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CHANGE?
It's time to take an honest look at your health and acknowledge the flimsy gauze of excuses you’ve allowed to cover up your real self. You are ready. All you need to do is decide to become who you are. You feel the pull of a desire to be who you deserve to be and are reading this post. Let’s get started!
WHAT IS OPTIMAL HEALTH FOR YOU?
You would not be reading this if you weren’t ready to own your power. This process is based upon an acknowledgment of the influence your thoughts and feelings have over your body. In these pages you will address the influence of your family, friends, the media and others in your life. This is not about blaming yourself or others for where you are now. When you begin to recognize and release the fallacious mind viruses you innocently accepted, you can release them and choose a mindset that supports you. It is your willingness to release mental patterns, which opens you up to the joyful aliveness you deserve.
LET'S THINK BIG
What you think you become, is one of those truisms we all acknowledge and may not live. The incessant bombardment of ideas, opinions and feelings you are exposed to each day can smother you in mental chaos. This confusion leads to malaise and, if you’re not vigilant, a loss of hope.
LET'S GO OLD SCHOOL THIS SUMMER
Technology is a wonderful servant, but a horrible master. Until the robot overlords compel us to serve them, step out of your comfort zone and walk around the block, hike in the woods or have dinner on the patio without your phone by your side. Your social media accounts are not going anywhere and you may find some of the joy and peace you remember from summers past.
FAT ATTACKS
When you move on a regular basis - which means consistent bouts of exercise - you change your body chemistry in ways researchers are only beginning to understand. Muscle, just like fat, is an endocrine organ and produces chemical secretions which communicate with the rest of the body.
CARBS: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE GLYCEMIC
If you are a sedentary man or a woman try to obtain 14 calories per pound of body weight or about 45 – 65% of your total calories from quality carbohydrate sources. If you are a more active man and woman aim for 15-17 calories per pound of body weight or about 50 – 60% of your total calories. If you are very active as an athlete or in your job you can adjust these recommendations higher.
FAST, FRESH, DELICIOUS FOOD
What you eat is as important as your exercise plan. But, prepping nutritious meals can seem daunting and time-consuming. Not any more, my friend!
Fast, healthy and delicious meals begin with the FAST & FRESH MEAL PLAN, which is available on Udemy.com.
NOURISH HAPPINESS
The past century has produced scores of studies linking the effect of food on brain chemistry, mood and performance. This science of food has found that certain foods, and combinations of ingredients can influence mood. Moreover, mood can also influence your choice of food.
THE POWER OF PROTEIN
Good, high-quality proteins are those with an amino acid pattern similar to that needed by the body. These complete proteins include eggs, meat, fish, poultry and dairy products, including whey protein. Protein sources which are deficient in one or more essential amino acids include grains, beans, vegetables and fruit.
GROCERY SHOPPING DECODED
When it comes to packaging, it’s what’s inside that counts. Food manufacturers are experts at packaging and merchandising their products to attract your attention. Companies pay a premium for shelf and endcap placement, which augments the scientifically-designed store layout. (Retailers study your buying habits, how you move through the store, where you linger and what you ignore.) So, high-profit and high volume items are featured throughout the store.
DON'T WAIT TO MAKE YOUR RESOLUTIONS
Am I willing to decide, is the question you need to ask yourself? What is a decision you have been avoiding in the hope it will be made for you? Are you waiting to commit to daily exercise because work is too busy right now? Or will you start eating healthier when your spouse stops ordering pizza?
THERE IS A BETTER WAY
Why do you really desire (I’d say deserve) vibrant health? The stimulus for achieving this is inside of you – and I’m not just being optimistic. Over 30 years of research from the National Weight Control Registry indicates no specific diet, exercise protocol or pill has been found to manifest long-term weight loss. Instead, changes in thoughts, behavior and lifestyle are by far more likely to create lasting changes in health.
Guest Post: Tips for Boosting Confidence While Entering the Post-Lockdown World
For many, social anxieties are part of the mix of emotions leading to this stress. If you’ve been locked down and working from home all the time, odds are it’s been a while since you regularly interacted with people outside of your household. Justin Bennett of HealthyFit.info has created this guide to help you figure out tools you can use to boost your confidence and get back out there.
WELCOME TO NOW
Eating with awareness is at the center of mindful eating. Begin by asking yourself why do I want to eat right now? Dig deeper and ask, what affect will this food have on my energy, my weight and my health? You can also assess your level of hunger before and during the meal. These steps will anchor you in awareness (and enjoyment) while you are eating.
ENJOY EVERY BITE
Pretty simple, huh? Enjoy your food. Savor what you eat without judging how “good” or “bad” the food is. That’s right. Judging yourself for what you eat is total bovine scatology (bs). If you get nothing else out of this book, please find a way to let go of assigning a moral equivalent to food.
I am not talking about dietary practices you choose because of religious or ethical beliefs. I am simply referring to labeling something like broccoli as “good” and a candy bar as “bad.” They are simply caloric and nutrient delivery systems.
EAT LESS AND ENJOY EVERY BITE
If you’re uncertain about how to start eating less and with more awareness or think, “there is no way my family will ever sit down for a meal without their phones,” may I offer something for you to practice? The acronym, BASICS, can serve as a reminder of how to practice more mindful eating. No one has to know J.
LIFE HAPPENS
I know you are successful in many areas of your life. Let’s learn from areas in which you excel and apply it to your behavior around food. What do you do well? C’mon, I know you can name at least one thing!
SCIENCE AND MINDFULNESS
Many researchers in the growing field of mindfulness assert the purpose of eating any meal is to focus on the experience. This is because mindful eating practices make you more aware of cues, which signal hunger and fullness. The result is you may eat less and, yes, lose weight.
LISTEN TO YOUR GUT
Diets don’t work long term. They don’t work long term because they disregard your thoughts, your lifestyle and your emotional and physical feelings. Paleo dude just doesn’t care about the many factors which influence how, why, when and what you eat. Keto man won’t be close enough to you to smell your breath. Eat-once-a-day guy is not forced to work with your grumpy, hungry ass all afternoon.