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Healthy Living: Face the reality of changing life for a healthier me

I’m on my fourth day of my healthy living series and I have come to realize that it’s a mindset issue more than anything. So I stared facing this reality yesterday when I was at McDonald’s. I chose a side salad instead of french fries when I ordered my meal. Though this may seem like a simple choice, it actually wasn’t.

As I continue my healthy living series, the reality is that if I want to become healthier that I do have to make right choices that are good for me. Having this mindset will help keep me focused on becoming healthier and truly having a life changing experience.

Have you been battling with getting the right mindset so that you can face the realities of healthy living? Then I encourage you to make the choice today to face reality and do what right for you. Living a life of… Continue reading →

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Healthy Living: Get accountability partners & mentors

So I got a late start today on getting my blog post for my healthy living series. Today I want to share how I determined my mentor and accountability partners. Knowing that starting a healthy living series wasn’t a favorite thing for me, I decided that I needed accountability partners who would really keep me on my toes. As for my mentor, I wanted someone who would not only challenge me but also help me make wise decisions about changing things I need to do during this series.

So one of my accountability partners is Carol Dickson-Carr (@ProfCarol on Twitter) because she has been one of my encourager when it came to starting my healthy living serious. I found her on Twitter and have watched as she share how she was working out often. The mentor that I have chose is Heather Moreno because she has been an encouragement to… Continue reading →

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Healthy Living: Accountability for Eating Habits

Tip 3: Anytime you are adjusting your diet I think you need a support system in place. Locate a coach or join a healthy meal planning service to help you stay on track with healthier eating.

Face the reality of changing life for a healthier me

Tip 4: Don’t fool yourself into thinking that if you eat a piece of cake everyday or some fried chicken two times that you can work it all off. It just does not work like that. Once thing I have learned and still have to practice daily is that eating healthy is no joke. You have to determine that you will eat right, just say no, and get real with your eating habits. Then and only then can you adjust them.

Macaroni and Cheese

1 box of macaroni

2 cups soy milk

1 cup soy chesse of choice

3 tbsp nutritional yeast

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Healthy Living: Create a Baseline

When I first decided to start a 21-day Healthy Living series, I reached out to my co-contributors and asked what should be the first thing I do. The consesus was to create a baseline for all areas that I will be concentrating on during the series.

So today will be focused on creating a baseline for exercise, mindset, and eating. This means that I need to create a way for me to track what I’m doing in each of these areas. The tracking will help me determine my starting place and then create milestone goals to help keep me on track.

Below are key areas that I will include in my baseline that will affect my exercise routine, eating habits and mindset for this series.

  • Nutrition (include details about where I am now and where I want to be)
  • Exercise program (include different options such as walking & working out)… Continue reading →
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Healthy Living: Know Your Starting Point

Failure to measure a baseline is what keeps most people stuck. That’s because they begin with an ideal picture of the end result without being fully aware of where they’re starting from, and then attempting to do too much too soon. It’s critical to know where you’re starting from so that you can take steps to make measurable improvement. 

Common baselines include measurements such as body weight, body fat percentage, cholesterol, and blood pressure. These are important measurements, but a baseline ideally measures behaviors too. Asses your current activity levels (calories burned or steps taken), your perceived levels of exertion to exercise, heart rate, schedule, stress levels, health status, likes and dislikes, and any number of other aspects specific to you.  That is your complete baseline measurement. 

Measuring a baseline of your current exercise and eating habits and certain lifestyle factors will help you put together a realistic plan to… Continue reading →

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Healthy Living: Determine areas of concentration

As I start my new 21 day makeover for healthly living, it was suggested to me by my co-contributors that I determine the areas of my life that I want to concentrate on. I chose only three at this time so that I wouldn’t get overwhelmed. The areas I will focus on are eating, exercise and thought-life.

Each of the areas that I chose are important to me as a business owner because each one helps me sustain my body so that I am able to function and run my business. If I become healthier in each of these areas, I feel that I will be able to produce at higher levels of performance in my business.

As a business owner, have you reviewed how healthy you are living? Are there areas that you need to improve in so that healthy living is top priority? Then please feel free to… Continue reading →

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Determine areas of concentration for eating

Tip 2: While you are on your health journey determine what foods need to be eliminated from your diet and focus on removing them one at a time. Don’t try to go cold turkey all at once. Create a baseline.

Crispy Vegetable Wrap

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup Tofutti brand “cream cheese”
  • 4 10-inch flour tortillas
  • 1 cup shredded spinach
  • 1/4 cup alfalfa sprouts
  • 1/2 cup sliced avocado
  • 1/2 cup shredded carrots
  • 1/4 chopped tomatoes
  • 1/2 diced cucumbers
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped purple onions
  • Sea salt and olive oil

Directions

Spread 1 tbsp of the “cream cheese” on each tortilla. Sprinkle and even amount of the Remaining ingredients on each wrap, drizzle with a little olive oil, add a pinch of sea salt, and roll up.

Serves 4

About the Author:

I am LaTara Ham-Ying, your nature friendly scribe. I have always loved writing and I enjoy making words come to life. Over… Continue reading →

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Healthy Living: Why Start a Healthy Living Series?

As a business owner, I decided that learning healthy living good habits is important so that I would be able to sustain myself when dealing with the pressures of managing my own business. I can to this conclusion because I realized that if I’m healthy that I can live and work without having a lot of health issue. So I decided to start at the beginning and determine what I need to change in order to live healthy.

To help be during this series I decided to have one accountability partner and three co-contributors to the series so that I would have a well-rounded way of determining what it would take for me to live healthy. The people who will be part of my accountability team are:

  • Carol Dickson-Carr (accountability partner)
  • Latara Ham-Ying (healthy eating co-contributor)
  • Heather Moreno (healthy exercise co-contributor)
  • Julette Millien (healthy thinking co-contributor)

These are the areas… Continue reading →

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Healthy Living: Incorporating Healthy Eating Habits

Contributed by Latara Ham-Ying

Tip 1: While becoming a vegan is not the answer for everyone; incorporating more vegan meals into your weekly meal plan is a smart idea. If you are not into tofu, just focus on vegetables, grains, legumes, and fruit for your meals and snacks. You can also try the vegan convenience foods like Amy’s and Boca products. Just note that while they are healthier options than their non-vegan, they are not as healthy as fresh fruits, vegetables, grains, and legumes.

Recipe: Smoky Sesame Green Beans

Ingredients

  • 1 16 oz bag frozen green beans
  • 3 tsp smoke
  • 2 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp granulated garlic
  • 2 tsp magi
  • Sea salt to taste

Directions

Heat oil in pan. Add green beans, smoke, garlic, and magi. Stir and cover. Cook on low heat for 10 -15 minutes until green beans are done but not over done.

Variations:

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Healthy Living: Healthy Exercise Information

Contributed by Heather Moreno

Commitment – the ability to carry out a worthy decision, even when the emotion or excitement of making that decision has passed. – Jack Raglin, PhD

I love this quote because it highlights the need for purpose. That is, having a clear sense of why you do what you do. For anyone who decides to engage in healthy habits, such as this Healthy Living Series, clarity is critical to one’s ability to follow through.

As you embark on such a path, determine your life’s top values. From health and career to God and family, make a list of what’s most important to you then put the list in order of priority. Next, identify all the reasons why you want to engage in healthier habits. It’s common knowledge that exercise and healthy eating can reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and colon cancer.… Continue reading →

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