50 starts with 1

I find myself getting overwhelmed with things like retirement, business development, religion and personal goals. At 36yrs old the thought of retiring makes me nauseous. So what I am trying to do is work on micro-managing my life. If I need a million dollars to retire, I need to find a way to save the first $10. This is also true for getting healthier. Everyone, and I mean everyone, analyzes their health and body daily. So rather than hanging the 2 piece on your door or starring at your Arnold posters with discontent, let's breakdown the goal into micro goals.
Development must happen in stages. So if we are trying to lose weight, look no further than your next meal. Find a way to make better choices one step at a time. Like a salad as opposed to deep fried calamari..
Remember losing 50lbs. starts with 1lb

Jesus or a gun???

Do you ever get to a point that besides you, the entire human race seems absolutely pointless? You feel like the center of the universe and everyone and everthing in it is purposely trying to piss you off? Well it happens to me. I do carry a lot of responsibility on my shoulders at times and all the while, still trying to be a better person. It can be a lot.

So what's my point you ask? My point is emotions can roller coaster up and down but how you deal with them is a science. Being able to immediately recognize when your out of sorts, can be the difference between the worst day of your life and just a minor inconvenience. Little by little we can put behavior's in place that can help our long term health.

Here are a few examples of anti-stress remedies:

Supplements: Holy Basil, Reshi Mushroom, Ashwaganda, Theanine, 5HTP, all help lower stress and relax you.
Prayer: If we can't figure it out, God can
Meditation: It's been said that prayer is talking to God where meditation is listening
Starchy foods: Starches like rice and potatoes can lower cortisol (stress hormone)
Training: The world lies and cheats but 200 lbs will always be 200 lbs (Henry Rollins)
Soft Music: Soothe your soul

Life is full of stress, but don't let moments become life changing

How do you measure your health

Did you know:

- A healthy night sleep is 8 hrs of continuous rest without waking?

- Getting "bloated" after a meal is a sign of a food allergy?

- Bowel movements should happen a few times a day?

- Vegetable servings should be between 9-12 a day?

- Low fat food products are actually high in sugar and artificial sweeteners?

- You should be drinking .8 x your body weight in ounces of water a day (ex. 200lbs x .8 = 160 oz)?

- Tight joints (elbows, knees, hips, shoulders) is commonly related to eating sugar and refined carbohydrates?

- To much fruit (more than 2 pieces) can be bad for you?

- Lack of physical exercise is the leading cause of disease?

- Artificial sweeteners are worse than regular sugar?

So, how did you do?

Self control

I went to Panera for lunch today. Man do I love their chipolte chicken sandwich smothered in a gooey sauce voted as a love handles favorite. So I'm in line and it's packed by the way. Im watching all the bags of bagels flying around. The loaves of bread just waiting to be dipped in a "healthy" soup or salad. The fountain pops that flow like a river. So it's almost my turn. I'm drooling then it happened, someone's ass wider than the aisle way nudges past me delicate and soft.

I ORDERED A FREAKIN SALAD WITH AN APPLE. IF I CAN DO IT, YOU CAN DO IT!

Don't try and accomplish all your goals today. Just work on one at a time.

Resolutions? Sure why not

I'm not real big on New Years resolutions, but this year I thought I would give it a try. My New Years resolution for 2010: To create an army of COMMITED people that use health as their foundation to master all OTHER resolutions.

Think about it. Some hope to be better people. Some to lose weight/build better bodies. Some want a job promotion. Some want to be better at relationships...The common denominator here to me is better health.

Health is described as the general condition of a person in all aspects. Health could be described as a good night sleep. Consider the last time you woke up and felt amazing (for some that may have been awhile). How was your attitude? Your ability to focus at work? Your ability to control your emotions? Your training session? The point here is, something as simple as a good night sleep was able to carry over being a better mother/father, a more detailed employee, a more focused training session and/or helped with your ability to control emotions. Now takes these qualities and magnify them day to day, week to week, scenario to scenario.
When you consider the things in your life that you would like to work on, all roads lead to one point... you. So if your looking for reasons to get off the couch and train, just look around.