Week 3: Spring Session

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Week 3 is a pivotal week - this is the week where your focus can begin to waiver if you let it.....  And to make it even more tough, this time of year is crazy busy with ball games, yard work, graduation parties and so much more.  It's so easy to let the busy affect your healthy choices and only focus on your health and fitness goals when you are at Real Fitness instead of keeping those goals at the top of your mind all the time.  Make a concentrated effort this week to stick with the nutrition challenges and keep pushing yourself during workouts.  Life is always crazy so find ways to fit healthy into your busy life.  No excuses! 

Week 3 Nutrition Challenge:


Eat an apple everyday.  So far this session we've gotten in the habit of drinking lots of water, eliminating "junk" drinks from our daily routine, and focused on eating a good, healthy breakfast everyday. Now we are going to add in an apple everyday.  


Fruits and vegetables are nature's perfect food!  They are easy to digest, are low in calories, and very high in vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals.  The high fiber content in fruits and veggies help fill you up, help keep your blood sugars steady, and also keep you cleaned out - if you know what I mean :)   A healthy eating plan filled with lots of fruits and veggies also protects against heart attack, stroke, several cancers and lowers blood pressure.  Despite knowing the perfectness of fruits and veggies it is sometimes hard to get in the recommended 5-9 servings per day.  To help get us in the habit of eating fruit regularly, we are going to strive to eat an apple everyday this week.  Apples are a quick, easy, grab and go fruit.  Hopefully, your daily apple will replace a prepackaged snack and motivate you to eat more fruits :)  


Quick Tips for Eating More Fruit:
-When you get fresh fruit home from the grocery store clean it and package it up in easy to grab baggies right away.  The more convenient you make the fruit the more likely you and your family are to grab it.
-Put your apples in a big bowl as your table center piece.  Keeping them where you see them will make it easier to remember to eat one everyday.
-Don't forget frozen fruit (no sugar added!).  Frozen fruit is just as good as fresh, typically more budget friendly and a yummy treat.  I eat frozen cherries like candy :)
-Eat smoothies!  They are a great way to get in a lot of fruit servings! 



Nutrition Goals This Week:

• Drink lots of water!
• Avoid "junk" drinks.
• Eat a healthy breakfast.
• Eat an apple everyday.