One thing I have realized since having my children later in life is that it is never too late to make a change. What you did in your past is in your past and we all have to opportunty to move away and forward to make a healthier life.
The most important thing is to find your motivation. Whether it is staying young for your children, a history of disease in your family, a tragedy that brought you to change or a realization of some kind... you got there now go with it.
So what else can you do to keep or find that youthful you beside finding your "joy in exercise" as mentioned in the First Edition of this post? Another obvious answer, food, eat food to enjoy it! I am not talking diet, restriction, abstaining from food. I am talking about how to enjoy food! Yep again here is that word joy but routed into the word enjoy!
How many times have you decided to go on a diet and not eat sweets, breads, pastas, cakes, cookies, candy. How many times have you given up foods that you love and enjoyed doing it? I don't know about you but I think giving up things I like to eat sucks! Not to mention but to think about how long does this abstaining usually last for you. What ever we give up we crave more of, it is a fact.
Think about that boy/girl you dated that your parents hated. Wasn't that making the forbidden or hated person much more attractive to you. The same goes with food, what ever you give up you want much more. My answer, don't give anything up. Eat, enjoy your food. Tune into your body and it wants and desires regarding food and enjoy what you need and want.
It is amazing if you let your body and your mind dictate your selections how smart your choice will eventually be...
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