You have to work weight loss into your lifestyle.
There is no quick fix with fitness.
Personally, I find that getting my fitness out of the way first thing in the morning works best.
Then I’m happy the rest of the day.
I also like to run, swim and bike.
I’m averaging 40 miles a week running on trails or street or track.
It’s so easy to go out your front door and just run.
You don’t have to belong to a gym.
Or it’s possible for you to just walk.
Walking is just as good.
My daughter and her daughter and I started a plant diet in 2017.
We are trying to break these generational health curses.
About 4 out of 5 African American women are obese or overweight.
My mom was overweight, and she died of uterine cancer.
It hurt me so bad.
I thought,I’m not going to go out like that.
I haven’t had a drink since May 17, 1994.
Not one drop of alcohol, because I became aware that I was powerless over alcohol.
If I had one drink, I would probably have another.
Breakfast: I might have oatmeal, some fruit or a smoothie.
My favorite is the smooth operator.
I make it with spinach, kale, strawberries, blueberries and avocados.
Lunch and dinner: I eat a variety of lettuces and vegetables.
I like broccoli, collard greens, tomatoes, avocados.
I love sweet potatoes.
I put a sweet potato in the oven, then top it with spinach or baked beans.
He had me join a running club, the Black Marathoners Association in Cleveland, my hometown.
African American women are leading statistics in cancer, diabetes, strokes, all sorts of things.
I did break the generational health curse.
I’ve taught all my kids how to eat healthy and work out and stay on the healthy journey.
That motivated her to join a gym.
Once she saw the results of regular workouts, she says, she never stopped.
Then I’ll follow that up with ab work or stretching.
The other three days I focus on weight training, with free weights or machines.
