Tuesday Motivation

Hey, hey, beauties!
So today's post kinda is about food, kinda is about workouts, but I feel it's mostly about exercising mental strength & hanging in there with your awesome determination.

Check out this article: http://www.latimes.com/sns-health-obese-women-exercise,0,670521.story

It's about a study on exercise & it's ability to curb appetite.  Turns out, there's not a huge relation between the 2, particularly w/ obese women.  BUT, there's also interesting info in there to just reaffirm the awesome lifestyle change you're undertaking. And THAT's what I love about this article :)

"The study results may help explain why exercise alone doesn't work for weight loss -- that calorie restriction plays a key role as well. "We all tend to be opportunists when we eat more than we need to after exercising," Borer says. Even if exercise doesn't make hunger pangs go away, there are ways to control appetite... 'If you don't have satiety cues,' says Stoler, a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, 'that can make things difficult when you're trying to have some semblance of self-control and really understand the limits of what your caloric intake should be for the day.'"

So it's not just exercise that's going to help you achieve your weight loss goals.  It's also about what and how you eat.  Eat smart! Drink lots of water b/c sometimes our body confuses thirst signals w/ hunger signals.  Eat mini-meals to keep your metabolism roaring all day long instead of peaking & troughing.  Eat high-octane and high-quality foods to fuel your body, limiting processed foods and foods with low nutrient value.  Eat like the awesome bod that you are :)
Love you, girls!
Have a great week!