Coming to Terms with total F(ood)ITNESS!
#FITGIRLCODE community: I have a confession to make. I have not always been a pillar of total fitness! I was that girl who all of her friends hated because I had the appetite of a defensive lineman yet I never put on a single pound of weight despite how much food I ate.
Coming to Terms with total F(ood)ITNESS!
During my undergraduate years from 2007-2011, I ate whatever I wanted at Trine University (Angola, IN) like so many of us do. I was lucky enough to be an ectomorph, what the fit world considers “a hard gainer”, meaning I have a naturally lean body that has a difficult time gaining weight. Despite eating Taco Bell, Burger King and Pizza Hut like it was my major on a weekly basis, I still lifted weights 5-6 days a week on campus so I thought I was perfectly fit!
Fast forward 3 years later, as I began to interact with more likeminded fit people on Twitter and Instagram I realized I was only 50% fit. The critical half of being 100% fit that I was missing was…you guessed it…eating healthy. You may have heard the term “You cannot out work a bad diet” and I never thought it to be true. However, for one month I challenged myself this past June to cut out sweets, fast food, pop and desserts to see if there was a change in my appearance simply from switching to a cleaner diet. And the result was a leaner body and better muscle definition than I had ever experienced in the past, even while being a college athlete. I started the challenge at 147 pounds, lost 10 pounds and today, 4 months later I am still maintaining a leaner, more muscular body at 137 pounds!
I will be the first to say that every girl’s wish is to be able to eat and drink as much as we want, whenever we want while maintaining great glutes, killer abs and muscular arms but that is just not the case. The magic pill to being fit does not exist, but it is possible to attain with a very simple formula!
Consistent Healthy Eating (fruits/vegetables, carbs, lots of lean protein, water)
+ Being Active (indoor or outdoor, just get moving 3-5 days per week)
+ Moderate Sweets and Indulgence (for your sanity because everybody deserves something a little sweet in life)
= A fit and happy YOU that you can be proud of daily!
