What’s your truth?
Are you doing as much as you can do? You know if you are eating a lot of junk, and not exercising. You know if you spend a lot of time in your head making excuses or beating yourself up. A lot of what we do is counterproductive – so, let’s start new.
Start from scratch - today. Clean your slate, forget the old and bring in the new.
The way everything is packaged and marketed these days, it’s hard to decipher what really is healthy. But almost everything we buy is processed, packaged and sealed “for your benefit."
Hint: Sliced turkey or ham from a deli package is not fresh meat or poultry. Pastries, cookies and packaged cereal, for the most part, are not whole grains. Portions are a factor, too - eat moderate portions – that is – not eating until you are stuffed (like supersizing meals and drinks).
Make a change. Cook/prepare your meals from fresh (or fresh-frozed) ingredients – buy some fish, cook some brown rice, make a salad from fresh vegetables and eat fresh fruit for a snack.
And instead of beating yourself up for whatever you ate before, try: “Wouldn’t it be nice if eating healthy foods was my first choice?” or “Wouldn’t it be fantastic if I no longer wanted junk foods?” or “How amazing would it be if I stopped eating before I got full?” Say these to yourself over and over every day, all week, and I think you’ll notice a change.
And how about this? Exercise two times this week. Do two 25-minute walks. Walk easily for five minutes, enjoying the day, warming up your body, and then increase your intensity, walking with enough effort to feel yourself breathing deeply for 15 minutes, then take a five-minute victory walk home enjoying the fact that you did it.
Enjoy your fresh start – start today.
Happy Trails.
Debbie Rocker
