Healthy Obsessions

Our bodies are always changing whether we are consciously trying to make changes or not. Everyone's bodies go through different stages depending on their different lifestyle changes thought their lives. Just like most everyone, middle school and high school were very formative years in many different aspects of my life. I went from playing club soccer in middle school, to high school soccer, to cross country, to track, and then off to college. Aside from the different types of sports through out these past eight years, my sleeping schedule has changed and my eating habits have been all sorts of good and bad. During these different stages of my life I have noticed the way my body has reacted differently.

Now that I am in my second year of college I am realizing why my extremely health conscious mom would make me take vitamins daily, get enough sleep, and  would never let me leave the house with-out eating a good breakfast. The most competitive person I know, my high school running coach, doesn’t seem so crazy now either for all the things he forced us to do. The sleep and food logs, the warm ups and cool downs that took almost as long as our workouts, the gym routines he carefully planned out, and the personalized cross training workouts he scheduled for us when we were injured all had a purpose. He always emphasized that every little detail would affect us come race day and he was right.

My biggest moment of realization that all the details really do make a difference was my junior year of high school when I followed my coaches nutrition, sleep, and workout program as best I could leading up to one of our races. It was the only time I actually took in every piece of advice he had and applied it and my result was unbelievable. Ever since then I have been fascinated with the body and how we can control the mind and body. Our moods, energy level, appetites, mental health, and of course our physical fitness can all be controlled.  I will share various tips, recipes, workouts, and explanations of various health and fitness aspects that will help anyone achieve a happy and healthy being.