Need some motivation?

I was reading today about some incredible people who have lost a large amount of weight and I got inspired. I hope to have an amazing success story like this one day!

Huffington Post January 2014
Name: Marie Dozier
Age: 30
Height: 5'7"
Before Weight: 271 pounds

How I Gained It: My abuse of sugar, as a substance to provide me that rush, began as a small child. I knew I had a problem because I could never understand why all of my friends were able to have entire pantries full of snacks and treats at all times. The pantry would not stay stocked in my house for longer than a day because instead of eating treats occasionally, I would eat until the entire stock was gone. This continued to be an on-and-off struggle for me throughout my adolescence and into early adulthood, but reached its peak when I entered into an extremely unhappy and dysfunctional marriage. What started as a problem with overindulgence and lack of moderation became a full-fledged addiction. For about two years, I stuffed my emotions down by filling myself with food: cheap, easily accessible, nutrient-deficient junk food. I ate from fast-food restaurants daily and made frequent trips to the grocery stores for chips, candy and cakes. I'd go to the movies by myself with a giant purse full of binge food just so I could get my high in private. I would only binge in private. But what I kept trying to hide from others became extremely apparent when I continued to gain weight and topped the scale at 271 pounds.

I was tired of living the miserable existence that comes with having over 100 pounds of excess body weight. I was tired of being uncomfortable, unattractive and alienated. It was very unpleasant for me, physically, to have to carry around the heavy burden of morbid obesity. Simple tasks, such as getting in and out of the car, carrying groceries into the house or putting away laundry were exhausting and torturous. I was uncomfortable in every single thing I did, from breathing to sleeping. Every moment of my existence was terribly burdensome.

I also felt a lot of shame as a morbidly obese person. I wore the same outfit every day because I couldn't bring myself to go out and purchase anything for the size that I was. I left my house to either go to work or go get food, but otherwise I was on my couch, in front of the TV, with food. I couldn't do anything I wanted to do because I was uncomfortable in my own skin, and therefore uncomfortable around other people. It kept me from making friends, participating in activities that I would have otherwise enjoyed. I was a perpetual loner.

Breaking Point: July 27, 2007 is when I "snapped" and decided that I had to get the weight off once and for all. Food issues and my morbid obesity was a form of slavery, and I was determined to break free in order to live the life I desired. I had finally grown weary of starting over every single day. I knew my youth was going to be gone soon. I rationalized that if I was going to enjoy my youth at all, it was now or never.

How I Lost It: Losing weight is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. The journey began slowly. I became more mindful of what I was putting into my body. I slowly began replacing soda with water, candy bars with high-fiber snacks, fast food with home-cooked meals. I began by eliminating fast food and food that comes from packages (like chips and candies) and working through the process of learning to "eat clean". It was not easy at all, considering I had pretty much been living off of fast food and junk food for years. Breaking any addiction requires a certain amount of suffering, and suffer I did. It was misery. I experienced legitimate withdrawal symptoms. I had intense cravings. This was beyond just "being on a diet". It felt like I was in detox for the first six months. During those six months, I lost about 40 pounds.


In 2008, I joined SparkPeople and began to look through the success stories and food logs of fit and healthy members. I tried to mimic how they ate, which changed my diet dramatically. I began to eat significantly more fruit and vegetables and increased my exercise. I started walking in the neighborhood and going to the gym. This was also another difficult thing for me to do, because I had become so accustomed to living a sedentary lifestyle. But, every day, I forced myself to do some type of exercise. I was walking more, doing the elliptical trainer at the gym and hiking three miles at a time. Eventually I was able to start running for a few minutes, here and there, on the treadmill at the gym. My weight continued to drop, and I began to start feeling better about myself. It wasn't long before I started running outside. Next, I ran my first 5K, then 10K, then half marathon. A year later I was running a full 26.2 miles!

I experimented with many diets throughout the process of losing weight, but have indeed made this a lifestyle change. When I first began my journey, I had little expectations of transforming my life from a morbidly obese, sedentary person to a fit and healthy person. I felt somewhat hopeless. When I found SparkPeople, it really drove home the possibility that I could make lasting changes and achieve success. It took about two years to lose the bulk of the weight and then another three years of "ups and downs" in maintenance. Then, in the last two years, I have finally lost the last 30 pounds to reach a comfortable weight.

