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Saturday, January 02, 2010
This chapter was what I would have called several chapters in one. I never thought of fitness more than just excercise, but everything from excercise, eating right, getting enough sleep controlling your stress all works hand it hand, so it makes perfect sense that if we do it all together we will be fit.
I have been a member of sparkpeople now for two years and I have loved it. I have even released over 30 pounds from my body using tips I learned on this website, but not until I started reading this book did I fully understand the whole concept of the sparkpeople diet. I guess I am a slow learner. Chapter 2 should be required reading for everyone who joins the website!!!!
I learned who important it is to have small goals that can be maintained even when life is in chaos, than to have large goals. I am pleased to report that my new years goals for 2010 fit right in with that concept.
My goals were to track my fitness and nutrition daily, (something that for one reason or another I have resisted doing long term since joining this site. I now believe I have the knowledge and understanding to keep this promise to myself)
Chris really explains and makes clear the concept of 10 minutes of excercise daily rather than 1 hour of gym time.
Drinking more water will be easy for me. I am constantly thirsty. I even use biotene toothpaste and mouthwash to combat dry mouth.
The portion of the chapter that really grasped my attention was the portion about eliminating "Stupid stress." I need to do more to combat stupid stress in my life. Planning the night before for the morning. Getting things done so I don't have to worry about doing it at the last minute etc.
My health quest mission statement:
"I want to live each day of my life and not just live longer waiting to die.
When I keep myself the healthiest and best I can be, I am fulfilling my unique mission in life. Anytime I willfully let my health go, I am harming my ability to serve and bless others.
I am on God's errant. I need to do all that I can to take care of my health and I will leave the rest to God."
Friday, January 01, 2010
Warning: this blog is a mix of random thoughts and my own spirituality. I am blogging to direct my thought process. If you can handle the disclaimer without judgement or offense, you are invited to read what I wrote.
My spark book came yesterday and I dived right in.
The second chapter was where I really felt the book spoke to me. What is my focus?
The book talked about being out at sea and not knowing which direction we should go. That reminded me of the Book of Mormon scripture about being a ship without a rudder being tossed around by the wind.
But when we have a rudder, or a focus, we can handle the most difficult winds and still get to our destination.
It also had a parable about a man in prison who was sentenced to turn a crank every day and was told that by doing so he was providing electricity for the near by town. As long as he thought that was his mission he could fulfill his task. One day another prisoner told him that the electricity was powered by a nearby power plant, all he was doing was pushing a crank through the sand. Once he learned that there was no purpose for his work he lost interest.
So with those two images in my mind I will present my focus.
Ultimately my focus is influenced by my religion. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Mormon. I believe in Christ. I know that God speaks to each of us through personal revelation.
Because of that knowledge, I want to live my life is such a way as to return to my Father in Heaven.
I know that family is the most important thing in this life. The most important task I can perform is service to my family and service to my friends and neighbors comes in a close second.
My quest my focus, my core values and beliefs is to be as healthy as I can to serve my family and friends. I want to live each day of my life and not just live longer waiting to die.
Wondering what my focus or purpose in life has been part of my thought process most of my life.
I have pondered this question in the past, and I presume I will ponder it again sometime in the future. To do so, I have tried to find my unique talents and gifts.
I have decided that when I am using my unique talents and gifts to bless and serve others I am fulfilling my unique mission in life.
I am also learning that when I am trying to keep myself the healthiest and best that I can be, I am fulfilling my unique mission in life. Anytime I willfully let my health go, I am harming my ability to serve and bless others. That doesn't mean that I will never get sick, or my health will never fail. It only means that I will keep that focus in mind and try my best to heal and improve my health. I am not here to have others serve me, but for me to serve others. I need to be as healthy as possible to be able to do that. True we sometimes need to let others serve us, but that is not my main focus in life.
I remember a story someone told me. I am not sure if it was true but it speaks to my heart nevertheless. Before President Gordon B. Hinckley (The previous prophet of our church) died he found out he had colon cancer. The person who told me the story said the doctors were not sure of whether or not to perform the surgery telling him that his age was a factor in how well he would recover. It was reported to me that President Hinckley said, "I am on God's errand. I need to do all that I can to take care of my health, and we will leave the rest to God." That story whether true or not, spoke to my heart.
I am on God's errand to serve others. I need to take advantage of all that God has given me to take care of my health and I will leave the rest to God.
I have thought for a long, time that no one ever comes to this earth by chance but by divine appointment. Each of us are where we are suposed to be. There is a work for each of us, right here, right now, right where we are that no one can do exactly like we can. Even the people in the most awful conditions are there not because God wants to punish them, but because God is hoping they will use their talents, gifts and resources to bless and lift those around them. The very people we associate with are the people God sent us to serve, and they are the very people God sent to teach us His lessons about life.
If we are to change environments, a bad marriage, jobs, go back to school etc. etc., God will push us in that direction. It will dominate our thoughts, circumstances will appear to make that choice easier. If it is right, it will happen. We need to learn to listen to our heart and those good intentions that come into our heart. That is the voice of God directing us.
These are my core beliefs, This is what gets me out of bed in the morning. I am eating right, exercising to keep myself in top notch condition so that I can carry whatever burden the Lord places on my shoulders. So I can serve my family and others.
I loved this quote from the book:
"And remember, there's a simple test to help determine whether your mission on earth is completed yet: If you are alive, it isn't."
P. S. My husband has had a weight problem all of his life, but he doesn't feel that he can change. I have learned that it does no good to try to push him and nag at him. He is a good man in other ways.
