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Stay Focussed
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Posted:Apr 6, 2018 3:56 pm
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Be awesome! When you're starting to lose focus or motivation, ask yourself what the most awesome version of you would do next and do that.
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Cant Wait!
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Posted:Apr 1, 2018 6:59 pm
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You should look forward to your exercise session, and if you don't, then perhaps you need to decrease the intensity....make it an EASY workout. Do a few easy ones for awhile, so you learn to enjoy exercise...it's a great de-stresser
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One Step At A Time
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Posted:Apr 1, 2018 4:56 pm
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Focus on your individual actions – not on your outcome.
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How True It Is
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Posted:Mar 31, 2018 11:17 pm
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Sometimes the biggest problem is in your head. You've got to believe. -Jack Nicklaus
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HA ha ha ha!!!
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Posted:Mar 31, 2018 8:28 pm
Last Updated:Apr 16, 2024 2:18 am
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When was the last time you were with some friends and someone told a joke that caused you to snort your drink through your nose?
When did you last laugh so hard your stomach hurt, and you couldn’t stop laughing, and you waved your hand soundlessly at your friend - who was also doubled over - hardly able to take a breath, and all that came out was a little wheeze, as you gasped for breath?
Believe it or not, laughter is terrific medicine!
Short-term, laughter changes your mood and gives you a mental lift. But it also changes your body. Laughter:
● Activates and relieves your stress response, while increasing your heart rate and blood pressure. After your stomach stops hurting, you feel great, physically.
● Causes you to take in a lot of extra oxygen, which stimulates your heart, lungs, and muscles, and increases blood flow to your brain.
● Increases your endorphins. Those are the brain and nervous system hormones that relieve pain and increase feelings of pleasure and euphoria.
● Reduces your stress hormones, which, if left unchecked, leave your body unbalanced and unable to fight off infection, as well as leaving you constantly feeling stressed. So reducing them is a good idea.
● Boosts your immune system by stimulating antibody cells - or T-cells - that fight off infection.
● Stimulates your circulation and helps your muscles relax, both of which reduce physical symptoms of stress.
● Lowers your blood pressure, which reduces your risk of stroke and heart attack.
● Works your abs and other muscles. It’s a natural exercise! When your stomach muscles expand and contract, like when you do strenuous exercise, you’re using muscles you don’t normally use. That’s why hearty laughter can “hurt”! But you can also “work out” your legs, back, shoulders, and arms when you really let out a long guffaw
Longer term, regularly adding hearty laughter to your life includes these benefits:
● Changes your thoughts and mood from negative to positive, even from depression to exhilaration. This turns into chemical reactions that change your body from stressed to relaxed which helps you stay healthy over time.
● Reduces chronic pain by producing natural painkillers
● Increases brain blood flow which improves your memory. In addition, emotional connection to something that you’re learning - such as finding something funny and laughing about it - helps you retain that memory better because you create more neural connections to the information.
● Fights cancer by increasing levels of IFN in your body. IFN stimulates cells that are the first defense against cancer and abnormal growth of tumors.
● Makes you feel happier and more satisfied with life. When you’re happier, it’s easier to connect with other people, both those you already know and love, and those who are new to you.
● Being in a good mood leads to choosing healthier foods… and you can guess what THOSE benefits are!
● Helps you be more creative, as a result of several of the above: reduced stress hormones, increased endorphins, increased oxygen levels in the brain.
In short, laughter is great for your body, great for your brain, and great for your spirit, or mind.
And you don’t even have to laugh for real! Your brain doesn’t actually care whether you’re laughing at something funny, or if your body is just going through the motions. You still benefit, physically. And before long, you also benefit mentally.
Try it now. Try smiling and feeling terrible. I dare you.
You can’t do it! When you smile, it immediately changes your body chemistry, which changes your feelings and emotions. Now I challenge you to laugh heartily for the next minute, and see how you feel.
Start by adding humor to your life every day - funny cartoons, videos, recordings, etc. - and if you don’t feel like laughing, do it anyway. Give out a great big guffaw and follow it up with giggles and chortles.