Now, I love and enjoy healthy, nutritious, fresh foods on a daily basis. I really enjoy food and the experience of eating, but it's no longer a destructive behavior that causes guilt, shame and weight gain. I feel fueled, nourished and energized! I exercise every single day, and don't even have to force myself to anymore; it is now a habit and a consistent aspect of my life. I participate in sports and fitness classes that keep me engaged and that I consider fun. I take my dog hiking in the woods. I run races. I do yoga.

I am a better person because of my weight loss. I have more energy to keep up with my two young daughters. I have confidence to be a good wife to my husband. I have a better work ethic because I'm more fit, rested and can move about with ease. I no longer shy away from opportunities to socialize, such as going to church or birthday parties. I have been able to travel and see the world -- something I never would have done as my obese self. I am able to do things I never dreamed possible. I'm in the perfect career now, working as a psychiatric nurse to help others with addictions, and finally, I look cute in a pair of jeans! Fighting that battle and overcoming my food addiction was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. But I believe I'm a stronger person for it and have learned incredibly valuable life lessons that continue to help me grow and mature into a healthy, whole, happy and content individual. I am no longer a slave to my addiction. That is very liberating!

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Today is going to be a bit crazy

This morning I woke up feeling a bit overwhelmed with all the things that I have to do today. My wife got into a car accident last night so I am tasked with taking the van into the insurance company for their adjuster to give us an estimate. Now that I am sitting here typing this, I am realizing that I shouldn't have to make any effort to get the van fixed, they should have to come to my house right? It wasn't Katy's fault, so why should we have to jump through hoops?

Well here it is 9:30 am and I have an appt at 11am about 20 minutes from here to get the van looked at. I then have to feed the kids between the time the van is done being looked at and 12:40 when they have to be to school, then I rush to the Gym to meet my personal trainer for my 1:00 session. Right when the session is over, I go home and shower quickly and make it back to pick up the kids just in time for school to get out.

This kind of day is all it used to take to get me to make an excuse to not follow through with my fitness and health plans for the day. Not anymore! Every step is a choice.

This morning I was a bit bothered that we ran out of carrots and haven't made it to the store to buy more, but I was not about to let that be the reason that I didn't make my smoothies this morning, I just used more celery. The taste of celery juice is very strong, but by having the freshly juiced orange in the juice, the celery taste is pretty well masked.

I have a goal to lose 3 pounds this week, no more 1-2 pound weeks! Who is going to join me?

I have had dozens of people ask me what I put in my smoothies so I put together a video to show the whole process. It is a bit modified due to the fact that I didn't have carrots, but you get the point!

Quote of the day: 

"It takes a while to change your body, it only takes a split second to change your mind"

Recovering food addict

Today I feel good. I woke up this morning ready to greet the day. I drank my fruit and veggie smoothie while at my computer writing, and for once I remembered to take my fat burning pill.

I am down a total of 29 pounds since starting my journey officially in mid January 2014. I started a video blog that I intend to do regular updates to help people that may want some support to lose weight. I'll be the first to tell you, it is NOT easy. But the more prepared you are, the better off you will be.

Today was business as usual in my house, my oldest (who is now 5) went back to school today, which meant I had to drop him off at school. The OLD me would have simply came back home and gotten to work at the computer, or even sat on the couch for some TV time. Today, I drove all the way home, I saw the basketball hoop in my front yard which reminded me to get some exercise. I picked up a football and soccer ball and took my 4 year old twins to the park. I planned on playing ball, but they saw the playground and had other plans. I was a bit discouraged at first because for once, I made the decision to "get moving" as my phone reminder kept playing every hour. Here we were at a park, with a soccer ball and football, and all my boys wanted to do was play on the playground. I don't mind them playing, but I really wanted to get my heart rate up and burn some calories.

I have been a victim of circumstance for too long. I was talking to my sister on the phone and was talking to her about being a "victim of circumstance" and how important it was to recognize and make different choices.

For far too long, with the work that I have done I am always out and about. If I got hungry, I would find the closest drive thru and grab myself a bite to go. That usually meant eating more calories in one sitting than I should have all day long. The thing is, if you find yourself in that situation, remember the phrase "make good choices" I don't have to be a "victim of circumstance" anymore. The other day I was in that position, I thought I had no other choice but to choose between Mcdonald's and Wendy's. I was so upset that I had no other choices, until I remembered that Jimmy John's delivered. I was on the way home and had mere minutes to get ready before running out the door to an important meeting with my church organization.

Today I found myself in the same situation, I was once again, a Victim of my current circumstance. But I was not going to let my circumstance win me over!

