How are you? I’m fine thanks.
Wednesdays are my most favourite gym days because it means
that it’s Zumba. In case I haven’t mentioned this about ten thousand times
before, I love LOVE Zumba. I love to dance and move my bordy (all the while
pretending to be Beyonce – except the part where I am married to Jay Z) and all
the while I am burning excess kilojoules and getting fitter.
While I was waiting for the class to start, I started
thinking back on my day and the investigation that I have just recently
embarked on about food & fuelling my body to perform at its peak. And then
BAM! I had a revelation…. (I’m going to start preaching now but bear with me
& while we’re at it, when last did you go to church??? No judgement. Ok, maybe a little)Truly God is a God
of variety. Exhibit G…FOOD. Upon my investigation today I realised that I need
to eat different types of foods to get the different types of nutrients to get
my body to function at its optimum level. There is so much to discover food
wise & most of this comes from all natural foods. For example, I need to
eat bananas to get my fill of potassium to avoid leg cramps while I sleep in the
middle of the night (this is a major inconvenience), to build strong bones I
need to eat more dark green leafy veg (spinach – yes, yuck. I cringe at the
thought too) as it has heaps of calcium, to help my joints I need to eat
berries, coffee is to prevent me from killing my colleagues, wine is 100% vitamin everything and the list
goes on. Guess what this means for a person with short attention span like me
who hates to get bored – new discoveries when I go grocery shopping are about
to go down! This year I fully commit to finding out more about what fuel my
body needs to achieve optimally. I will share my experiences with you. I am not
a doctor (I sometimes believe I am though. I place the blame squarely on Shonda
Rhimes for creating Greys Anatomy) and what will work for me may not work for
you. This is all about experiment. Also, if you are looking for me to count
calories – turn the page. I ain’t about that life.
I would also like to further study this theory that people
should not eat fruit because fruit has sugar (duh) & sugar is bad for you.
Excuse my ignorance but don’t we need sugar for energy? In my life I have never
heard of anyone having gained weight from eating fruit…It doesn’t make sense.
HOW THE HELL MUCH FRUIT WOULD YOU EAT TO GAIN WEIGHT??? (perhaps I should as a
fruitarian. I also don’t understand what a fruitarian is but that’s a story for
another day). Completely eliminating a food group from your diet is dangerous
& WILL lead to failure. I’m all about keeping it as close to mother nature
as possible. I repeat DON’T CUT OUT FOOD GROUPS, IT IS DANGEROUS. Keep it
natural. I know it means more preparation & cooking but for those of you
who do not have time, that is what Woolworths is for.
God does not want us to get bored. He wants life to keep
interesting. So next time when things in your life aren’t going as planned just
remember its God keeping it interesting & believe me there is a lesson to
be learnt that you can also impart on others. I like to think of my life as a
theatrical drama and I am the main actor and each year I had better get an
Oscar or Emmy or Tony or whatever for playing my part LIKE. A. BAWS.
Jordin Sparks was recently quoted saying that when things
don’t go according to plan just think “plot twist”.
I would like to leave you with these words that I heard from
one of my most favourite sitcoms of all time New Girl “smile, it’s just life”
Later
Xo
ML
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