8 tips to a fitter YOU *

You often find these lengthy articles on what to do && what not to do, blah blah blah....lets get straight to the point! Here are MY personal favorites pointers to give to those in need of tightening up their diet. Because....we all know that.....

DIET IS CRUCIAL!

1. Soda - I cannot express enough how bad this Liquid Devil is for your body! 

* drink WATER! your body naturally craves it!

*even DIET soda is TERRIBLE FOR YOU (studies show it could be worse)

1 can of soda = 250 calories on average, none of which provide any nutritional value to the body. 

2. Eat 5-6 SMALL meals throughout the day.

* allowing 2-4 hours in between for digestion

* its all about portion control! hence the "small" meal suggestion

* keeps metabolism going & provides nutrients to body as it's needed.

3. Eliminate that fast food JUNK!

* completely processed and terrible for your body

* TOO MANY CALORIES! (avg of 800-1100 cals in a fast food meal) HOLY EEFFF!

* quick fix? replace this "fast & convenient" food with protein shakes :)

4. Do you need to stop eating carbs to lose fat? Answer is NO!

__natural energy source for your body__

*2 types - SIMPLE & COMPLEX

- simple: candy, syrup, soda, white bread, etc.. (AVOID)

-complex - potatoes, oatmeal, rice, beans etc.. (EAT!)

(thus, try to eat more of the complex carbs as opposed to simple)

5. FATS- eat them! (the right kinds of course)
__4 types__
* saturated && trans fats
*= BAD :/
-examples: fried food, fast food, doughnuts, pastries, typical "snack" food, etc..
* polyunsaturated & monounsaturated = GOOD :)
-examples: raw nuts, natural peanut butter, fish, avacado, extra virgin olive oil

6. EAT BREAKFAST!

__most important meal of the day__

*jumpstarts metabolism which...

*...helps you lose weight :)

*regulates digestion

*skipping breakfast causes you to overeat during lunch

*helps you stick to your diet

examples: eggs/egg whites, oatmeal, protein shake, fiber one cereal, fruit, turkey sausage

7. We often mistake thirst for hunger

*that's right, we may feel hungry, but yet its our bodies really just craving water!

*soo... try drinking water if you can't seem to curb those hunger pains!

8.Stray away from condiments!

__condiments = extra unnecessary calories__

*eat it plain, you will learn to enjoy natural flavoring

*lets break this down:

-ranch = 145 calories

-bbq sauce = 47 calories

-ONE mayo packet = 80 calories

-1 tbsp butter = 100 calories

IMAGINE HOW MANY JUNK CALORIES WE COULD OMIT in our diet!

all this stuff is JUNK!

EXCEPT...MUSTARD!

 Finally... we found a keeper! 5 calories per TBSP. dont get too crazy now ;)

i hope this helps you out! GOOD LUCK :)

comments are appreciated, love the feedback!

Disturbing facts on soda!

As the authors in "Skinny Bitch" call it, soda is the LIQUID DEVIL! 

When given the proper fuel, our bodies function like perfect machines. We feel energized, healthy, && happy. But when we fill up on crap (like soda!), our poor bodies have no idea how to process it, and we become lethargic, sick, and depressed. Refined sugars and sodas (even DIET sodas) are like crack—nearly impossible to resist once we’re hooked. Soda continues to ruin our bodies && lives.

On average, if a person were to take soda out of their diet completely, they would eliminate roughly 50,000 EMPTY calories a year! Lets break that down to average amount of weight loss that could equal to. A lb of fat equals to 3,500 calories, so a person could lose up to 14 lbs in a year, simply by opting out of drinking that junk in a can!

It’s not surprising that drinking all the sugar in sodas would cause weight gain, but what is surprising is that even DEIT soda will pack on the pounds!

Researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center monitored 475 adults for 10 years, and found that those who drank diet soda had a 70% increase in waist circumference over the 10-year study, compared with those who didn’t drink any soda. Those who drank more than 2 DIET sodas per day saw a 500%waist expansion! This was suggested that it was the aspartame in diet soda, which raised blood glucose levels, that caused the weight gain; when your liver encounters too much glucose, the excess is converted to body FAT. Props for drinking that  nasty diet soda, however looks like DIET SODA leads to excess body fat!

Warning: You need to run two miles to burn off that bottle of Coke.

Tempted to switch to water yet?

People are less likely to indulge in unhealthy beverages when caloric contents are translated into physical activity equivalents, a newAmerican Journal of Public Health study found. 

Unfortunately, we can’t control what’s printed on your soda nutrition label, but we can do the math for you. Your 20-ounce bottle of soda is roughly the same as:

• Washing dishes or grocery shopping for 76 minutes
• Unicycling or cleaning gutters for 35 minutes
• Jazzercising or chopping wood for 29 minutes
• Shoveling or skiing for 25 minutes
• Boxing or fast jump-roping for 15 minutes

TOP PUMP UP, WORKOUT SONGS*

MUSiC iS MY MOTiVATiON. Period.

I often browse for the best songs to workout to && often find myself disappointed with the dead end results. So I am going to collaborate a list of the best, pump up song to workout to! No specific order:

PUMP UP SONGS:

1. all i do is win -DJ Kahled

2. all the above - Maino

3. all the way turnt up - Roscoe Dash/Soulja Boy

4. beamer, benz, or bentley - Lloyd Banks

5. black & yellow - Whiz Kahlifa

6. blow - Kesha

7. break your heart - Taio Cruz

8. bring em out - T.I.