I am in control! You have to remember that!
Your health is WORTH IT!

YOU are worth it.

Instead of claiming defeat, I opted to walk laps around the playground. After about 10 minutes, one of my boys joined me. He insisted on walking with me, hand in hand. The other boy joined us just a moment later. Not too long after that, Parker reminded me that we brought the soccer ball, and he asked if we could play with it. I was excited to see that he remembered, and that he wanted to play soccer with me. I think I was rubbing off on him, I was influencing him.

Just last year, I would give every excuse to not have to play ball because I simply didn't want to. I didn't have enough energy. I would sweat just looking at a basketball. Now, I have more energy, I WANT to play ball. I find every excuse to play anything that I can. This afternoon we played ball at the park for 45 minutes, after my wife got home from work, I went to the gym and burned 800 calories on the treadmill. If that wasn't enough, I came home and the kids were still out with Katy visiting friends. I saw the basketball hoop there, and a lonely basketball so I decided to play for a few minutes.

I kept hearing my trainer in my head "get hour heart rate up", "keep moving", "get off the couch and burn some calories".

I still have a LONG way to go on this journey of mine, but I AM WORTH IT.

If you struggle to make time in your day for exercise, please schedule some time for YOU. because YOU ARE WORTH IT!

Go to Ross, buy a Kettle Bell or a medicine / weighted ball. Start TODAY. Do a few sit-ups or crunches. Do a few push ups. You don't have to spend hours in the gym to make a difference. Just make sure that you make your time count. If you are doing crunches, even if you can only do 5, do them. Do them with all your might, make yourself sweat. Sweat is healing water!

"Pain is temporary, quitting is forever". When I first started working out again a few months back, I could only do 15 sit ups. now I do 100 daily. When I was in my teens and early twenties, I did 1000 nightly before bed.

You have to start somewhere, make the FIRST STEP.

Each step is a choice, make lots of great choices and your destination will astound you.

I really hope to motivate someone out there that is struggling like I used to. I used to think that I could never have a "beach body". I am here to say, YOU CAN with some hard work and dedication. I am almost 3 months in and down 29 pounds. My plan is to be down another 70 in the next 8 months. What is YOUR goal? If you don't have one, set one TODAY!

Another day for small wins

For the last two days, I have not had my usual smoothie for breakfast and lunch. We ran out of veggies completely, and my wife and I have both been very busy so we haven't had a chance to get to the grocery store. I went back to my old smoothies which were just fruit. BIG mistake! I didn't realize how much the veggies really helped me feel full all day long.

Yesterday, I finished my morning smoothie and within minutes was craving FOOD again. I was quite frustrated to say the least. Here I am trying to lose weight, and my body is craving food and I KNOW that I can't eat. For lunch, I ate chicken. Just chicken. For early dinner, I ate two home made egg and ham burritos on wheat tortillas. With what I had, I think I did ok, but I was so OFF all day long. What a horrible feeling.


Last night, we loaded up on carrots and celery and made our smoothies as usual. I went to bad absolutely excited that I would get to wake up and drink my smoothies, and for breakfast, it did not disappoint! This morning, I woke up earlier than normal and followed the rule of having my breakfast within 30 minutes of waking up. That meant that my normal 11-12 lunch time was not going to work out. I felt a NEED to eat more in between. As I looked through the fridge, my eyes locked in on the zucchini and asparagus on the middle shelf. After some short preparation, I have now had my snack and filled my body's desire to eat.

On this journey of mine, there will always be bumps in the road. Like any other addiction, there are always temptation. Temptation does not have to win. Pave your road with small wins and BIG changes will follow.

Feeling enthusiastic!

This morning I woke up feeling like a whole new person. I hopped on the scale, even though my trainer constantly instructs me not to. I looked down, 278.0 is what the scale read. For the first time in nearly 10 years I am below 280 pounds.

When I look back at myself 10 years ago I was very fit and active. I had no reason to diet and exercise, I hate but I wanted and never gain an ounce only because every day at work I was working out for 10 to 12 hours.

I used to wear muscle shirts, I used to be comfortable enough to buy shirts one or two sizes too small for me. I used to feel good about myself, I used to be able to eat but I wanted and never think twice. Only in recent years has it really affected me the way it does now. When I looked down on that scale not too long ago and saw that I was 300 pounds I gasped. I asked myself, how can I let myself get this way. I did this to myself and how? By changing the way I live my life, but not changing what I put in my mouth.

