Now, it comes down to exercise, my eating habits, and my weight, I have maintained steadily, and fairly through the summer. I have had some minor setbacks with injuries, but all in all I have maintained and keep striving forward. I feel healthier in some ways and more aware of how to push my body, where I need to make changes, and more importantly what I need to be eating and consuming for my health. This brings me to an important point. What are you feeding your body? I am not going to sit here and say I never indulge in things that are not so good for me but I have learned that is an occasional treat. Since it is breast cancer awareness month, I wanted to stress the importance of diet, not necessarily as weight control but as cancer prevention. A person's cancer risk can be reduced by receiving regular medical care, avoiding tobacco, limiting alcohol use, avoiding excessive exposure to ultraviolet rays from the sun and tanning beds, eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, maintaining a healthy weight, and being physically active. This, according to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) When there is so many choices out there for poor nutrition , such as empty calories in sugary drinks and sugary snacks, unbalanced meals which are outrageously portioned and full of unhealthy fats, we are essentially robbing and cheating our body of what it needs to function and regenerate health.
I have place a link in this post to clean eating tips that I find useful. Choosing whole foods, unprocessed, minimally processed foods, is one step you can take to take in proper nutrition and remain healthy!
