Motivation

The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison. -Unknown Author

What is motivation? What wakes you up in the morning for work or school? Why are you so motivated about living your dream? "Motivation is an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way." -Dictionary.com. When you wake up in the morning just know it’s for a reason. You have a purpose to fulfill. Without having a purpose you won't go to school and without school you wouldn't have a career. Without school you wouldn't have job and without a job you wouldn't be able to pay your bills.  You are motivated to fulfill your dream because it’s your purpose in life. Everything has a purpose. Your purpose is what motivated you to be who you are today.

Today my purpose is to become healthy and fit. So by becoming healthy and fit, I motivate myself to eat better as well as workout. Not to sound cocky or anything but with fulfilling your purpose there are lots of trail and errors.  But what has been working for me not to say this might work for you is that I learned you could be successful when you eat or do the things you love. What I mean is that you don't necessarily have to go to the gym for it to be a workout. You can simply just do an exercise that you love at home. For example, I love Zumba so instead of paying someone to instruct me I just subscribe to a Zumba fitness instructor on YouTube and do Zumba for an hour and a half.

I am not sure if I told you guys this, but since I gain weight in college I became less and less confident in myself. I have been more cautious about the way my body looks. Sometimes I am afraid to change clothes in front of people.  Or even take a group photo with people. I didn't realize it until I became depressed with myself. People will tell me what's wrong with you, you look great. But what people don't understand is that I want to be able to say that to myself and feel confident. If I am not happy with the way I look I am going to fix it so I can to give myself complements.

As of today, I can tell you guys that I have gain more confidence than I had these past couple of months. In the photo above this is what I look like since I have been eating healthier and working out. If you know me you know I am not a salad kind of girl but I have become a salad freak. I make my salad at home with all the ingredients I like. For dinner I decided to have a salad instead of a shake. Just to remind you guys I am also using a product called Herbal Life in my journey to becoming fit.  So in my salad I used organic romaine lettuces, organic cucumbers and grilled or backed chicken with a little fat free or organic dressing. Sometimes I do add other ingredients like tomatoes.  Now I am in love with salads.

Just to let you guys known about Herbal Life. I am using their aloe, tea and shakes products in my journey to becoming fit. I am going to give you a brief description about each product but just to let you know, Herbal Life is a natural product company that helps people loses weight and gain muscles as well as living a healthier lifestyle. Herbal Life is a lifestyle. It helps you transform into the person you always wanted to be. So the aloe helps clean out your colon, the tea burns your fat and the shake is used to replace a meal. Just make sure you truly want to do this because it is a commitment that will change your life as long as you are motivated.

~Sade G.

The Results

EXERCISE

to be fit, not skinny.

EAT

to nourish

your body

AND ALWAYS...

IGNORE

the haters, doubters &

unhealthy examples that

were once feeding you.

YOU

are worth more

than you realize.

-Unknown Author

After almost finishing my first week of sacrificing my favorite foods I can honestly say I am happy but temptation will tempt you. I just want to eat again but I know that this challenge has a purpose. Being Hispanic and not being able to eat rice and bread is extremely stressful. I just want to cry, I feel like I lost a part of me. Although my doubters are alive the only way to be successful in the not eating challenge is that you have to reward yourself no matter what. For example, if you are training your dog to sit and every time he does it you reward him with a treat he is going to continue to do it because he knows he will get a rewarded. That is exactly what you have to do.

On day one of my challenge it was extremely hard. All I wanted to do is eat fries and a big juicy burger. But instead I enjoyed my cookie and cream shake while dreaming it was fries and burger blended, although that image may seem gross. The day finally ended when I forced myself to sleep. Your mind can play funny tricks on you. When I woke up I dreamt that I was eating spaghetti and meatballs, but when I got up I was just dreaming of the food. I realized that in life the hardest things you want you have to work for. In order for me to be fit I need to want it and work hard for it so it can happen.

Sometimes having a light and smaller portioned meal is better than over eating and feeling like you’re gonna die. The picture above is a simply grilled chicken wrap with spinach, lettuce and dressing of your choice that I enjoy when I am not really hungry but need to eat dinner. Although, I am on a non-eating diet this week. This is a simple and fast meal you can make if you don't want to eat anything heavy.

Herbal Life has been my meal for the past five days. At first it was very hard but you get the hang of it. Although you have friends who are eating chicken tenders and French fries next to you and all you want to do is eat her food for her, but you can’t let yourself do it. In the first three days I have lost three pounds. When I saw the scale I was so happy and motivated that I started to workout. I decided if my body is showing me it wants change; why not give it a chance too. Sometimes you can't work out for an hour or two but you can at least do crunches and squats before you go to bed so you continue to see progress in the little things you do.

“Remember it's gonna get harder before it gets easier. But it will get better; you just gotta make it through the hard stuff first.” –Unknown

~Sade G.