Today I am wearing a shirt that I love. I bought it about a year and a half ago in an effort to feel good about myself, The only problem is that it made me realize how out of shape I truly am. Today I've taken some time to reflect back on what I used to be like how are used to feel every day, and how much I used to enjoy the feeling of soreness after working out.

At first it seems difficult to understand that I was going to have to lose at least 100 pounds to get back to where I'd be comfortable. Now that I've gotten started, I take it one data time. One day, one meal, and when I'm working out I take it one minute at a time.

Saturday mornings are very difficult for me to justify getting up and going to the gym, because I always have other things I should be doing. If I make the decision not to go to the gym on Saturday morning, I at least work out in the morning in my own living room. This morning, my wife and I together worked out to a YouTube video that we found using our kettle bells. One of the exercises I chose to do even after the YouTube routine was complete, was push-ups. Six weeks ago when I first started this journey I was unable to do even one push-up. I couldn't support my own bodyweight, not for 1 inch up for 1 inch down. This morning I hit a milestone, I did a push-up, but not just one, I couldn't just stop at one. I pushed myself through to complete 20 push-ups, I don't remember the last time I was able to do something like that.

Yesterday I exercised a lot, I worked out for probably three hours. I didn't eat anything extra, I need exactly as I normally would.  That dinner we had pasta with pasta sauce and chicken, for our veggie we had lots of asparagus. I truly do love eating right, it just feels so good to know that I ate what my body needs. Now I'm not saying that I don't have struggles, as a matter fact last night the couple hours after dinner while we were out and about waiting for our photos to be edited my wife and I were both feeling very hungry. We drove around for several minutes looking for a place that we could stop and get something as a snack that wouldn't completely unravel our day. My wife made a suggestion after just a couple of moments, that we should just chill piece of gum and drink a water. So I hop in the back of the van and got us each a 20 ounce bottle of water, I chugged mine like there was no tomorrow and I chewed my gum happily. A few minutes later, I actually felt full. I didn't feel the need to eat anything else the rest of the night. When I woke up this morning and weighed myself and saw that I had lost 2 pounds over just the last 24 hours, I was astonished. That is what losing weight is all about.

Losing weight is taking things one data time and in some cases one minute at a time. The small wins are the wins that will keep you moving forward. Reword yourself often and you won't regret it. My wife and I have a goal to each lose 100 pounds by this Christmas. If we reach that goal, we are going to be treating each other to a cruise for the first time ever. 

I remember in high school gym class being the best at set ups. I could you more sit ups faster than anyone else in my class. I never realized how out of shape I was until my trainer asked me to do some sit ups. The first day I completed 15 sit ups, and that was excruciating. I had to push myself through each one individually. On Thursday, when I did sit ups again I was able to complete 30 set ups in the same 60 seconds that I completed 15 sit ups just one week prior. Just last night there was something on the floor in front of me that I needed to retrieve for my son, for many years I haven't been able to lean straightforward and pick something up off the floor I have to either use my feet, or lean to the site down to get it. The last night, I leaned down using my abs to pull me from the chair not my hand push against the back of the chair, and I retrieve the toy. These seemingly stupid little things that so many people take for granted, are so difficult for those of us who have put on weight. It is such an emotional thing for me to make even these small changes, I can't wait to see what my next milestones are.

I'm writing this blog as my personal journal and a journal for all of those who would like to read. I hope that somebody out there who is struggling to lose weight, or struggling to find the motivation to start their own journey finds even the smallest amount of inspiration from my experiences.

Back on the horse

I haven't written for a while, so I decided to write today. As each day goes on, so many things come to mind that I could possibly write about, but I always wonder if it would be an interesting read for others.

So many of you know that I have been on a weight loss journey for a couple months now. I started going to the gym back in the middle of January 2014, which is just 6 weeks ago. I am proud to be down 20 pounds, but I can't say that it came without opposition.

For the first 3 weeks or so, I was losing almost 1 pound per day. I have been eating healthy, and even cranked that up a notch. By going to the gym 6 days a week for 1 hour daily, I have accelerated my weight loss and it is exciting to see the pounds melting off!

For the first 3 weeks, I only worked out for 30 minutes. I wanted to ease myself into the whole process, rather than just jump in for hours a day and make myself hate it so bad that I didn't return to the gym. After bumping my daily workouts to 60 minutes each, I noticed that I was burning 600-800 calories per hour. I bought myself a fitness monitor by Body Media, and with the incorporation of My Fitness Pal, I was seeing my calorie deficit go through the roof on a daily basis.

