Goal Post - January 2011
Hello Everyone!
Your Goal for January 2011 is to:
Make Healthy Choices
Every single day, we are faced with choices:
Get up and walk/jog/do that video I bought when I was ridiculously inspired to workout OR do I hit the snooze button?
Healthy cereal and a banana for breakfast OR grab a grande mocha frappuccino and a scone on my way?
Stairs OR elevator?
Salad with light dressing, skip the breadsticks for lunch OR a Baconator and a small fry, oh, and a frosty?
Water with crystal light for an afternoon pick-me-up OR large Dr Pepper with extra ice?
Baked chicken, steamed veggies and a single wheat roll for dinner OR takeout Chinese with eggrolls and pot stickers?
Walk around the block with the hubby and dog after dinner OR ice cream and the season premiere of Project Runway?
In bed by 11 OR wait til the Late, Late show is over to even think about bed?
The funny thing is that they are just that: Choices. We get to CHOOSE which path we want to take each day, several times each day. We have that power. Time to capitalize on that power. Start MAKING these choices. Start DECIDING to be better to your body, your soul, your mind. Everybody feels better when they're treating themselves with a little respect. Your body runs more efficiently, you have more energy, you're happier. So, DO IT. Get out there. DECIDE to walk the path that'll make you feel better. You can do it. You probably already do, sometimes. Now is the time to start doing it regularly. Pay attention to what you're deciding to do. Take notice of your choices. Make the right ones. For you!
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Some Helpful and Interesting Articles (to get you started):
Healthy Choices 4 Life:
"It's never too late to start making healthy choices and living a healthy life full of vitality. Start today with one of the many healthy life tips you'll find in this site. We encourage you to implement these healthy life tips a step at a time. Give yourself some time to adjust. By making gradual changes you're more likely to maintain them.
Rome wasn't built in a day, and your health problems weren't either, so be patient, improving your health will be a journey not an overnight assignment, but you'll get there."
Healthy Choices Wellness Programs
Healthier choices for kids on Inforum.com
My favorite article while researching this topic came from the Wisconsin State Journal:
Today is the day
They talk about Different Motivations, Keeping at It, Finding the Exercise You Love, and Getting Support. They really do cover the idea I was trying to communicate, and I encourage you to take a look.
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Some areas of your life to focus on while trying to be healthy:
Eat Better
Drink Water
Get Enough Sleep
Exercise/Get Active
Handle Stress
What are some ways you could incorporate these into your regular routine?
Maybe taking the stairs a time or two a week wouldn't take too much time?
Could you substitute something you're currently doing with one of these without a big effort?
How about a glass of yummy lemonade instead of that soda?
Would it help to do it with someone else?
Maybe your hubby likes to lift weights and you like to do a workout dvd; maybe get up at the same time and do your respective workouts?
Whatever it takes, get out and DO IT. Start today. You never know where this one step will lead you. :)
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Some Inspirational Quotes (to get you in the groove):
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.
- Winston Churchill
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.
- John F. Kennedy
So, when it comes to eating healthy, it's just doing the right thing. And it's not something you have to do 365 days a year, but I think it's something you have to do 25 days a month. Let's put it that way.
- Mike Ditka
Some people are willing to pay the price and it's the same with staying healthy or eating healthy. There's some discipline involved. There's some sacrifices.
- Mike Ditka
We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes smaller and emphasize quality over quantity. And we can help create a culture - imagine this - where our kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.
- Michelle Obama
Even if we give parents all the information they need and we improve school meals and build brand new supermarkets on every corner, none of that matters if when families step into a restaurant, they can't make a healthy choice.
- Michelle Obama
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
- Bertrand Russell
A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.
- Tom Stoppard
I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet.
- Joan Jett
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.
- Miss Piggy
You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure people's bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music.
- Shirley Manson
A healthy love life is not and should not be the preserve of those in their 20s and 30s. It's important at all ages.
