“So you gotta stop feeling sorry for yourself, okay?
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“So you gotta stop feeling sorry for yourself, okay?
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During a precious break on Wednesday, I had a TV inspired revelation.
Conversation between my husband and I:
Michelle: “I don’t really like it when people assume I only eat low fat foods.”
Part of optimal fitness training is assessing client stress levels. Exercise itself is stress on the body. Additional stressors must be factored in during workouts. Ignoring a client’s stress level can lead to over training symptoms, injury or hindered progress.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Many thanks to my mom’s co-worker, Cheryl for the original recipe. Below is my version – as usual, I have increased the vegetables, fiber, spices and protein. I’ve had great feedback so far – I think you’re going to love it! Enjoy!
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We all have wants and needs in terms of our health. Some of us would like to lose 20 pounds. Some of us would like a better relationship with food. Some of us would like to reduce our dependance on medication. Some of us want to be healthy and active in our golden years. Whatever your current aspiration, the key to your success might lie in what your hiding.
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With Mother’s Day just nine days away, I thought I’d share a Mother’s Day post that was really well reviewed. I hope it provides some shopping and quality time inspiration. Wishing you a very healthy and happy week! Feel free to forward to a friend or mom.
Happy Mother’s Day!
“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t,
you’re probably right.”
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I am a personal trainer and fitness consultant. I am also a small business owner. I recently reread the 1998 bestseller, Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and Your Life by Spencer Johnson. The intent was to find wisdom for my small business (it delivered) but an unintended benefit was also finding a great source of guidance for all of us working out the details of healthier living.
With out giving too much away (I highly recommend you read this book yourself if you have a couple hours), the book addresses simple habits that facilitate navigating change. Whether you want to look better in a swimsuit or need to improve your diet, change is necessary. Your attitude, your patterns or your beliefs may actually be standing in your way. Who Moved My Cheese? provides some perspective to correct such behaviors. These gentle reminders open the door to laugh at oneself, recognize what isn’t working and allow room for a better lifestyle.
Our bodies change through puberty, change after babies, change as we age, change with injury and illness. Change happens. Being angry about change won’t help. Being open to adapting to change with self awareness and quality information CAN help. This powerful skill can help us move through the ebb and flow of staying fit and healthy. We might even come to embrace the process of solution finding, feeling healthy and happy, moving gracefully from one stage to another.
The book is simple and encouraging. If you are struggling with the idea of change in your healthy behaviors and workouts, I recommend you invest a little time to this. The benefits could be unexpectedly delicious.
