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Hey friends!

How are you all doing? Glad you all liked the Pinterested-themed Halloween dinner.

I am peachy.

p.s. Prayers to those on the east coast (and all over the world) who might be suffering from weather-related damages & inconveniences.

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Yesterday was kind of exhausting, actually. Not going to lie there. And today, I am up even earlier than yesterday! But that?s okay. I am oddly up & fine at 5 a.m. I think I was born to run around/work out in the morning.

Anyone else just loooovveee working out in the morning?!?

Eat and Train for More Muscle

So I read a fun, short piece on building muscle, and thought I?d share it with you-including my thoughts and favs.

{Check out that?great article I found.}

Some of my favorites from the top 10 tips to build muscle include:

#10: Don?t get caught up in the latest fads. The fact is, weight training is the most efficient tool to change your body.

#9: Train your small muscles like the rotators in your shoulders, and make sure you keep your flexibility. You need your body to function as a unit to pack on more muscle. If you skip training smaller muscles, you?re likely to get stuck at plateaus more often.

#7: Eat. After your workout is done you have one task: to eat.

#1: Learn to enjoy training heavy. It?s not supposed to feel nice. If it?s not a little uncomfortable you probably have way more to give.

Very much agreed indeed.

First of all, AMEN. Enough with the fads and fad diets already! I try not to judge, but I am human. So seriously, why do people even follow fad diets anymore?! It drives me bonkers. Cutting out a food group (unless advised by a doc or for religious/personal reasons) has never been a good idea. Ever. And what?s more? There is not enough long-term evidence to prove that a fad diet will be healthy.

Remember, people back in the early/mid 1900?s thought smoking was a good idea-it looked cool, seemed harmless, and made it feel fun.

Yah. Exxxacctttlllyy.

A certain fad diet that might ?work? for a few people does NOT equal healthy or good for us in the long run.

Just sayin.?

Secondly, weight training changes your body. (For the better!)

Don?t need to expound on that.

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Thirdly, try to hit all the major & minor muscle groups when you train! Love this tip.

I think that?s why I love teaching BP and doing my own thing. I can hit places and exercises I might not get from BP. BP does a great job of delivering an all-around total-body workout, but it?s always nice to throw in new-to-me exercises in the mix for my ?non? teaching day.

And lastly, if you want to build muscle, you MUST eat more-of everything, and especially in the way of healthy, lean protein.

Because I like to lift weights (and lift ?em heavy!), and I want to build muscle, it is key that I fuel & refuel often, that I eat enough, and that I help the rebuilding process once the workout is over.

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Here are some things I have had to come to terms/started doing with as I?ve gotten stronger/built muscle:

• it is no longer about the scale or how much I weigh (it def was during ED & disordered eating time)
• I don?t care about calories, really (I never count them)
• I prefer to check out the healthy fats, protein, and sugar grams when reading labels
• when making meals or snacks, I first decide where my protein and veggies will come in to play, then I add my complex carb & healthy fat
• I prefer to measure how I?m doing with pants fitting and how I feel rather than a number dictating my worth/weight <?often we get those mixed up, ladies!
• I actually like looking at pictures of myself again (during my disordered eating & ED days, I always hated pics of me). Now I like looking strong!
• I wear pants again that I haven?t in a long time. Thank you muscles!

If you want to change your body, you had better lift (heavy/heavier) weights, eat up!, and forget the scale.

{pausing to take a pic in between chest press reps}

p.s. I probably weigh about the same that I did when I was in H.S., but I wear 1-2 pant sizes smaller now.

Muscle takes up less space than fat.

Muscle weighs more than fat.

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Word.

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Off to teach some BP realllllyyy early. Have a great day!

What do YOU do to add more muscle?? In what ways has YOUR body changed in the past little while?? Have YOU experienced the beauty of lifting heavier weights?!?

Source: http://www.enjoyyourhealthylife.com/2012/10/30/eat-and-train-for-more-muscle/

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