Two months into the New Year….how are you holding up on your new year’s resolutions? I just recently read an article about myths and facts that keep us from meeting our new year’s resolutions. The article was found in the March 2012 issue of Every Day with Rachel Ray.
I know many people make a new year’s resolution every year to lose weight…I’m one of them. But, Jillian Michael’s, from The Doctors, wants you to know is that it’s not eating too much BAD food that makes you gain weight, it’s really eating too much food. A person who eats 10 Twinkies every day will gain fewer pounds than the person who eats 2 cups of almonds every day. “As much as I hate to say it, it’s the quantity of calories, not the quality of food, that makes you gain weight,” says Jillian. Even though this is the case, eating more nutritious foods will help you look, feel and sleep better, stay fuller, and have more energy. Just remember, eat healthy foods in moderation.
Another common new year’s resolution is to work out. A lot of the time you hear, “if you don’t stretch before you work out you’ll be sore.” This isn’t the entire truth. Jillian Michaels shares that it’s not, not stretching that gives you sore muscles, it’s stretching that leads to those sore muscles. Think about it…if you stretch cold muscles before you exercise, it can lead to injury and pain. To truly warm up your muscles, start exercising with 10 minutes of anything that will get your heart rate going faster and that will warm up your body temperature. Sometimes, walking or jogging will get your heart rate up as well as jumping jacks. Once have warmed up your body, then begin your normal workout BUT make sure to finish your workout with a stretching session before you call it quits for the day!!
Source: Teresa Dumain, The Blame Game in Every Day with Rachel Ray, March 2012 Issue
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