Juicing

How many vegetables and fruits are you eating a day?  Plant-based foods should be 40% of your daily diet.  I wasn't even close to getting the recommended daily amount.  Some days I wasn't eating any!  So to ensure that I am fueling my body with the good stuff, I started juicing about a week ago.
Research has proven juicing has many benefits and there are healing powers. It allows highly concentrated vitamins, minerals and enzymes to rapidly enter the bloodstream absorbing all the nutritional benefits. It can also reduce chances of the three leading causes of death: heart disease, cancer and strokes.

This food pyramid was illustrated in the documentary Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. 

As a beginner to this juicing world, I relied heavily on Pinterest and YouTube to figure out how and what to juice. After three attempts, I found a recipe that my husband and I really liked. But you can add or subtract any ingredient and still get a tasty drink.

2 handfuls of spinach or kale

2 apples

1 pear

2 carrots

1 pineapple spear

1 cutie orange

and a wedge of lemon

I love the fact that I am rebooting my system and experimenting with different recipes. I feel really good about getting the right nutrients in my body.  After a week, I don't know if I have more energy, but my skin does have a healthy glow. I think over time I will definitely feel more energized. Do you juice? What recipes do you like?

     

Eating my frog!

I am learning a lot about myself this first week of the new year as I stay committed to my resolutions. I am realizing that timing is everything and sets the tone for my day.

If I don't workout first thing in the morning, my day gets off on the wrong foot. It becomes my resistance and I become irritable until I get it off my to-do list.  My focus is not in the moment at hand, nor is it fully on my kids. I can't fully enjoy the little moments that make being a SAHM priceless.  Instead, I am easily overwhelmed by constantly thinking about what I still need to do, feeling unappreciated and nothing seems to go as planned. 

So my lesson learned is "eat that frog" first; coined by author Brian Tracy.  It applies to your most important task(s) that you hold dear to your heart. Get it out of the way so you can get on with your day! My frog is getting my workout done in the mornings and off my to-do list. 

It is not fun waking up from a peaceful slumber to pushing your body to its limits and getting your heartbeat pumping a mile a minute. But the alternative; to chance my day and daily routines of being disrupted, my mood being compromised, and my focus only partially there, I choose the first. I own the day and I'm going to make it a great one! 

Stay driven!

Fitness funds

We know exercise has its benefits: gives you more energy, controls weight, combats health conditions and diseases, improves your mood, promotes better sleep, and the list goes on and on!  

Maybe that isn't incentive enough for you; let's add one more benefit to that list.  Get out a piggy bank and start dropping money into your "Get into shape and spoil yourself" fund!  Pay yourself every day you work out.  

I love this idea in so many ways!  With 365 days in a year, that's money in your pocket that your hard work, sweat and tears earned!  Every day that I work out, I'm going to pay myself.  My first treat to myself is going to be a new pair of workout sneakers.      

2016 Resolutions!

Happy New Year!

I am guilty!  Every year, I jot down a handful of resolutions and then stray away from them.  The ironic thing is, each year, they tend to be the same resolutions as the year before!  So this year, I am publishing my resolutions so that I am held accountable for them!  With this being said, I am going to be more thoughtful and selective as to what I want to commit to this year!  Hope it works.  We'll find out the end of this year.

1. Get organized, declutter.  My theme song this year is "Let It Go" 

As I look around my house, I wonder how did I ever let it get this bad!  There isn't a room in the house that doesn't need attention, and some rooms are out of control (e.i., office, closet, garage, basement, my seven-year-old's bedroom).   I wish I had that instinctive gene of being organized. Sometimes I even question whether I have hoarding tendencies.  Jokingly my husband might say that I do, but I don't.  

I am done with all the clutter of junk everywhere and I want it out of my house.  I know that it will bring me peace of mind, help me function better in all areas of my life, and I'll feel better about yourself.

2.  Make my health a top priority by working out 5 days a week and eating fairly clean.

I am leading by example.  I know there are eyes watching me.  My three musketeers, for one, are right there with me when I pick up my weights and press play.  I want to be here for them for the long haul, and see/do everything I can with them for as long as I can.  It's going to require me to stay strong and healthy.  I am also going to curb my drinking of alcoholic beverages.  This is a little sad for me, but I know that it effects my mood and my body in a negative way.  I am detoxing and replacing with superfoods from my Shakeology.  I'm excited to get my energy and glow back.  









































3.  Follow through to see projects through to the end.  

I have a handful of books that I started reading, but haven't finished.  I plant herbs and plants and by the middle of summer, don't take care of them.  Another example is organizing my photos to create albums and scrapbook; I have tons of photos and do nothing with them.  

4.  I am going to continue to grow as an entrepreneur, fitness coach and blogger.

I am going learn, plan, grow, and implement.  I want to strengthen my skills and have more confidence in the industries.  I am going to face my fears and put myself out there so that maybe I can inspire someone else to go after their dreams.  I want to develop strong friendships and really connect with like-minded people.        

Since I am documenting my resolutions, I'd better not got too carried away here.  I think this is a great start for my 2016 and I am going to work hard to see these resolutions through.