Beauty Within

Have you been eating your antioxidants this week? I know I haven't... you don't how good it feels to confess that to someone. It is only week 2 of my challenge and I have already fallen off the wagon. With a new week brings new goals, right? 

After learning more about antioxidants and how good they are for people we should all be popping them like candy. Antioxidants may play a role in helping prevent diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's, and heart disease. Antioxidants are supposed to be helpful because they neutralize free radicals which can damage healthy cells. 

It is best to include a variety of foods groups to add a better sources of antioxidants to your diet. Here are some foods that are high in antioxidants. 

Beauty Within

Welcome to my new series of posts titled "Beauty Within". As you all know I have a huge love for fashion, but I also enjoy fitness, being healthy, and beauty. "Beauty Within" will involve make-up, health, exercise, hair posts and anything else I am feeling that day. 

This week I started a living healthy program sponsored by a local Utah company called "Beyond Weight-Loss". The program lasts for 8 weeks. They focus on helping people lose body weight, body fat, and to help increase antioxidants. I joined the program to help me tone up, be healthier, and to increase my antioxidants. 

I am not going to lie... I had no idea what antioxidants were and how important they were for my health. Here is a great video from the Dr. Oz show. He explains a little bit about antioxidants and how to get scanned to see how many antioxidants you have in your cells.

I fell into the yellow section of the caroteniod scores. My score was 32,000. At the end of the 8 weeks my goal is to be in the blue section (50,000+). My other goal at the end of this 8 weeks is to tone my muscles up and be ready to rock it in a bathing suit this summer and not feel insecure.

I will continue to fill you in on my progress and research over these next 8 weeks. I will check in on week 4 and let you know if my antioxidants have increased and we will see if I have toned up at all.

Thank you for reading my shenanigans. Happy Sunday!