Becoming A Healthier You

You know, I am 18 years old, and I am at the peak of my health! However, this does not mean that I should not maintain a healthy diet and workout regimen. Exercising and maintaining your diet keeps you happy, healthy, energized, and expands the longevity of your life! A healthy diet consists of lots of fruits and veggies, whole grains, low-fat dairy products, and lean proteins. You should minimize your consumption of sugars, sodium, and saturated fats! While maintaining a healthy diet, you should exercise on a daily basis. The more intense the physical activity, the more calories you will burn. It is understood that if you have a busy life, you cannot set aside time everyday to exercise. So instead, you could choose to alter your daily routine to give you a little more physical activity, such as taking the stairs instead of the elevator.

 

In all honesty, being a teenager, about to graduate high school, my schedule is very busy! I always have an appointment to make and homework to finish. I absolutely love my job! However, I must admit that keeping up with my diet and exercise can be very difficult at times. No matter what, I make sure I find time to fit it in. I bought a small calendar that I keep my scheduled diet and exercise regimen in. Not only do maintaining a healthy diet and exercising benefit my body, but it also gives me energy, and benefits my mood!

Confession: I LOVE brownies and cookie dough, Coca-Cola basically runs in my veins, and I am usually the last person to wake up early to get a run in. Trust me, I am 100% relatable when it comes to lacking motivation and struggling to eat right. Over the last year, I have learned that giving up the brownie won't break my heart, and running isn't as bad as I thought. Once I started working out and eating right, I had a moment of realization where I thought: “Dang! Mom was right! Eating right and exercising makes me feel 10 times better!” (Love you, Mom!) However, we do all have moments of weakness, and please don't beat yourself up if you have the cookie instead of the apple, just promise not to do it next time! We are all human! We will have moments of weakness! But just remember that YOU CAN DO THIS. You can stick to your diet and workout regimen!We are here to help each other... I call it accountability! I have to admit without someone to help me I couldn't have done it alone! Jeremy Crawford at Pulse Fitness Hot Springs got me prepared for my state pageant and is helping me prepare for Teen USA! Jeremy you are the bomb! You help keep me tight on track!!!

SO...With the new years coming up, I have written up a high protein diet for me to follow throughout the next 8 months during my journey to Miss Teen USA 2015! I know how tough it can be sticking to a diet and working out by yourself, so I have created a Facebook page that you guys can join- Be An Overcomer: Becoming A Healthier You. I will be posting daily words of encouragement! We all have weak moments where the ice cream is calling our name, so when those moments hit, go to the Facebook page for words of encouragement! The page will also have monthly schedules of the diet I will be following, as well as other diet suggestions, and workout recommendations! I hope you all have an amazing New Year’s! Happy 2015!