And if you try it in public, you’ll probably get others laughing with you!
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Courageous People Don't Quit
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Posted:Mar 31, 2018 5:55 pm
Last Updated:Apr 16, 2024 2:18 am
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Through the good days, and the bad, be courageous, and stick to the program...
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It's Just A Number
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Posted:Mar 30, 2018 10:58 pm
Last Updated:Apr 16, 2024 2:18 am
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Age is no barrier. It's a limitation you put on your mind. -Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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When counting sheep just doesn’t work...
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Posted:Mar 30, 2018 10:25 pm
Last Updated:Apr 16, 2024 2:18 am
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Maybe you’ve been up late, burning the midnight oil, trying to finish that last proposal... or project... or email…
Maybe the next day you found yourself nodding off while at your ’s soccer game… or in a meeting… or while watching a movie… or most dangerously, while driving your car…
Maybe this isn’t an occasional occurrence, but it goes on night after night, day after day...
When you lack the proper amount of sleep, not only do you lose out on the benefits of sleeping well, but you also lose out on the opportunity to live each day fully aware and awake. And you may even put yourself or your loved ones in danger if you drive while drowsy.
Let’s first talk about what happens when you don’t get enough sleep:
● Your memory takes a hit. It’s harder both to learn and remember things; words always feel like they’re just on the tip of your tongue. Sleep helps your brain process new information from the day and consolidate it for easy retrieval.
● You can become moody, or even depressed, which also impacts your relationships.
● You’re not as alert, and can miss important cues in your environment. You don’t think straight, and have trouble making decisions, solving problems, and reasoning. This means - believe it or not - you’re more accident prone! Slipping, falling off a ladder, cutting yourself while slicing vegetables…
● Your immune system takes a hit and you’re more likely to pick up germs and illnesses.
● A consistent lack of sleep can actually make you more prone to heart disease and cancer.
● Your libido suffers. ‘Nuff said.
● You’re more likely to gain weight and then struggle to lose it.
● Your good looks disappear! In a study, people who didn’t get enough sleep discovered more fine lines, wrinkles, uneven skin color, and “looser” skin in their faces.
The most frightening reason to make sure you get enough sleep is “drowsy driving”, which can actually be compared to driving while drunk. If you’ve been awake for 18 hours straight, you could be driving as if you have a blood alcohol level of .05 (for reference, .08 is considered drunk). If you’ve been awake for a full 24 hours - for instance, after a night where you had trouble falling asleep - it’s like a blood alcohol level of .10.
The CDC estimates that 1 in 25 adult drivers have fallen asleep while driving in the previous 30 days. And in 2013, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that drowsy driving was responsible for 72,000 crashes. Similar result in Australia per capita.
These are truly scary statistics, and reason enough to make sure you sleep well.
But let’s also look at the BENEFITS of getting a good night’s sleep, consistently. Obviously, you can count on the opposite of the above:
● Clear thinking
● A healthy sex drive
● Better health, both short-term and long-term
● Less chronic pain, if that’s something from which you suffer
● Lower risk of injuries and accidents
● Better mood… leading both to feeling positive, and to better relationships
● Better weight control
● Better memory
OK, but you may ask, “How do I actually get more sleep when I have trouble sleeping?”
I’m glad you asked! According to Dr. Richard Shane here are some tips that often help. As you lie in bed:
● Soften your tongue
● Loosen your jaw
● Calm your throat
● Listen to your sleep breath
● Calm your heart
This is a simple method that helps you relax your body and your mind, so you can fall asleep naturally.
And of course, watching what you eat - not overdoing it on sugars and caffeine, especially later in the day - and getting enough exercise every day, are critically important factors that help you sleep better at night.
I’m often surprised at how little we talk about sleep patterns in the health and fitness world since it can have such a dramatic impact on our weight and health.
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Create Goals, and Focus!
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Posted:Mar 30, 2018 10:11 pm
Last Updated:Apr 16, 2024 2:18 am
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If you wait around for motivation to strike, you'll wait forever.
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Think Positive
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Posted:Mar 30, 2018 10:08 pm
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Don't dwell on the negative....
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