Thursday, June 14, 2012

...NO MORE JUNK...

I have often said that if you want to eat healthy, you need to keep healthy food in your home.  One of the ways I personally avoid eating junk food, is by trying to not have it around me.  I was thinking about this today as I looked in the pantry and couldn't find anything good to snack on.  Today, my willpower is strong so I made a decision to just wait until lunch, but there are days when I would've been influenced by the chips and cookies that my kids snack on.

My thoughts turned to the people in my life.  Something made me think about a friend I used to have.  We are no longer friends, and even though I still miss her from time to time...I have no desire to ever rekindle that relationship.  It was just like eating junk food.  It was a quick fix.  It was fun and "delicious" at the time, but there were always consequences to the behavior afterwards.  Eating sweets and junk food is great while it lasts, but that's the problem.  It doesn't last long and I am always left wanting more.  It slows me down and keeps me from progress.

Maybe we should look at how everything in our lives is effecting our health and well being.  It's not just about the food we eat or how often we work out.  It's also about our mindset and the people we surround ourselves with.  Those things can directly effect how we think and the choices we make.  They can have just as big of an effect on our fitness as the food we eat does.

Make a choice to be your best.  Eat good food and train your body to be strong.  Surround yourself with people that are positive and help you want to be better.  Get all the junk food out of your pantry and lose the junky people in your life that keep you from being the strong, happy person that you should be!

4 comments:

  1. A big AMEN to this post! I've cleaned out the pantry, and a couple junky people in my life this year. The difference is amazing. I've also added two positive friends...why didn't I do this sooner?!?!? Thanks for the post!

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    1. You're welcome! Yes...it's amazing what a difference it makes. Especially with people...sometimes it's hard to see how much junky people and food are effecting you until you get the courage to get em out and things improve! :)

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  2. Another excellent posts that seems to parallel and mirror my life! Bravo, Marsha~! And, as always, thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.

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  3. Great post! I heartily agree. New GFS follower, btw. I'm a writer with two blogs for the two genres I write: musingsonfantasia.blogspot.com (for fantasy) and lkhill.blogspot.com (for everything else, specifically historical fiction and crime drama). Feel free to stop by either one. As someone who's always trying to get into better shape but has a hard time being consistent (and heaven knows sitting in front of a computer typing doesn't encourage a tight backside), I think your blog will be good for me! I look forward to your posts! :D

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