Yummy... DEATH.

 The other day my mom came home with the order she made at my little brother's school, they had a fundraiser and were selling some baked goodies, at some higher prices than the ones you see at the store. I get it, it's a fundraiser but it still seemed a little far fetched. Then I came around to look at what they were offering, particularly which ingredients were they using...

• Soybean Oil,
• Canola Oil,
• Palm Oil Blend, 
• Powdered Sugar,
• Cocoa Powder, 
• Artificial Vanilla Extract
• Cocoa processed with alkali
• Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, 
• Salt, Nonfat Milk, 
• Xanthan Gum, 
• Guar Gum, 
• Polysorbate 60
• Sorbitan Monostearate, 
• Dry Milk Solids,
•  Cream Cheese, 
• STABLIZERS?!

Trust me this is only about half of the ingredients listed.. but can you believe this?

1. What is the point of using dry milk solids and then nonfat milk? What is wrong with Almond milk? Or even Soy?
2. Why are their strange names that I can not fully pronounce on this list? What the heck are sorbitan monostearates?
3. Why do they use so many artificial sugars? All these gums and sugars make me dizzy. Why can't they simply use stevia or even simple brown sugar?
4. WHAT IS WITH THE STABLIZERS, I am sorry but that word just screams wrong to me.

Can you believe not only how many but the quality of the ingredients used on these products, I can't lie and say they didn't look delicious but once I read the label I was sure that I was not going to put that trash in my body.

I hope this has opened up a lot of your eyes and now for a little challenge...
I challenge YOU to look at every label, when you are about to eat or when something looks tempting I want you to read the label fully, or question those around you what kind of ingredients are in the food you are about to consume. Trust me it will help make some wise decisions. Treat yourself, but treat yourself to the good quality foods that I know you can brew up in your kitchen. Get some friends together and get creative. Here is a recipe you can try out if you truly have a sweet tooth craving (basically me 24/7).

Ingredients: Bananas, Peanut or Almond Butter and Chocolate (Preferably Dark)

•  Slice up some bananas into coin shapes
• Add a blob of either peanut butter/ almond butter (whatever tickles your pickle)
• Melt some dark chocolate (you will get some antioxidants as an added bonus)

1. Add the nut butter in between 2 banana coins.
2. Put into freezer for 2 hours, enough for them to harden and not be slipping away.
3. Dip into the melted chocolate.
4. Add into the fridge for 2 hours for the whole product to freeze.
5. VOILA! 3 ingredients later and your sweet tooth craving is satisfied with some great and clean ingredients.

Third Answer

What is the best way a young adult female can obtain an 18-20% body fat?

• Counting calories through a basic energy expenditure equation.

1.) Many believe that just by burning more calories than you consume, you can lose weight.

2.) Calories are what make up the weight and mass of a body, food and physical activity incorporated into the body.

3.)Through counting calories you essentially take a look at the macro nutrients which also helps.

• The Atkins Diet by Robert C Atkins
• The 100: Counting Only Sugar Calories by Jorge Cruise

By counting your calories and burning 400-500 more than what we intake then we will become energy balanced and lose weight.

Fourth Interview Questions

1. How would you describe the mentality one needs to become "healthy"?
2. How long, according to your own personal experiences, is the time needed to make a complete body transformation?
3. What do you think is the best form of exercise and why?
4. Can you please explain to me your thoughts on yoga, could someone get tone/ or remain tone with the practice?
5. What are your favorite types of strength training exercises for each muscle group and why?
6. What are your thoughts on running, do you believe it targets every muscle group?
7. What do you believe is a healthy body fat percentage? (They look good, not sick.)
8. What do you think are the best way to stick to macro nutrients?
9. Can you explain how you divide your macro nutrients and why you have set it up in that way?
10. Do you believe that in order to loose weight one should limit carbohydrates dramatically?
11. Would you mind sharing on of your best success stories, how did they get to the physical and mental state they are in now?
12. Could you please explain to me why "cheat" meals/ day are a good/bad thing? 
13. Do you believe it should be practiced more in peoples lifestyle and why?
14. How do you keep yourself motivated towards eating right and working out?
15. Which of the three vegan/paleo/vegetarian is going way too extreme when changing one's diet?
16. Which diet would you most recommend for weight loss/ fat loss and maintaining, please explain within reason?
17. How would you go about starting a fat loss program, would you start with diet, physical activity or both? Explain.
18. Could you please share your thoughts on Obesity and how you think it has gotten to this point?
19. What are your most important everyday tools to help keep yourself on track? Is it a blog, a fitness tracker, fit bit? Why?
20. When you are really craving a sweet tooth what is your go to meal that helps you feel good and then gets your state of mind back on the goal?