This chapter of what is your focus, your core values and beliefs could most probably be used in a none punishing and gentle way to get him thinking about his own health. We shall see.
Friday, January 01, 2010
Warning: this blog is a mix of random thoughts and my own spirituality. I am blogging to direct my thought process. If you can handle the disclaimer without judgement or offense, you are invited to read what I wrote.
My spark book came yesterday and I dived right in.
The second chapter was where I really felt the book spoke to me. What is my focus?
The book talked about being out at sea and not knowing which direction we should go. That reminded me of the Book of Mormon scripture about being a ship without a rudder being tossed around by the wind.
But when we have a rudder, or a focus, we can handle the most difficult winds and still get to our destination.
It also had a parable about a man in prison who was sentenced to turn a crank every day and was told that by doing so he was providing electricity for the near by town. As long as he thought that was his mission he could fulfill his task. One day another prisoner told him that the electricity was powered by a nearby power plant, all he was doing was pushing a crank through the sand. Once he learned that there was no purpose for his work he lost interest.
So with those two images in my mind I will present my focus.
Ultimately my focus is influenced by my religion. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Mormon. I believe in Christ. I know that God speaks to each of us through personal revelation.
Because of that knowledge, I want to live my life is such a way as to return to my Father in Heaven.
I know that family is the most important thing in this life. The most important task I can perform is service to my family and service to my friends and neighbors comes in a close second.
My quest than my focus, my core values and beliefs is to be as healthy as I can to serve my family and friends. I want to live each day of my life and not just live longer waiting to die.
Wondering what my focus or purpose in life has been part of my thought process most of my life.
I have pondered this question in the past, and I presume I will ponder it again sometime in the future. To do so, I have tried to find my unique talents and gifts.
I have decided that when I am using my unique talents and gifts to bless and serve others I am fulfilling my unique mission in life.
I am also learning that when I am trying to keep myself the healthiest and best that I can be, I am fulfilling my unique mission in life. Anytime I willfully let my health go, I am harming my ability to serve and bless others. That doesn't mean that I will never get sick, or my health will never fail. It only means that I will keep that focus in mind and try my best to heal and improve my health. I am not here to have others serve me, but for me to serve others. I need to be as healthy as possible to be able to do that. True we sometimes need to let others serve us, but that is not my main focus in life.
I remember a story someone told me. I am not sure if it was true but it speaks to my heart nevertheless. Before President Gordon B. Hinckley (The previous prophet of our church) died he found out he had colon cancer. The person who told me the story said the doctors were not sure of whether or not to perform the surgery telling him that his age was a factor in how well he would recover. It was reported to me that President Hinckley said, "I am on God's errand. I need to do all that I can to take care of my health, and we will leave the rest to God." That story whether true or not, spoke to my heart.
I am on God's errand to serve others. I need to take advantage of all that God has given me to take care of my health and I will leave the rest to God.
I have thought for a long, time that no one ever comes to this earth by chance but by divine appointment. Each of us are where we are suposed to be. There is a work for each of us, right here, right now, right where we are that no one can do exactly like we can. Even the people in the most awful conditions are there not because God wants to punish them, but because God is hoping they will use their talents, gifts and resources to bless and lift those around them. The very people we associate with are the people God sent us to serve, and they are the very people God sent to teach us His lessons about life.
If we are to change environments, a bad marriage, jobs, go back to school etc. etc., God will push us in that direction. It will dominate our thoughts, circumstances will appear to make that choice easier. If it is right, it will happen. We need to learn to listen to our heart and those good intentions that come into our heart. That is the voice of God directing us.
These are my core beliefs, This is what gets me out of bed in the morning. I am eating right, exercising to keep myself in top notch condition so that I can carry whatever burden the Lord places on my shoulders. So I can serve my family and others.
I loved this quote from the book:
"And remember, there's a simple test to help determine whether your mission on earth is completed yet: If you are alive, it isn't."
P. S. My husband has had a weight problem all of his life, but he doesn't feel that he can change. I have learned that it does no good to try to push him and nag at him. He is a good man in other ways.
This chapter of what is your focus, your core values and beliefs could most probably be used in a none punishing and gentle way to get him thinking about his own health. We shall see.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
At first I didn't really want to write any goals. You see I have lost 30 pounds using sparkpeople, I have already been there done that.
But during the Christmas Holiday season I have gained a few pounds, ok I weighed in at 162 this morning. It is not so much that it overwhelms me. I know that weight will come off just as soon as the work schedule goes back to normal.
So then I said, no, I need to do this. I need to recommit to this program and do it right. The one area that I seem to resist more than any other is tracking of food and excercise.
So my fast break goal for 2009 is to track my nutrion!!!
I am doing this two ways. I have purchased a pocket caledar that fits in my purse. It has both monthly calendars, and week at a glance calendar. I have been using it since Monday. I am using the week at a glance calendar to write down every single thing I eat, and then in the evenings put what I have written down on the sparkpeople tracker.
As some smaller goals that fit along with the track nutrion, I would also like to eat more fruits and vegetable and make sure I am getting enough water.
For the fitness, I want to excercise at least 10 minutes per day, (most days will be longer, but the ten minutes is doable even when my schedule goes haywire) and I am going to learn from one of my spark teammates, if it doesn't get done in the morning, not to fear. I can do it when I come home from work, or sometime during the day.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
I was blown away this morning when I opened up my e-mail. So many comments praising me. I had no idea that I had been chosen as Motivator for the Day! That seems so strange for me.
But thank you for everyone who has wished me well and Merry Christmas to you and may the New Year be a healthy and prosperous one for you.
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