9. can't be touched- Roy Jones

10. oh - Ciara

11. drop the world - Eminem

12. F5 (furiously dangerous) - Ludacris

13. famous - Nick Cannon

14. fighter - Christina Aguilera

15. flex - Party Boys

16. flexin - Young Jeezy

17. game over - LiL' Flip

18. gonorrhea - Lil Wayne

19. grove st. party - Waka Flacka

20. H.A.M. - Kayne

21. hey baby- Pitbull

22. im a playa - Tech n9ne

23. i'm back - T.I.

24. i can - NAS

25. i look good- Charlie Boy

26. i made it - Kevin Rudolph

27. imma shine - Young Bloodz

28. let's go - Trick Daddy

29. let it fly - Maino/Roscoe Dash

30. like a G6 - Far East Movement

31. like yeah - tech N9ne

32. lose control - Missy Elliot

33. move bitch - Ludacris

34. no problems - Lil Scrappy

35. not afraid - Eminem

36. oh my - Drumma Boy

37. please don't stop the music - Rhianna

38. pretty girl swag - Diamond

39. pump it up - Joe Budden

40. push it - Rick Ross

41. r u ready (dubstep mix)

41. remember the name - Fort Minor

42. rock that body - Black Eyed Peas

43. shoulder lean - Young Dro

44. still fly freestyle - Drake

45. sweat (wet) - Snoop Dog

46. gimme dat - Ciara

47. worldwide choppers - Tech N9ne

48. wildboy - Machine Gun Kelly

49. what you know about that - T.I.

50. we ready- Archie

51. turn it up - Chamillionaire

52. fly - Nicki Manaj

53. conquer - Mob Deep

54. strange clouds- Lil Wayne

55. winner - Jamie Fox

56. sexy & i know it - LMFAO

57. turn me on - David Guetta ft. Nicki Manaj

58. ten toes down - 8ball & MJG

59. cockiness - Rhianna

60. stronger - Kelly Clarkson

61. party rock anthem - LMFAO

62. ayy ladies - Travis Porter

63. this is how we do it - Montell Jordan

64. T.H.E. (the hardest ever) - Will-I-AM

65. beez in the trap - Nicki Manaj

66. mercy - Kayne

67. survivor - Destiny's Child

68. let it rock - Kevin Rudolph

69. you're a jerk - New Boyz

70. i kissed a girl (REMIX) - Katy Perry

71. scream - Usher

72. where have you been - Rhianna

73. act a fool (REMIX) - Lil John

74. back up - Bonecrusher

75. heart of a champion - Nelly

76. it's a fight - Three Six Mafia

77. here comes the boom - Nelly

78. break ya neck - busta rhymes

ROCK SONGS:

1. luv addict - Force Family 5

2. rawkfist - Thousand Foot Krutch

3. headstrong - Trapt

4. down with the sickness - Disturbed

5. comatose - Skillet

6. blow me away - Breaking Benjamin

7. bodies - Drowning Pool

8. breathe - breaking benjamin

9. click click boom - Saliva

10. coming undone - Korn

11. crazy bitch - Buckcherry

12. dragula - Rob Zombie

13. i hate everything about you - Three Days Grace

14. i stand alone - Godsmack

15. i will not bow - breaking benjamin

16. meant to live - Switchfoot

17. move - Thousand Foot Krutch

18. pain - Three Days Grace

19. raise hell - Hed PE

20. riot - Three Days Grace

21. country song - Seether

22. fake it - Seether

23. cold - crossfade

RUNNING SONGS:

1. gettin over you - David Guetta

2. sandstorm - Da Rude

3. whip my hair - Willow Smith

4. lights - Ellie Goulding

5. timestretch - Bass Nectar

6. wild ones - Flo-Rida

7. we run the night - Havanna Brown

8. let's go - Calvin Harris

hope this helps boost your motivation!!

http://www.facebook.com/celeste.j.hughes

ME against myself

Eat, Sleep, Breathe FITNESS.That's my motto. Ever felt soooo great in your skin, that you want to show it off to the world? Ever felt sooo uncomfortable in jeans and a tank top, that you just want to continue eating and drinking because it's too depressing? I have felt both ways, and that is why I want to spread the word. Every day we are told about estimated statistics on Americas' health problems and more so how America is fat. We keep hearing about it, yet it seems like we really do not want to do anything about it. Truth is, those statistics are REAL and we ALL  need to take some serious action!

Get active + eat right = SOLUTION. Lets analyse this theory of calories in vs. calories out. If we burn more calories than we eat, we are on our way to weight loss! It's that simple. Let's move around more, eat the right foods and viola! We now have figured out how to feel good in the skin your in! That constant battle with yourself to be the person you want to be should be nonexistent. You should thrive to better yourself day by day to follow your dreams and goals. ME against myself, that constant battle that makes me work harder to be the person i want to be! I want to be better than the Celeste standing next to me, so damn it, I WILL BE!

I traveled this journey to fit awhile back and would love to inspire others to follow my blogs to get their mind right about FITSPO ---> Fitness Insporation . SET YOUR MIND TO IT && DO IT!