Health
"She girds herself with strength, and makes her arms strong." Proverbs 31:16
To develop a healthy lifestyle , you need to be consistent. We sleep because our body needs it. So we should exercize because our bodies need that ,too! We gain 5 pounds each year after the age of 40 because our metabolism slows down.be determined to change your unhealthy lifestyle for a healthy one. Start by writing down goals in your personal wellness sections in your organizational binder.
The first step is to take time for yourself.
1.Read Bible and pray/quiet time
2.Read a book that teaches you something new
3. Budget a manicure or pedicure every other month or so
4.Budget getting your hair done
5.Get a facial
6.Go to lunch with your friends often
7.Take baths with nice soaps and bath salts
8.Write in your "Joy Journal" often
9. Wear beautiful nightgowns to bed
11.Have a weekend getaway to sleep, read, pray, and play
12.Take the "day off". Go do something you've always wanted to do- museum, movie, paint pottery,etc
13. Have a regular date night with your spouse! ****VERY IMPORTANT!
Exercize
If you are a busy person, you may feel like you have not time to exercize and eat right. But you do! Think about the everyday activites that your could rearrange to make what I like to call : "natural exercize".
~play ball with your kids(basketball, baseball, soccer), play catch, ride bikes, do squats and sit-ups while watching TV, do push ups and stretches while watching TV, take the stairs everywhere you go, read magazines only while walking on treadmill, play tag with your kids, do"airplane" with your kids.
Whatever you do think of it as doing two things at once, not wasting your time. Exercize can be in anything that we do.
Make a goal for an exercize routine for the week.
example:
Monday: 30- 1 hr treadmill, arms, and back
Tuesday: 15-30 minutes treadmill, abs
Wednesday: 30- 1 hr treadmill, legs, bottom
Thursday: 15- 30 minutes treadmill, abs
Friday: 3 - 1 hr treadmill, legs
Try to do light weight lifting with your cardio workout. It burns more calories, called "After Burn", burning calories even after your workout.
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Ideas for healthier living:
1.Do something different everday.
2.Commit to regular exercize~ taking a walk everyday after dinner, riding your bike,etc...
3.Eat slowly
4. Eat raw veggies and fruits for snacks
5.Eat in a 12 hour time period
6.Take the stairs
7.Enroll you and your hubby in a dance class
8.Wear ankle weights while doing housework,shopping, or walking at the mall.
9. Do sit ups while watching TV.
10.Make exercize fun: kiss your baby everytime you go up for a sit up, use an exercize ball, do it with friends,etc...
11.Join the YMCA or an exercize club
12.Don't buy junk food, but only for special occasions.
13.Limit your sugar intake and save it for only special occasions
14. Do not deprive yourself. Pick a day where you can treat yourself.
15. Eat healthy but not so healthy that your kids want to binge on sweets when given a chance or when away from home.
16.Have cut up veggies and fruit easily accessible.
17. Put fruits out in a bowls. If it's visible, then you are more than likely to eat it.
18.Make homemade foods with your children. It costs less and you have more fun.
19.Plan healthy menus, and a variety of meats and vegtables during the week.
20.Treat yourself to something everytime you have met your goal. (It doesn't always have to be food! It could be a manicure, pedicure, new skirt, or a movie)
21. Keep a journal of what you eat for the week. Read over at the end of the week. Make adjustments to your eating habits as needed.
22. DO NOT eat artificial sweeteners. Natural is always best. Artificial tricks your body onto thinking it gets the sugar, but later makes your body crave more food. Thus making you eat more in the end.
Frugal Fashion
• Basic black dress (ohhh-I love these and have many :)
• Trench coat (yep, found three this year second hand)
• Classic dress pants (start with black, you'll find many at thrift stores)
• Classic white (if you're cool toned) or off-white (if you're warm toned) shirt
• Blazer/Jacket
• Day dress (come on - be fun and feminine or cute and sassy)
• Cashmere sweater/any occasion Top
• Jeans (some fabulous wearing ones)
• A comfortable alternative to a sweatsuit
(from Balancing Beauty and Bedlam)
