My New Lifestyle
My New Diet and Fitness Routine
Hey what's Poppin! This is Camille, and I am back with another blog! Today I am sharing a few of my favorite health tips that I found work for me since beginning my new diet! I recently decided to become a lacto-ovo vegetarian and I began a more fluid exercise plan that has benefited me in so many ways! I have felt like a new person since this journey has opened me up to a new and improved lifestyle.
What Is a Lacto-ovo Vegetarian? A lacto-ovo vegetarian is a person who does not eat meat, fish, or poultry , but does consume some animal products such as eggs and dairy.
My Favorite Vegetarian foods :
1. Tofu
2. Veggie burgers
3. Quinoa
4. Vegetarian Spring Rolls
5. Rice and Beans
There is a whole plethora of delicious vegetarian food. You just have to go out and explore!
Breakfast: To get full faster I would drink two cups of water to fire up my metabolism, hydrate , flush my body of toxins, give my brain fuel, and make me eat less. For the food option, I would wait a few minutes before eating to allow my body, to take in the water. When it's time to eat, I would go for some oatmeal , raisins, and apples. I would only use 1 packet of oatmeal, because I don't want to take in too many calories before lunch or dinner. Now, we are supposed to eat every 3 hours in order to repeatedly reset our metabolism and keep it in high gear and burn fat all day, but it doesn't mean I should take advantage of that, so f I ever "feel" hungry I just drink water. But the most important thing is that you continue to move around and exercise to keep up your metabolic rate which helps with weight loss. I also don't drink coffee anymore and that has made such a big difference in my skin and overall health.
Lunch: For lunch I would eat a veggie burger but I would eat it without a bun and replace it with broccoli and carrots or maybe even an apple with some peanut butter. For lunch we are to take in around 600 calories but aim for about 450 calories if you are dieting, 550 if you are maintaining your weight and 600 if you are super active and within these lines we should shoot for 50 percent of carbs, 20 percent of protein, and 25 percent of fat but it is the healthy fats, the monounsaturated- which are fatty acids, for your fatty acids you could eat avocados or nuts or whatever you so desire. Then to top it off I would drink about two glasses of water to stay full.
Dinner: Since I became a lacto-ovo vegetarian I have started to get full faster, so sometimes I probably wouldn't eat dinner and instead I would exercise and drink lots of water. But if I did eat dinner I would just grab a fruit or a vegetable preferably apples and broccoli.
My Exercise Routine: I exercise about 2-3 times a day. So I'll wake up at about 5:00 in the morning and I would exercise for about 1 hour and 30 minuets. Then for the afternoon, after lunch I would exercise for about the same time and depending on how I feel and how my muscles feel I may work out for a few hours after dinner, so around 6:00. When I am ready to exercise I'll begin with some stretches for about 30 minuets. I start with the splits on the right leg and the left. My next step is lunges across the floor to help release some pain and cramps and with these lunges I would do 30 on each leg. For the next moves I would put on my ankle weights, they are about 5-10 pounds and I'd lay on the floor and do the flutter kicks for 10 minuets to work out my hips, abs ,and inner thighs. My next move is the glute bridge, this will make your butt stronger and firm. I would do this move by moving up and down in that bridge position but your shoulders are still on the ground. The only body part that is really moving is the lower half of my body and for this move you wouldn't need the ankle weights. The bridge is an effective glute-toning move. It works out your core, which includes your erector spinae, hamstrings, rectus abdominis, and adductors, you can take this move slow and hold 20-30 seconds and/or you can move up and down to repeatedly, but at a calm pace, work out your muscles. In between each exercise where you are doing rigorous work it is always key that you take a short break and drink some water to stay hydrated. Once I am done hydrating I resume where I left off and I move on to the back leg lifts also known as the standing rear leg raise. This leg raise increases your strength in your lower body but puts its main focus into your glutes and hamstrings. This exercise also has the ability to improve core stability and your balance and when you have those ankle weights on, it makes the exercise ten times better! I would normally just do this move until I cant do it anymore. It is time to move to the sit ups, jack knife sit ups, side crunches and arm weights. Normally I do the ab workouts where I would do the sit ups, jack knife, etc. about 50 times. It doesn't matter if you take a long time or if you finish fast. I continue until it is done. Same for the arm weights. I normally just lift the 5 pound hand weights and do jumping jacks, the key is to make sure you keep your arms straight and not flopping around so that way you would get the best results. Another way to utilize the hand weights is to expand and hold them out to the" T "position and move in a circular motion and/or up and down in the " T " position, to work out the shoulders and build my back muscles! And to finish off my exercise routine I do about 50 squats and then I do hardcore dances which is where I look up different hip hop or jazz-like moves and do them repeatedly. When it comes to exercise I think dancing is probably one of the best methods of exercise because you can work out so many muscles at once. If you do ballet it will really work out your calves and butt , but I normally would just do the Just Dance version of the Apache Dance with my ankle weights on and jump rope until I am drenched in sweat and that is when I know I am done!
My Exercise Play-list:
Apache- The Sugarhill Gang
Diplo- Revolution
Steve Aoki- Delirious(Boneless)
Zedd-Demons
Bobby Brown- Every Little Step
Beyoncé- Partition
Hechizeros Band- Muevete
Stevie Wonder- Superstition
Rufus, Chaka Khan- Tell Me Something Good
The Notorious B.I.G- Hypnotize
Leikeli47- Money
Leikeli47-Look
Leikeli47-Attitude
Bell Biv DeVoe- Poison
Tip: When it comes to healthy diets and exercise I think we should start off small and do what is comfortable for us and our bodies. You don't have to jump straight into going hard core with your routines. Just start off with the little things like the treadmill, lifting the smaller weights, or jump roping. I started off with the treadmill and just walk run, walk run routine on that and then I gradually moved on to the leg and arm weights so I don't end up over exerting myself. Overall you just don't want to hurt yourself and I think dieting and exercising in moderation and control is the best thing to do, and don't be afraid to treat your self once every blue moon!
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