Intakes for winter, ready when you are..

So you are struggling a bit about knowing what you can have on that shopping list for winter. This has seemingly been the coldest week of this winter. 

Nonetheless I have to be up at 4 to be at the gym at 5 and its kinda been too hard to get used to this. Nutrition, nutrition, nutrition..people cant seem to get this one right. I have been on a nutrition journey since I have been a fitness trainer and I must say the worst times of my career was when I did fitness competitions and I had to eat an egg white to control my body fat or whatever. Had no cooking clue what that was intended to do in my body but the fact was it was gross/still is.Very gross that I am grossed thinking about it right now as I write this post. 

There were all types of fitness fanatics around me vying to be the next miss Fitness, miss Bikini and miss Physique..I had no clue what I was doing but I had my cereal,bread and my well done eggs yolk and all. People were just looking at me funny. 

Not that I cared but I was a newbie and I was starting out so we learn from our mistakes right. Yeah right. But the thing is I have suffered the consequences of that era in my life until I started equipping myself with serious nutrition knowledge vis how much carbs, protein etc I can consume a day so its been a long time coming. Anyways I am not going to bore you with what to eat and what not to eat.

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Fact of the matter is, it is a conscious decision everyone has to take at some point in their life,either you will end up with the doctor telling you to change your diet because of cholesterol levels or sugar intake etc at some point in your life so why not now when no one has a gun to your head or better yet while your life is not cut short because of obesity and other ailments so read on..

Green tea is yucky and ewwwwww without sugar its the worst taste on my lips, but the one thing that green tea has that is good  for you is that is

maintains catechins which are antioxidants that help you prevent viruses and lessens the risk of getting sick in winter. I know we would rather have the milos and the hot chocolates and those skinny this and that so make sure that the next cup you reach for this week should be a nice cup of green tea..

Water -yeah right. I find myself drinking lesser water in winter than in summer because of reasons I would like to indicate as being obvious to you and me.Its colllllllllllllllllllllllddddddd why have water when I can have coffee..apparently cold weather stimulates urine production, and have you noticed that when you breathe there is a misty breath coming out of your mouth. You need your 8 glasses still a day in winter as you need it in summer to help optimize your bodily functions.

Protein- Still important??? When has it never been?Putting a bit or some protein in your daily intake of food is good to assist you with producing antibodies to help fight disease and infection in your body during winter.

Honey- Honey is kind of expensive. I am talking about the real honey where you are actually not paying the processor of the honey but the one sitting in his backyard being stung by bees trying to get

honeycombs to your watery mouth, yeahhhh look at your mouth watering..Wish those bees can come sting you..you are apt to get healthier results if you swap your sugar for honey when sweetening your food or drinks.

Honey has an anti-bacteria and healing contents that can fight any infection and soothe your sore throat..

Yoghurt- Yes good for you, super good for you in winter. Yoghurt is a good bacteria that helps decrease bad bacteria in your body that brings in sicknesses and indigestion. Get loads of that.

Just a weekly dose of what you can do to take care of yourself better this winter. In the end its choice, its a change of mind. Do the right thing, you only have one body unless you want to get cloned in the future or get BOTOX.. which is another topic for another day..