Happy Friday Heathy Sixers -
“We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them.” — Albert Einstein
I want to confess something to you: I am a people pleaser. And that's not always a good thing.
What this translates into is what I sometimes refer to as "spinning." I spin around and around, wanting to do my best for everyone - my kids, the Healthy Sixers, the FITFAM, work, friendships, my partner....and what happens in that quest is that my own needs slip down the totem pole: Fast.
I think many of us are all guilty - and it doesn't matter how often you hear the expression: Fill your own cup, you have to put on your own oxygen mask first.
Yadda. Yadda. Yadda.
Our Wednesday Session with Colin is still lingering in my brain. Because a lot of the time we are emotionally eating, or not exercising, because we are holding onto old patterns.
If you haven't watched it yet, please do:
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/aJsWs1SjISwYVjvgCUJr16dENic6qtyhaUd9hrwggE0LPLCcCKBuugRU5Ib7cuhw.WOJqI5v-WU8yWxjb?startTime=1684366374000
Passcode: #361Yh5v
This weekend, I want to invite you to try something new:
Be Selfish.
Be selfish with how you want to spend your time.
Be selfish with your Healthy Six program - if you want to stay the course, and people at that party are questioning why you are having a burger without the bun (thanks Michelle for that example), be selfish.
The word selfish gets a bad rap. As a wordsmith, I break it down. Look at the suffix - "ish"
You look up the meaning of "ish" in the dictionary and here is what it says:
"Belonging to"
"Inclined or tending to"
So maybe, just maybe, belonging to yourself, and tending to yourself needs to take a page from the book of Mr. Einstein.
Happy Long Weekend Everyone.
Here is how you do your program the next two days:
- Focus on restorative sleep - exercising in the morning or afternoon can positively impact your sleep.
- Focus on either a super healthy weekend of eating, or 80/20. Stay close to the path you are on. It is a good one
- Focus on movement for the joy of movement
- And please....meditate.
Let me repeat that.
Meditate. You can't imagine the effects of lowering you cortisol levels through meditation. I have included an important read on the benefits of meditation.
Meal Plan Week 3 is here.
50 Healthy Grilling Recipes
And...there are TONS of workouts in Heartbeat.
Revisit the pillars!
For our upcoming EXPERT sessions
- Wednesday May 24 - ALL ABOUT EXERCISE
- Wednesday May 31 - SLEEP
- Wednesday June 7 - MINDFULNESS
- Wednesday June 14 - THE ENERGY OF STUFF
Nature beckons me forth.
Time to be a little selfish
In health,
Erin
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