Fully Nourish ~ Fully Flourish
Brrr. A cool rainy October day here. I’m kinda loving it! The holidays have just wound down and I’m all wound up!
Time for renewal, change, evolvement, growth and getting down or back to basics for many. Love an email I received early this morning. She wasted no time: “I’ve fallen off the path
and I need your help to get me back on ”.
She is not alone. Time to pick
ourselves up and dust ourselves off and get on with living our BEST LIFE
POSSIBLE!!! Life sure goes fast! Let’s
make the most of every precious second of it! There
is no better way to do that, than by getting to a healthy weight and staying
there.
Here’s a few things I jotted down to help you do just that:
1.
Focus on being healthy.
Make it the
top priority that it is; It’s a pre-requisite to taking care of all of your
other priorities. It makes your life better and one with less worries, more
joy, happiness and ease. Optimal health can be the difference between a person
living or dying, from surviving to thriving, from feeling
lethargic to lively, self-loathing to self-loving, depressed to joyful, frumpy
to fabulous, un-energized to unstoppable!.
Don’t squander your life away. We live life every day and every day needs to be
a really good one. Stuff happens and we’ve got to be ready, which means it’s
not tomorrow when you start; it’s right now.
2.
Find your big “why”, keep it with you
Weight loss
is the impetus to a better, happier, more productive, satisfying life. When
overweight, you’re not even aware of the toll it takes on you physically,
mentally and emotionally. It is a constant weight (no pun intended) on your
shoulders. Your life is “dulled”; everything is more worrisome, harder and less enjoyable - the
everyday little things (which is what makes up the majority of our lives) and the big moments. Being your optimal self, leading a healthy lifestyle makes life clearer, crisper, sharper, easier, smoother, less stressful - more enjoyable. Become passionate about your “why”.
Make it your mission, your values, your morals, your principles - your hobby!
3.
Being healthy is easier than we think.
EAT YOURSELF HEALTHY. Eat REAL FOOD and lots of it (walking
around with an empty stomach is a recipe for disaster and the reasons diets don’t
work long term), oh and make it delicious or you won’t enjoy it and won’t stick
with it; food IS meant to be pleasurable. It’s lean proteins and healthy fats
in moderation, some fruits and lots and lots and of non-starchy veggies. Eat 3 really
large, really delicious meals a day – company worthy ones! and a few satiating snacks. Keep yourself well-hydrated. Get
this down pat, get it down to a science. You WILL fall in love with healthy
eating. It 1000% happens with consistency. It then goes by auto-pilot; it
becomes what you do and who you are! Don’t overcomplicate nutrition.
4.
Use it or lose it. Exercise & activity helps everything.
Exercise
helps you handle stress better. You feel better, look better, move better, you
have a better immune system. Everything gets better, and you don't need to
spend hours doing it. Be a fidgety, on the go person. Sneak in activity. Add in
intentional exercise every other day. Whether it’s a bike ride, a brisk walk, a
trip to the gym or putting on some music and dancing your fool head off. Strength training on the other days. Oh and
keep in mind - you can’t out-exercise
a crappy diet. You can’t just eat what you want and then exercise like
crazy. It doesn’t work. You can not outrun your fork. You lose weight in the
kitchen, you get fit through activity. Two separate things.
5.
We’re never better than when we’re
challenged.
If you meet
successful people — those who’ve really affected the world – they’ve all gone
through challenges. When the going gets tough, the tough get going! Use your
particular stresses and challenges as an opportunity to get stronger and
better, because we don’t grow when life stays easy.
6.
Remember: small hinges move big doors.
The smallest
things like starting the day with: a glass
of water, making the bed, some self talk, affirmations, a hearty healthy yummy
breakfast (prepared the day before perhaps); 10 jumping jacks. You start one
good habit; the next one rolls in.
7.
Don't listen to the haters.
They will
question how and why you eat like you do. They will tell you you’re loco and
obsessed and try to show you how you should be doing it. They’ll tell you, “but
ya gotta live”. To which I say, “well yes, that’s the plan! G-d willing long
and really, really well!!” Keep in mind that they do this out of ignorance but
even more so than that it’s a reflection on themselves and their feelings toward
their own eating habits. Stand up for and stand by what you believe in. We do nutrition SUPERBLY around here;
the way it was meant to be.
8.
How you do one thing is how you do everything.
When you
care about yourself and prioritize yourself as number one, lots of other great
stuff happens. I don’t know why we feel guilty about things like self-care or
quite frankly and perhaps even worse - we think that we are exempt from it, when in actuality that is PRECISELY what is REQUIRED of us; it’s what we need to be practicing. It rolls over to every other area of our life. The ripple effect benefits everything
and everyone around you.
9.
Set an intention.
Eating
healthy doesn’t happen on its own. It needs to be planned and prepared for.
This 1000% becomes second nature when done consistently. Each day I look to the
day ahead to make sure I am prepared for it. I make CERTAIN I have the right
foods on hand and do whatever prep work needs to be done to make the day go smoothly. Oh and this:
Keep a food journal. There is
no better way to get to and maintain a healthy weight than by writing. NONE. Noting it makes you notice it. When I first instituted this super valuable tool, I told myself - I am done sticking my head in the sand. I no longer wanted to be a person who eats recklessly. It's time to be aware of my food intake which has a DIRECT CORRELATION with my health and well-being. Imagine each time you shopped doing it blindly by not knowing the price, the cost and thus the consequences till you got the bill later in the month?!!! It
takes less than 5 minutes a day and yields HUGE dividends. I do it right before
I eat something. If you’re not keeping track of what you’re eating, you will be
eating the wrong foods and/or too much of the “right” ones. I guarantee it.
I am grateful beyond belief for what it’s done for me and will continue to
do. It’s a gift. My little insurance
policy, my peace of mind.
10.
You are worth it. You matter.
If you’re
eating poorly, you’re sending your brain the message of, “I’m a trash can. I
don’t matter.” You can’t hate yourself thin. Love yourself healthy; love
yourself to be the optimal you. It’s your birthright. Your health and well-being is essential to the
best life possible. Nourish yourself, in every way. You are important and
you’re worth it. Food is our most basic
need; if you’re not
doing that right everything else in your life will suffer. Treat
your body right and it will treat you even better. Give yourself the gift of
good health and wellness - and live life to the fullest, today and every day.
Life goes fast, Enjoy the ride.
Have a fabulous, delicious, nourishing, healthy week - and life. Vicki
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