They Are Just A Few Extra Pounds, It Doesn’t Really Matter, Right?

 If you are a young woman in your thirties, you may have a few extra pounds.  Since every body is different the reaction to weight gain can run from ignoring the few extra pounds to an awakening for which a course correction is needed.  You see the numbers on the scales, you buy new clothes, you feel sluggish-Is now the time to loose the weight?  

If you chose to react by saying enough is enough, here is a dose of reality.  Realize that many women have gone before you and many have experience the ‘yo-yo’ effect; they lose the weight, gain it and some more back, and they have repeated the action many times.  It doesn’t need to happen like that.  Here is one suggestion that can help.  Eat at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetable each day. 

One vegetable I like and you can get year round is spinach.  I usually have one salad a day that includes a serving of shred spinach mix with one or two types of lattice.  I will also include some diced radish and cucumber.  Spinach has high nutritional value and is very high in antioxidants.  

Choosing to loss the weight is great.  However, there must be more to the effort that should include setting a clear lifetime goal that includes a lifetime of health.  Weight and health are arguably synonymous.  Take a look into the “Take Shape For Life” program for which I am a health coach. 

John Wade