People in the US consume more food, per capita, than any other nation.
We also are top contenders for the most coronary/heart disease, stroke, cancers, diabetes, and hypertension.
Its not too late to make a change. Once we begin feeding our body what it needs to build healthy, happy cells the body begins getting stronger and better able to correct issues that lead to those top, silent killers.
What do you think about food? REALLY?
When I plan and fix a meal for my family, I want it to be healthy, diverse, colorful, and tasty. However, when I sit down to eat that meal, do I even taste it? As a mom I am frequently jumping up to fill a glass with water or milk, get the missing item from the fridge, grab the salt or pepper from the counter, finishing the last part of the meal that didn’t get timed just right, or even running toilet paper to the little one in the bathroom. Then there is the ever roving mind considering all I need to get done as soon as dinner is finished, what can I begin cleaning up first, how can I multi-task to complete the tasks the fastest.
Often, I don’t think I even taste what I’ve fixed. I am the last to sit down and the first to jump up to clean the table. Hmmm. I know that I am making healthy choices for my family and myself, but choice I am making to inhale it rather than enjoy it can cause other issues for my health. Continue reading →
Thank you, Madeline Ebelini!
Here’s the back story.
Today, I drove my 5 year old daughter and I the 35 miles to the drag strip to watch daddy race. We’ve been having some vibration issues in the Yukon, but had been unable to diagnose the cause.
It rained. They cancelled the race, and may of us were standing around, discussing the cancellation when a friend looked at the rear tire of my vehicle. BIG bubble on the rear passenger tire. Here’s where my stress kicked in. I knew I had to drive my vehicle the 35 miles home with my 5 yr old in the back. 
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I hear this on occasion. (from my husband as well, but he is beginning to change his tune.) I hear this from people who eat tons of “crap” and drink a lot of sodas, “I am rarely sick.” They feel they can eat whatever they want and its no big deal because they have been healthy to this point. (Many of them have recently been discovering things changing, rapidly.)
T.o. t.h.i.s. p.o.i.n.t! Continue reading →
It has been very well documented that stress and those with exorbitant amounts of stress in their life have a greater chance of acquiring high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer, obesity, and many other dis-eases. A couple of very intelligent friends of mine once asked me, “Is your life REALLY that stressful, or have you gotten into the habit of allowing the stress to consume you?”
I wasn’t sure what they meant, or if they were crazy at that point.
My entire life, I have enjoyed a full life; on a schedule to fit it all in. I don’t like to sit still, I want to be moving and doing at full speed. I’ll have time to rest, when I die, right?
Enter an entirely new thought, a new concept for me. (I am still using my calendar and my schedule, but the stress is different – for me.)
We live our lives surrounded by stressors. Some of which we can choose to eliminate, some of which we cannot eliminate. We live our lives surrounded by other people. Some of which we can choose to eliminate, some of which we cannot. 
The difference comes when we decide to look at it differently from within.
I have begun working to implement meditation into my daily life. Not an easy task when I’ve already added 30 minutes in the morning for bible study, my five year old is waking up earlier, I am training for a 60-mile walk, I have a home to maintain, Rotary, Christian Chamber, a loving husband, my personal business, Bible study classes… and life.
Many times things come up and I get frustrated and stressed because it interrupts my busy schedule. I get stressed because His plan, or someone else’s plan blocks my schedule. Now, yesterday, an epiphany.
The story:
I was sitting on the deck in the middle of a slough being led through a meditation. The birds are singing, the wind is blowing my hair in my face, children scream and laugh in the distance, I cough, a car squeals its tires, a plane flies over… How am I supposed to meditate when………… ahhhhhh It’s the experience, its all a part of the experience. It doesn’t have to be a bad thing, it just has to be a part of the thing. I realized I can just accept it as a part of the experience. I don’t have to judge it as right or wrong, I can just allow it to be.
Thank you, Paula English, Carolyn Wightman, and Madeline Ebelini, for opening my eyes and allowing me to begin to LET GO and just let some of life happen. I don’t have to give everything up and allow everything, but I can determine what I can not change and allow it to be a part of the experience.
I have heard others say that just 30 seconds of true meditation a day can drastically improve your health. I am committing to 10 minutes a day for the rest of my life. I understand that I am not perfect and at times something may interfere, but I don’t have to beat myself up for missing it, just look at the experience as part of life and go on.
You can do the same. I am not saying it is easy. I committed to an 8 week class to understand it, not even really knowing what it was about before I began, but praising God I was lead to it, just as I enrolled with a business coach to improve that part of my life. If you would like to know more about how to find a MBSR class near you or to discuss other ways to reduce the effects of stress on your body and health, feel free to contact me.
Thank you for joining me today.
I just turned on the news this evening and happened on the news report about women who are obese during pregnancy have a 67% greater chance of having a child with autism.
http://www.winknews.com/Eye-on-Health/2012-04-09/Autism-and-Obesity-Research
This is a new report, just released, and it raises many questions in my head.
This just boggles my mind! Since 1/3 of all expecting mothers are obese, and this seems to raise a woman’s chances of giving birth to an Autistic Child from 1 in 88 up to 1 in 53! WOW!
One more reason why I am so glad to have found the difference healthy choices make, before I gave birth to my daughter.
I am happy to work with anyone who would like to commit to shedding these pounds before conception.
Not that obesity is the only factor here, we know there are more factors involved in Autism. I have many colleagues working with me to assist those dealing with autism, but it helps to have one more tool to fight back.
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