Worth

SO turns out the best 2 places, wait 3, for me are in the shower, during yoga (when my mind is supposed to be clear, but I also like to assess the toe hair situation and predicted time to the next pedicure so safe to say I have a lot of work to do in the clear your mind department) and then in the middle of the night when Im trying to go back to sleep after letting Zeke, our puppy, out.

When is your best time to think?  Or to have ideas?  Its worth knowing.  Maybe its an idea for your next family vacation.  Your solution to your laundry room clutter.  Or for what you're going to wear to that job interview.  If you believe people have specific purpose then you have to believe that we are given inklings...gut feelings.  And I think we all ignore them too much.

And with good reason.  Life does a pretty great job of discouraging you from making investments in the unknown and we are all so time strapped, there is an effort to conserve time.  So, its easier to not go through the trouble.  

I think this ties in with my post on "The Cost of Tired" 4 posts down ~  we are just to tired to try!!!

But I find that if you will value yourself enough to create the space, to deal with the mental, to care for the physical, and fix your perspective on learning.  That you are worth learning what your inklings are trying to tell you (or teach you through possible failure).

So this was the thought in yoga yesterday and I got in the car and scribbled this into my notes on my phone because I went for awhile without moving enough.  It began with some body pain and weight gain and spiraled into a bit of a depression (not the kind where you are sad, just not motivated, curious, and productive) which led to more pain and so I was reminded of what I discovered the first time I got strong and fit 15 years ago ... movement is a strong anti-depressant.  its worth whatever you need to do to make it happen everyday.  And then if you are not joyful you are less inclined to go through the trouble to identify needs and give.  And if you are not joyful, you do less and you live with an unsettled, itchiness in your mind and heart that comes from that. Much like a dog.  Dogs need work and purpose and movement to be happy and healthy.  So do we.  And then the last line, well it just came and it makes sense.  

There is no joy without movement

There is no peace without giving

There is no rest without Work

There is no life without love. 

So give your self, your inklings and gut feelings all your attention.  And take the actions you need to find the desire to work enthusiastically and empty your mind and body doing something that matters.  

You’re worth it. 

The Sleeping Giant

I believe time is the key.  Like a sleeping giant, it's often overlooked and underestimated.  It started in college when I read Steven Coveys 7 Habits.  There began a fascination with the game of TIME.

It's not really a talent I've noticed but a learned skill. Like handwriting. Nobody just writes, we all have to learn it. And without it, we are wildly handicapped to achieve that thing gnawing at us.

I think it's goal suicide to say "oh, I'm just not good at that" or "oh, I need to work on that...someday"

Because time...it's the neutralizer.   It's our greatest asset and our greatest prize. Every goal we have either centers around saving time, or the freedom to choose how we experience or spend our time our time.  And it requires specific use of present time to have any hope of influencing future time. Treating time like a wave you can just ride and expect it to end somewhere ahead of where we are now is like throwing a penny in the ocean and expecting it not to tend up lost at the bottom of the sea.

I've noticed that whatever the goal, the most success and progress goes to the person that wakes up keenly aware of the goals and how today's time will be spent to inch closer to that goal.  Focusing on mastering time management allowed me to more than quadruple my paycheck in the last 3 years and spend more time with family, at church and on fun. It's allowed me to have time to volunteer, increase my time reading exercising and parenting.  Time freedom for me is the sweetest nectar of life.   Life is short and I don't want to float through precious days and end up "somewhere" I did not plan. That's a recipe for sad in my book.

I'm 100% convinced the the most important skill worth acquiring is time management.  And having a goal for that time.

I'm committed to getting better and to controlling where my time goes so I can continue to chose how my free time is spent and how much time freedom I have. I hope this encouragement helps others as we get the fun, fresh, clean  slate of the new year. It's exciting and fun for me and my mind is rolling with thoughts like this and I'm excited to see what lies ahead...

The Upside to Overeating Yesterday

Hello!
Most likely you are reading this because you liked my post and you were interested in figuring out what on earth you can do today to offset yesterday's less-than-stellar eating.

GOOD NEWS!

I have some tips I came across years ago when I literally ate, read, slept and lived fitness literature 24/7.  Being a student of nutrition and fitness led to my career path in fitness and birthed a love for helping educate others!  Its al about demystifying!  So I wanted to share that here.

First, sorry for the delay - I have a daughter who was --oh-so-unfortunately awoken with a virus that would have required a trashcan (read:vomit, sorry!) if we had known at 3am and has had a fever every since so after getting her settled and 2 loads of laundry I fell asleep around 6am and meant to have this out sooner!

Thats ok tho because #life right???

SO here are the tips -

#1) Lucky you!  You overate!  But there is something that you can do to leverage that if overeating has you feeling derailed, guilty, depressed, remorseful or all of the above.  The good news is your metabolism is literally flying!  You added coals to the fire, so to speak.  So lets utilize your wicked fast metabolism in your favor by doing something easy.  Lets eat when we are hungry and lets eat the foods that offer these 4 golden points for your metabolism:
-the highest nutrition
-the highest keep you full factor AKA "satiety"
-stoke your metabolism and keep your body in fat burning mode.
-reverse cravings

These two foods are protein and fiber.  Protein is found in lean meats and fish as well as some fat free dairy such as fat free cheese and low sugar greek yogurt.  Clean protein supplements are also a super easy solution to this.

This may be implied but I will say it... if you want to leverage that metabolism, go ahead and throw out leftover cookies and treats, and don't eat the proteins and fibers that are coupled with sugar as in greek yogurt with sugar or a high fiber but also high sugar muffin, etc.  Sugar has the opposite of the 4 points above and will work against you!!

#2) As for fiber - don't over complicate - just eat fruits and vegetables with your lean protein today!  And don't worry about the "sugar in fruit"...  just eat fruits and vegetables... trust me.  Nobody ever got fat eating lean protein fruits and vegetables...thats my mantra! :)  And again - if you have fiber supplements on hand - hey hit those 4 golden points above so that works too.

#3) Enough water is not enough.  So there is this thing about what is "a lot" of water or "enough" water.  Well, here is the thing about your body.  It just adapts to whatever you give it.  So whatever YOU personally drink, make a game to try and increase that by at least 1/2 today!  trust me!  The 4 golden points above will rewards you!!!

#4)  SO you have amazing fuel for movement with yesterdays eating.  So hey - put it to use!  get up and get out!  Whatever you usually do... add to it!  Add a walk!  Already walking?  Add a lap!  Going shopping?  Awesome-thats a killer calorie burner!  Working out?  Add reps, time, or both - just a little!  And then add something else.  Maybe play in the back yard a minute.  Maybe stand at your computer.  In an office?  Take the stairs and use the bathroom 2 floors away.


The result is a sense of AMAZING pride.  The realization that you really didn't do irreversible damage and a big dose of understanding that a few small do-ABLE things added up can make a huge difference.

Thanks for reading!

Anna
PS ~ Doing this today along with my personal location in my fitness journey added to the launch of a transformation program through AdvoCare has inspired me to ask:  if I journaled -slash - coached our 180 Tribe here - would that be helpful?  I've always loved to educate and coach in writing and in person - and here I could do videos ... it offers the interaction of the comments for conversation...

or we could do this on FB.

Or maybe its not needed at all!

Im open to ideas, needs and thoughts.

And IM READY to transform.  I've done if before and taken dear friends with me and Im ready to do it again and take an army.

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oxoxox, A