Coping vs Living

It seems like a silly idea. One that is so common-sense that we roll our eyes when we hear it:

Don't cope with your life, live your life.

We think of ourselves as intelligent human beings. Smart. Individual. Witty. Charming. Whatever you may think of yourself. However, we are guilty of doing things that we don't want to do. This is where "problems" are created. I say problems in quotations because they aren't actually problems - you're choosing to make them problems because you're choosing to not do what you want to do.

Blah, blah, blah. You may be wondering what this has to do with fitness, nutrition, and maintaining a healthy weight. So often, I see clients who tell me that they use food to cope with stress. My point is that if there is no stress, you have no reason to cope. You just do what you want to do in the way you want to do it, so there is no need to be negative or look for something to "make you feel better". You're happy not becasue you make yourself happy, but because you live your life and do what you want and so therefore you are inherently happy.

I had a journey the other night and I asked myself these very questions - in this order. The only rule is that you have to write something different each time you answer "who am I". I hope this helps you to find balance in your life!

1. Who am I?

2. What do I like about myself?

3. What do I not like about myself?

4. If I don't like it, why do I continue to do it?

5. Why did I start doing it?

6. What would happen if I stopped doing it?

7. Who am I?

8. What do I like to do?

9. What do I not like to do?

10. Why do I do it anyway?

 11. Who am I?

12. Who do I like to be around?

13. Who do I not like to be around?

14. What would happen if I weren't around them?

15. Who am I?

16. Who do I want to be?

17. What is the difference?

18. Why is there a difference?

19. What if there wasn't a difference..?

20. Who chooses who you are and who you want to be?

:-)

Rachel

Week 5 Workout

Hi All!

Here is the workout for this week:

Round 1: 30 seconds
Round 2: 1 minute
Round 3: 90 seconds
Round 4: 1 minute
Round 5: 30 seconds

1) Jumping Jacks
2) plank
3) 90 degree crunches
4) mountain climbers
5) pushups
6) jump squats
7) side plank

Repeat with minimal rest for the above time increments!

Good luck!!

Fitness and Dementia: More reason to stay active!

 Hi All!

I came across this article and thought I would share:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/can-exercise-in-middle-age-help-prevent-dementia-later-in-life/2013/02/04/2115527c-6bce-11e2-8740-9b58f43c191a_story.html

The basic (and super cool!) take-away message is that adults who were active were less likely to develop dementia later in life. This is just another one of the great reasons to get and stay active!