Eighty twenty

80/20
February 13, 2015
By: Gina Yoryet Roman


I NEVER realized the amazing results of abiding by a transparent and healthy diet until I actually tried it. Since the second week of January I finally got myself together and made the transition to integrate veggies at least four days a week. I set a goal to eat tasty greens almost every day, and so it’s happened! At last I know that I don’t have to kill myself at the gym, especially now that my knee has not fully recovered. Power walking, stretching, and a little ab work have kept me in shape since I have not been able to run. They say, anything in excess doesn’t suit your body too well. Post surgery I worked out like crazy and always ate whatever I could get my hands on, junk food, sweets, potato chips, without any consideration of my temple’s needs. Until this year when I had to really step up and make a positive change to make my engine more resilient. I always think of my body like a new car; a brand new vehicle works just fine, it is clean, everything runs very smoothly until it starts being used. Everything starts wearing out, the same thing with the human body. We are born with an unscathed operating system until we slowly nourish it with filth. Our body starts malfunctioning due to all the excesses. Through a desperate cry, it manifests the abuse we put it through until it can no longer move forward.

That is exactly what happened to me, I found out that my body was undergoing through a lack of iron, vitamin B and folic acid, which means that I had a low defense level. After reading how I can correct this problem, I found out that having a clean diet; vegetables, fruit, a vitamin c filled diet, can help me correct this problem. So that is what I will do, follow and keep in mind that 80/20 is NOTHING but the truth. 20% exercise, 80% diet is what keeps our body more supple. Now I don’t have a choice BUT to include veggies every day even when I don’t feel like having them. Being disciplined can be hard but small things like that make a huge difference, I can see it in my midriff and I am feeling good and energized!