What 1 Professional Ballerina Eats All Day
Ballerina's are known for their incredible bodies and the even more incredible things that they can do with them. But how does one keep in that perfect shape under a leotard that hides nothing.
Fueling the body while maintaining a small figure is the ultimate struggle for professional ballerinas like Lauren Fadeley, a principal dancer at the Pennsylvania Ballet, who sat down with PopSugar to explain how she manages that tiny frame.
The Power of Snacking
Lauren is a big supporter of grazing. Eating a little bit constantly throughout the day works better for her than a full meal. She typically starts her day of with fruit, nuts, and coffee and then is sure to keep her bag filled with healthy snacks like protein bars and fresh veggies to munch on during her breaks.
Once practice is over, Lauren finally has her big meal which is a lot of lean proteins and veggies (PopSugar says that spaghetti squash with a ground turkey tomato sauce is her favorite) This all refuels her body and preps her for the next day's grueling schedule - where she does it all over again!
Beat Bloat
danideeAt first I thought her diet sounded a little strict, but I like that she's open to compromising and 'rewarding' herself with an indulgence as needed. I feel like in order to stay on a strict diet, you have to approach it with some realistic compromise. Otherwise, how is anyone expected to stay on it?
Fitness Myths You Need to Stop Believing
1. No Pain, No Gain
You probably think that sore muscles means that you worked hard at the gym, and you might be right, but the phrase 'pain is weakness leaving the body' is not what should be running through your head as you're working out.
Not all pain is positive.
Soreness means your muscles have been damaged by your workout, and while that means that you pushed your body to the limit, watch out for workouts that keep you constantly sore. You should be able to recover from your soreness in a day or two - great! But if you're in a constant state of muscle pain you need a change.
Measure your success by inches you lose or pounds you can lift, not by how sore you are after a gym visit.
2. You Need to Run Fast to Get Faster
Why Can Some People Eat Fast Food Without Gaining Weight?
I always thought that some people were just blessed with hyper-active metabolisms, but new research is here to prove otherwise.
This research shows that a diet of a lot of fat and salt could actually prevent weight gain. This isn't talking about keeping your arteries unclogged or skin looking nice...just your weight.
The results come from an experiment where scientists put groups of mice on different diets, some 'healthy' and some on high-fat foods and high levels of salt. The group who gained the same amount of weight as mice eating normal food were the ones who ate the very salty and high-fat diet.
So what does this mean?
"It's totally different for each person," says Keri Gans, author of The Small Change Diet. "We always associate poor health with high weight, but you can definitely be a thin person and still have a lot of health complications that have nothing to do with your weight."
I know I've said it plenty of times, how "lucky" people are because they can eat whatever they want, but this study also pokes holes in the logic that every skinny person is healthy, and every overweight person is fat.
