any fat or protein, our body digests that carbohydrate quickly so that we have energy. Think of when you eat lots of Skittles and then get a “sugar high” and have lots of energy—That’s when your body digests the carbs.
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Yesterday was a tough day for me: I had a few deadlines at work, traffic was horrible, and I was tired. All I wanted to do was go home, eat a chocolate bar, and curl up in bed. I didn’t want to even THINK about exercising, let alone eating something healthy. Ewww….

I’m sure we’ve all had those days when we are stressed out, irritable, tired, and just “not in the mood” to eat healthy or exercise. But we know it’s good for us to fuel our bodies well in order to hopefully live a long, healthy life.

So what are we to do? Do we have to be “perfect” every single day of our lives? In my opinion, No. Because you are human, there are going to be times when you occasionally take a day off from being physically active, or a day that you declare as “fast food/junk food” day (not to be abused as binge eating day, which NOT the same thing!). But when we start having more of those “off” days than “on” days, we’ve got to do something!

Motivational Techniques
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