- Jerry Hall
The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy, and capable of getting out there and dancing as often as possible.
- Suzanne Farrell
I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look - that healthy equals beautiful.
- Victoria Principal
Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.
- Robert A. Heinlein
Keep us all posted!
Good Luck!!
Your Goal for January 2011 is to:
Make Healthy Choices
Every single day, we are faced with choices:
The funny thing is that they are just that: Choices. We get to CHOOSE which path we want to take each day, several times each day. We have that power. Time to capitalize on that power. Start MAKING these choices. Start DECIDING to be better to your body, your soul, your mind. Everybody feels better when they're treating themselves with a little respect. Your body runs more efficiently, you have more energy, you're happier. So, DO IT. Get out there. DECIDE to walk the path that'll make you feel better. You can do it. You probably already do, sometimes. Now is the time to start doing it regularly. Pay attention to what you're deciding to do. Take notice of your choices. Make the right ones. For you!
-------------
Some Helpful and Interesting Articles (to get you started):
Healthy Choices 4 Life:
"It's never too late to start making healthy choices and living a healthy life full of vitality. Start today with one of the many healthy life tips you'll find in this site. We encourage you to implement these healthy life tips a step at a time. Give yourself some time to adjust. By making gradual changes you're more likely to maintain them.
Rome wasn't built in a day, and your health problems weren't either, so be patient, improving your health will be a journey not an overnight assignment, but you'll get there."
Healthy Choices Wellness Programs
Healthier choices for kids on Inforum.com
My favorite article while researching this topic came from the Wisconsin State Journal:
Today is the day
They talk about Different Motivations, Keeping at It, Finding the Exercise You Love, and Getting Support. They really do cover the idea I was trying to communicate, and I encourage you to take a look.
-----------
Some areas of your life to focus on while trying to be healthy:
What are some ways you could incorporate these into your regular routine?
Maybe taking the stairs a time or two a week wouldn't take too much time?
Could you substitute something you're currently doing with one of these without a big effort?
How about a glass of yummy lemonade instead of that soda?
Would it help to do it with someone else?
Maybe your hubby likes to lift weights and you like to do a workout dvd; maybe get up at the same time and do your respective workouts?
Whatever it takes, get out and DO IT. Start today. You never know where this one step will lead you. :)
-------
Some Inspirational Quotes (to get you in the groove):
Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.
- Winston Churchill
Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.
- John F. Kennedy
So, when it comes to eating healthy, it's just doing the right thing. And it's not something you have to do 365 days a year, but I think it's something you have to do 25 days a month. Let's put it that way.
- Mike Ditka
Some people are willing to pay the price and it's the same with staying healthy or eating healthy. There's some discipline involved. There's some sacrifices.
- Mike Ditka
We can make a commitment to promote vegetables and fruits and whole grains on every part of every menu. We can make portion sizes smaller and emphasize quality over quantity. And we can help create a culture - imagine this - where our kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.
- Michelle Obama
Even if we give parents all the information they need and we improve school meals and build brand new supermarkets on every corner, none of that matters if when families step into a restaurant, they can't make a healthy choice.
- Michelle Obama
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
- Bertrand Russell
A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.
- Tom Stoppard
I'm concentrating on staying healthy, having peace, being happy, remembering what is important, taking in nature and animals, spending time reading, trying to understand the universe, where science and the spiritual meet.
- Joan Jett
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.
- Miss Piggy
You have to watch all sides of your advancement, you have to make sure people's bodies and minds are healthy and their morale is cool before you can really go out and play great music.
- Shirley Manson
A healthy love life is not and should not be the preserve of those in their 20s and 30s. It's important at all ages.
- Jerry Hall
The particular ballet was not so important as the fact that I was physically healthy, and capable of getting out there and dancing as often as possible.
- Suzanne Farrell
I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look - that healthy equals beautiful.
- Victoria Principal
Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.
- Robert A. Heinlein
Keep us all posted!
Good Luck!!