Personal Training by Rita

Que saudades do Djavan!

The other day, I overheard a mother fat shaming her overweight child at the supermarket.
It took a lot of effort from my part not to intervene.
The interesting thing is that she was very overweight herself.
Fat shaming your child is a horrible thing to do. As mothers, we should build our kids up, not tear them down.
Children do not get overweight on their own. Adults are the ones who buy the food and give it to them.
As parents, our jobs are to take our kid’s nutrition seriously. Instead of saying a kid is fat, parents should learn about healthy eating and movement.
Above all, we have to set an example: If we live on fast food, have a house full of junk, how do we expect a child to develop healthy eating habits?
Your kids do what you do, not want you tell them they are supposed to do.

Lost of people who are trying to lose excess weight, think of it as a all or nothing situation.
They’ve been staying within their recommended calories for a while and suddenly eat something that they consider “bad”. Instead of getting back on track, they rationalize that, since they “messed up” once, they might as well keep on doing it for the whole day, weekend, week, month... you get it!
Well, that’s not how it works!
If you get off track, just get back on it on your next meal!
Fat loss is not a sprint. It’s a marathon.
You can’t destroy your gains with a couple of bad choices. It takes several times to do that.
Don’t feel guilty. Just go back to your regular diet, and RELAX!!!!!

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