I understood that I should be closer to my "calorie goal" for the day, so if I was allowed 1700 calories for the day, and I burned 800 calories at the gym, I had a total of 2,500 calories to eat each day. I was have been struggling to eat enough food to get close to my daily calorie goal.

So, since I listened to My Fitness Pal, and Body Media, I was eating more than the 1,700 calories allowed me for the day. I was fighting to eat enough food to hit my goal, and some days I "fudged" and ate some things that I am not proud of, just to get closer to the goal.

It never felt right, eating the calories that I was burning. So, this last week I did some research and found out that I shouldn't be eating those extra calories! I was pissed! For a couple weeks, I not only kept weight on, but i gained 2 pounds. I was devastated.

Needless to say, I got back on the horse after realizing my mistake. For over a year, we have had fruit smoothies for breakfast and lunch, and included a source of protein in each shake to maintain energy throughout the day, and to keep full.

At first, with our tastes the way they were, I was making my smoothies with a few ounces of almond milk, plus Body By Vi protein powder, and the fruit. After a while, my taste buds started changing. I no longer desired the flavor of the almond milk, so I substituted for water. Over the last year or so, we have eaten our breakfast and lunch in the form of  a smoothie, and I can say that I love it! They taste great, they're filling, and they're easy to take on the go so you're less tempted to hit the drive through.

A few days ago, along with my realization of the fact that I shouldn't be eating my burned calories, we started watching a new TV show at night. Extreme Weight Loss. I love this show, it gives a tremendous amount of support and motivation every day. It is sad that there are so many of us out there that are addicted to food. Addicted to the comfort that a warm gooey donut brings, or the texture of a brownie melting in your mouth.

One thing that I have learned from this new TV show that we started watching, is stop listening to your body. Yesterday when I was working out, I was doing the 30 minute circuit. On the green light, I was doing mummy kicks which I cannot stand. They kick my butt every time. Each green light lasts for 60 seconds, the object is to give it your all for those 60 seconds and not stop. Well, being a fat guy, I stop once or twice on almost every exercise, I just can't take it. That changed yesterday.

I have learned to push through the pain, even if my legs are sore, my arms feel like they're going to burn off, and my lungs feel the pain. Yesterday, I stared at that green light. I focused 100% of my energy on one LED. I told myself over and over, stop listening to your body, push through, you can't stop until that light goes red. For the first time ever, I pushed through two exercises the complete 60 seconds without stopping.

In life, if we feel pain, how do we handle it? We push through it. We can't give up. Anything in life that comes easy is not worth having.

Now that I am back on the horse, the smoothies have changed drastically to include veggies. I made a recipe that I have been using the last few days that I love! Adding veggies to a fruit smoothie really changes the taste, and sometimes the texture. I experimented with an orange, and loved it so much that I use orange in all my smoothies now. I am back to my 3/4 pound loss per day again, and it feels great!

Smoothie: Makes 4 servings 24ounces each (4 meals)

First, juice the following. 
10 medium to large carrots (whole)
10 celery sticks (whole)
3 cuties (small oranges) (whole)
1 red delicious apple (quartered)
1 pear (quartered)


All of the above makes about 50-56 ounces of juice. You will get more or less depending on size of your fruits and veggies. 

Put half of the fresh juice in your blender, then add about 8 ounces of water. I use frozen fruits from this point, if you are using fresh fruit you should use cold water, if you are using frozen fruit like I am, the 8 ounces of water should be hot.

Add 1-2 hefty hand fuels of Kale or Baby Kale, it can be purchased at Costo in huge bags for about $4.

Mix the contents for about 10 seconds just to get the Kale to settle. (Just juiced contents and baby kale)

Add about 3/4 cup of pineapple, and about 3/4 cup 3 berry blend (both Frozen at costco)

Mix for about 10 seconds, turn off and let settle. You want about 56 ounces of product in your juicer. If the above fruits and veggies don't quite get to 56, add some more pineapple and berries. Mix on medium for about 1-2 minutes. You want the mixture to be thin enough to drink.

Fill 4 shaker bottles half way. Put 2 TBSP of flaxseed, or your choice of protein supplement into each bottle. Put the other half of juiced contents into blender.

Add 1-2 hefty hand fuels of Kale or Baby Kale, it can be purchased at Costo in huge bags for about $4.

