Besides exercise, eating healthy is the other MUST DO if you want to fully conquer your fitness goals. Right? I thought I was being all healthy-like when I swapped oil for butter years ago. But even the EVOG (extra virgin olive oil) still packs on extra calories & fat, even if it is the healthier type. I don’t want to exclusively steam my veggies or roast meats in water in order to stay fit. So I did some research and found this tip:
Bring on the broth!
Stir-fying your veggies with broth can cut 959 calories! Try chicken, beef, or vegetable stock to give your veggies extra flavor without the unnecessary extra fat. Interesting fact: broth weighs in at about 41 calories per half-cup while most oils have nearly 1,000 calories per half-cup!
Great trick right? TRY IT!
Found this on my FaceBook wall today. WIN.
I’m the girl who wasn’t working out at all. And who is admitting that she pretty much hasn’t ALL SUMMER LONG. After this situation I wasn’t really able to get back into the whole running thing. In fact, up until this past week I think I went exactly twice. At the beginning of this month I sat up, took a look around, and saw copious amounts of Ben and Jerry’s containers scattered around the bedroom floor. I saw my stomach looking fatter, literally fatter than it’s ever looked. I saw myself not really caring what I was wearing to work and not even doing my hair a makeup on most days. That’s not like me AT ALL. Ask anyone, I take time 95% of the time to make sure I look nice before I go to work. I appreciate makeup and fashion so the fact that I haven’t needed to buy mascara all summer is kind of a big deal. I was depressed and I recognized it. It took a couple more weeks of crying that I’ve gained so much weight but I finally resumed running this past week. I only went twice but one morning it was pouring down rain, one morning I woke up with a migraine, (more about that in a minute,) and the final morning the car needed to be in SUPER early to the mechanic. Although it may seem like kind of a failure, I’m happy that I actually got up and went on the mornings that I was able too. It would have been easy to skip the whole week especially since it’s ahem, that time of the month. I’m proud that I didn’t.
I’m making sure to put makeup on each day before work. It’s truly amazing what eyeliner is doing for my self esteem especially since my never-fat-ever-in-my-life-until-now stomach is now causing almost every pair of jeans to be tight. It’s difficult some mornings getting an outfit together but at least I’m doing something about it instead of crying and throwing things. Molly and I are right back at the beginning, taking 45 minutes to complete 2.6 miles but oh well. We both enjoy it. We will eventually get to the 30 minutes we topped out at and then keep going. I know we will.
The point of this post is actually a question I have for everyone. I can already see my next workout obstacle and I want to prevent it so I’m throwing this question out there: Does anyone else out there get exercise-induced migraines? Or even just bad headaches? I suspected a while back that spinning caused this for me, but now running is as well. I googled it, (because they have all the answers,) and discovered that a shocking 35% of people suffer from this. The cause is being overheated, a spike in blood pressure, being tense in the neck and shoulders, being dehydrated, etc. I looked at all the preventative measures and I do most of them. They tend to come later in the day, a good 6 hours at least after the run. I don’t like taking Excedrin Migraine because the caffeine makes me feel so jittery and not all there, but it’s the only thing that works. I’m debating seeing a doctor even though I hate going to the doctor. But before I do, does anyone deal with this and if so, HOW?? Advice appreciated 
