Well it's been days since my last post. I found I didn't post when I wasn't doing so hot on tracking my month long goals, so much for staying accountable! Honestly a lot has been going on and my goals are still important but I don't think overall they are something to track like calories.
I know if you want to make changes you make them one or two at a time not five at a time and somehow I thought I was going be able to be super human and change all the things all at once. Truth is I didn't need to change all the things. I do want some days to be more focused on some areas of my life but I have to make them integrated into my life not feel bolted on.
We found out my company is going to relocate us five hours back to were we used to live. This is overall great news for a lot of work and personal reasons I won't get into here, but it is going to be stressful. There is a ton of things to be done in a very short amount of time, so my goal :) ? Keep calm and carry on.
I enjoy writing this blog and have some ideas for some upcoming content, but I make no promises. For everyone reading - Thanks. Keep calm and carry on!
Saturday, August 18, 2018
Saturday, August 4, 2018
Failure is always an option
So I didn't post yesterday or the day before. Yes was unplanned - the day before I was changing gears a little. My plan moving forward is to write about the day before at a time that I can do some actual writing and not when I'm ready for bed.
What happened yesterday? - Well I decide to take the family on an unplanned trip to the Children's Museum in Indy. So I had a high school for time with the kids - diet and exercise were zero. Prayer happened right before bed. The day before that I was feeling really run down so I didn't exercise or do much of anything so diet got a 3 out of 5 for eating healthy but I kept stuffing my face because I was so inactive. Oh and fundraising... yeah I've got some ground to cover there, a lot of ground.
As the title of these post says failure is always an option, but failure isn't a bad thing when we learn. So did I learn anything? Sort of if anything I learned or practice self forgiveness. When I wasn't feeling well working out would have been the wrong thing for my body and that is the whole reason to workout and eat right. Yesterday I learned or practiced living in the moment. I wanted to enjoy the day with my family and we did. You can't live like there is no tomorrow, but you do have to balance that with some fun every once in awhile.
So status update provide, on to some content.
You are what you eat - I'd be willing to be most of you have heard this at some point in your life. As I've gotten older I know this to be more true than false for sure. So let's talk a little about what I eat and why.
Disclaimer: I've been reading a book called How Not to Die .
Most of what I'm going to talk about you can read for yourself. I'm only a couple of chapters in and I'm enjoying it a lot. I picked it up on sale because the title was interesting to me.
In the book the author talks about what foods provide for you. I'm going to break it down to something really simple we need energy from the sun and we get that from plants, either the plants we eat or from the animals that ate the plants. So this is the point I missed with grass feed animals, they eat better food so when you eat them they are better for you! Yes it seems painfully clear now, but I wasn't thinking about it before which is part of our problems as American's we just don't think enough for ourselves(yes that is my opinion, take it or leave I don't care :) )
Back to health - A healthy weight is something most people want and we all need. A tradition diet contains 2000 calories a day, the big take away here is make sure those 2000 calories are providing you the maximum amount of good stuff, vitamins minerals, antioxidants, healthy fats. You don't have to have gross(tasting) food to be healthy. I started eating sweet potatoes because they release sugar in the body in better ways. I don't or I didn't really even liked sweet potatoes, but oddly enough I really like them now! If we are willing acquire a taste for something like beer or coffee, why not healthier foods.
I've got a lot more to say on the topic, but I'll leave you with this today. So far I'm on track for the day!
Here is a picture of breakfast: Half a cup or rolled oats, cinnamon(good source of antioxidants!) and a cup of blueberries(provides the sweet and health benefits instead of processed sugar, it's still sugar, woot!).
What happened yesterday? - Well I decide to take the family on an unplanned trip to the Children's Museum in Indy. So I had a high school for time with the kids - diet and exercise were zero. Prayer happened right before bed. The day before that I was feeling really run down so I didn't exercise or do much of anything so diet got a 3 out of 5 for eating healthy but I kept stuffing my face because I was so inactive. Oh and fundraising... yeah I've got some ground to cover there, a lot of ground.
As the title of these post says failure is always an option, but failure isn't a bad thing when we learn. So did I learn anything? Sort of if anything I learned or practice self forgiveness. When I wasn't feeling well working out would have been the wrong thing for my body and that is the whole reason to workout and eat right. Yesterday I learned or practiced living in the moment. I wanted to enjoy the day with my family and we did. You can't live like there is no tomorrow, but you do have to balance that with some fun every once in awhile.
So status update provide, on to some content.
You are what you eat - I'd be willing to be most of you have heard this at some point in your life. As I've gotten older I know this to be more true than false for sure. So let's talk a little about what I eat and why.
Disclaimer: I've been reading a book called How Not to Die .
Most of what I'm going to talk about you can read for yourself. I'm only a couple of chapters in and I'm enjoying it a lot. I picked it up on sale because the title was interesting to me.
In the book the author talks about what foods provide for you. I'm going to break it down to something really simple we need energy from the sun and we get that from plants, either the plants we eat or from the animals that ate the plants. So this is the point I missed with grass feed animals, they eat better food so when you eat them they are better for you! Yes it seems painfully clear now, but I wasn't thinking about it before which is part of our problems as American's we just don't think enough for ourselves(yes that is my opinion, take it or leave I don't care :) )
Back to health - A healthy weight is something most people want and we all need. A tradition diet contains 2000 calories a day, the big take away here is make sure those 2000 calories are providing you the maximum amount of good stuff, vitamins minerals, antioxidants, healthy fats. You don't have to have gross(tasting) food to be healthy. I started eating sweet potatoes because they release sugar in the body in better ways. I don't or I didn't really even liked sweet potatoes, but oddly enough I really like them now! If we are willing acquire a taste for something like beer or coffee, why not healthier foods.
I've got a lot more to say on the topic, but I'll leave you with this today. So far I'm on track for the day!
Here is a picture of breakfast: Half a cup or rolled oats, cinnamon(good source of antioxidants!) and a cup of blueberries(provides the sweet and health benefits instead of processed sugar, it's still sugar, woot!).
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Day 1
So I'm sleepy and ready for bed so I'm going to make this a quick one!
Day went well:
- Kids wanted to watch AGT so we did that together, I would have liked 1-1 time but we all really enjoy watching shows together so I count that as a win.
- Healthy eating, yup that is a check. Probably ate a little over my calories today, but it was all good for you stuff! I made chicken stuff with spinach tonight and it was pretty darn good.
- Prayer - Yes, but it was just before writing this and not as thought out as I would like it to be. I played video games when I should have been praying!
- Fundraising - Didn't happen today, so I'll double up tomorrow!
- Work, check
- Read - Audio book for 27 mins(one chapter) while I worked out.
Nighty night!
Day went well:
- Kids wanted to watch AGT so we did that together, I would have liked 1-1 time but we all really enjoy watching shows together so I count that as a win.
- Healthy eating, yup that is a check. Probably ate a little over my calories today, but it was all good for you stuff! I made chicken stuff with spinach tonight and it was pretty darn good.
- Prayer - Yes, but it was just before writing this and not as thought out as I would like it to be. I played video games when I should have been praying!
- Fundraising - Didn't happen today, so I'll double up tomorrow!
- Work, check
- Read - Audio book for 27 mins(one chapter) while I worked out.
Nighty night!
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