Mix the contents for about 10 seconds just to get the Kale to settle. (Just juiced contents and baby kale)

Add about 3/4 cup of pineapple, and about 3/4 cup 3 berry blend (both Frozen at costco)

Finish filling each shaker bottle up, and you're done!

The flavor of the orange really helps mask the flavor of the veggies.

The role of diet and exercise

Today, I was on the phone with my older sister discussing how things are now, and how things used to be. According to http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html 35.7% of American's are obese. The question that always crosses my mind, why?

Some are quick to point the finger at fast food. Some point the finger at technology making people lazy. One theory I have starts with public school.

In the education system, children are in school for approx. 8 hours per day. Our body is able to go without food for a certain amount of time before going into "starvation" mode where it begins to store fat. If school starts at 7:30am and closes at 2:30-3:30 in the afternoon, when must one eat? As a standard, we eat breakfast right before school, and in some cases we eat right at school. We then eat lunch in the middle of the day (11ish) and then at dinner time around 5pm for most Americans.

To lose weight, or maintain weight, a very important factor is metabolism. Ask any doctor how to maintain a healthy metabolism, any sane Doctor would suggest to eat 4-6 small meals daily. By eating small meals throughout the day, your body metabolizes the food you eat more rapidly. Even if you choose to eat unhealthy foods, you will still
metabolize the foods faster by eating more regularly. http://www.wikihow.com/Increase-Your-Metabolism

Most public schools do not support a 4-6 meal per day habit, it is simply to difficult to manage I imagine. If our kids were allowed more meal time, and less per meal during school would they function better? Would childhood obesity decrease? Would the obesity decrease then bleed into adulthood?

Who has a job? Most of us who pay our own way though life probably have a job right? How much time are you allowed for lunch? 30 minutes to 1 hour is the standard here in our great country, what do we do for lunch? Most Americans' bodies are in starvation mode by the time 12:00 rolls around, so what do you eat? Come on, be honest. Most of us eat anything that we see. What sounds good at the local Deli? "Maybe today I'll go for the salad", "nah, never mind, it probably would't fill me up". We each have arguments with ourselves every day as to what we will eat for lunch. Most of us eat well over what we should for lunch. If you are on a 2,000 calorie diet, about 1/3 of your daily caloric intake should be eaten at lunch. I guarantee most of us eat closer to 2,000 calories at lunch alone. Not because we want to be fat, not because we want to feel bloated, but because it sounded good! Why does CRAP sound good? You know you shouldn't have that double Whopper, but you do any way because you're so hungry! Why are you SO hungry? Your body went into starvation mode, so you felt that you HAD to eat until you were FULL . We eat until we feel that we are full, the thing is that our stomach doesn't realize that it's full until it's too late.

How does this all tie into diet and exercise?

As a human race, we were not intended to sit in front of computer screens all day eating Cheetos and Diet Coke. In our early days, we had to fend for ourselves. As hunter/gatherers we were very active. Our bodies NEED exercise, and we NEED nourishment. You CANNOT get nourishment from a 99 cent Pizza from Walmart. Your body has a very hard time digesting complex carbs. You can't put hot wheels tires on a full size car and expect it to go. You can't put gasoline in a Jet and expect it to fly.

As a people we have more disease than we have ever had. New diseases are created every day it seems, and the medical industry is now marketing direct to the end consumer in commercials. If two people have the same symptoms, let's call it a disease. Let's medicate everybody until we are walking around like mindless drones. I know it sounds crazy, but isn't it!?

According to Neurologist, Richard Saul, ADHD is a fake disorder. Is it true? Hop on google really quick and search for Natural Alternatives for ADD and ADHD, tell me what you get. Diet and exercise. ADHD and ADD are neurological issues. Your brain is a muscle, exercise it. Get outside and exercise. It may be difficult today, it may be difficult tomorrow. Do it for 90 days and it becomes a habit, you will eventually regret all the time you went without it.

As a people, because of what we endure daily with our 8 hour school and work schedules, and because we're only allowed time for 3 meals daily, our bodies are in starvation move EVERY SINGLE DAY. We learned earlier in this post that in order to increase metabolism (which is necessary to lose weight) it is critical to eat smaller meals, more regularly throughout the day. There are exceptions to every rule, but isn't it worth a shot? Take some time to watch a Documentary, Fat Sick and Nearly Dead. You'll think differently about diet, guaranteed!

I challenge you, eat better, exercise, and see how your life changes!