What is your resolution for the new year? Enlighten me, I would love to hear from you! Usually my resolution for a new year is to make no resolution. This year is different. My resolution is to complete the existing, open-ended projects that I have set out to do and to simply relax and enjoy life. The quote below speaks for me today!
Motivational quote of the day:
"Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow."
Doug Firebaugh
SO TRUE, isn't it!
Good night!
LL
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Showing posts with label goal setting. Show all posts
Monday, January 5, 2009
New Year's Resolutions...
Judging from the amount of people that I witnessed in the gym today, I am guessing that the majority of you have made some sort of fitness resolution. My cardio class was PACKED this morning...so it was motivating to teach this class today! We should all resolve to achieve our goals this year, no matter what they are. I see it every year- people motivated and ready to take on the world in January. By May, they are simply burnt out. By the following January, they are making the SAME resolutions that failed them in years past. Why?!?! That is why I am urging you to resolve to change your mindset. To keep realistic goals in reach, go SLOWLY! And PLAN! So, your first step of that planning process is to grocery shop, as I discussed with you earlier. It doesn't have to take a long time, but I promise you will feel better once you do!
Here are some grocery shopping tips and hints:
1. Make a list. What do you want to eat and have time to prepare during the week?
2. Don't grocery shop when you are hungry. You will be more likely to pick up things that you normally crave but are trying to stay away from.
3. Shop around the parameter of the store. If you notice, meat, fish, veggies, fruit, dairy and most non-processed foods are located AROUND the grocery store. Once you start to venture down the aisles, you will notice that most highly processed, unhealthy foods are located here.
4. Find a healthy alternative to your favorite cheat meals and splurges.
Coming soon-grocery shopping from A-Z...sample grocery lists and meal plans.
Here are some grocery shopping tips and hints:
1. Make a list. What do you want to eat and have time to prepare during the week?
2. Don't grocery shop when you are hungry. You will be more likely to pick up things that you normally crave but are trying to stay away from.
3. Shop around the parameter of the store. If you notice, meat, fish, veggies, fruit, dairy and most non-processed foods are located AROUND the grocery store. Once you start to venture down the aisles, you will notice that most highly processed, unhealthy foods are located here.
4. Find a healthy alternative to your favorite cheat meals and splurges.
Coming soon-grocery shopping from A-Z...sample grocery lists and meal plans.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Happy New Year!
New Year’s Wishes
We have reached this time of year again..The one that marks the day when everyone reflects on what has been and what is to come. It is a sense of renewed motivations, new hopes and better understandings. I am thankful to ring in a new year with old friends that I am thankful to still have in my life, family and new friends that have become like family to me. My sincere wish is for everyone to start a new day of a new year of a new period of life with a renewed appreciation of anything previously taken for granted. May you start 2009 with thankfulness, graciousness, love, understanding, and hope.
If you are like most people, your new year’s resolution has something to do with your level of fitness. But fitness is not just actions…it is a state of mind. A lot needs to be considered to ensure that your resolution will be one that is resolved and not one that is discarded after a few months and a few frustrations. Like anything worth achieving, expect to have conflicts along the way. Otherwise, it would be easy and we would never struggle with it to begin with.
I hope that this group can serve you in some way through the year. I hope to be able to inspire you along your journey. But after all, it is your journey and you must have a plan. My first bit of advice is to assess your life. Look at your schedule: how much time do you have (and are willling) to prepare meals, work out and still enjoy your life. Your goals should reflect that if you are to succeed! So, today, if you are looking to improve your fitness both inside and out, make a commitment to what you KNOW you can do…once you have accomplished that, then move forward. Plan your meals, go to the grocery store, get moving with workouts and have dedication and willpower. Remember too, that the cliché “you are what you eat” is actually true. True fitness is a combination of meal planning, healthy eating, working out and rest/recovery…and 100% mental. Close your eyes and see things as you want for them to be…then move forward!! Keep in mind that it takes time. Have patience and be realistic.
I’ll be back real soon with more. Please feel free to send any questions pertaining to health and fitness my way and I will help you as best that I can!
In good health,
Laurie Leigh Daly
(Certified Fitness Trainer, Specialist in Performance Nutrition, Lifestyle Wellness Coach, Pilates Instructor, Group Training Instructor/Choreographer/Co-ordinator)
COPYRIGHT 2009 LLExpressOnline.com/LLExpress.blogspot.com
We have reached this time of year again..The one that marks the day when everyone reflects on what has been and what is to come. It is a sense of renewed motivations, new hopes and better understandings. I am thankful to ring in a new year with old friends that I am thankful to still have in my life, family and new friends that have become like family to me. My sincere wish is for everyone to start a new day of a new year of a new period of life with a renewed appreciation of anything previously taken for granted. May you start 2009 with thankfulness, graciousness, love, understanding, and hope.
If you are like most people, your new year’s resolution has something to do with your level of fitness. But fitness is not just actions…it is a state of mind. A lot needs to be considered to ensure that your resolution will be one that is resolved and not one that is discarded after a few months and a few frustrations. Like anything worth achieving, expect to have conflicts along the way. Otherwise, it would be easy and we would never struggle with it to begin with.
I hope that this group can serve you in some way through the year. I hope to be able to inspire you along your journey. But after all, it is your journey and you must have a plan. My first bit of advice is to assess your life. Look at your schedule: how much time do you have (and are willling) to prepare meals, work out and still enjoy your life. Your goals should reflect that if you are to succeed! So, today, if you are looking to improve your fitness both inside and out, make a commitment to what you KNOW you can do…once you have accomplished that, then move forward. Plan your meals, go to the grocery store, get moving with workouts and have dedication and willpower. Remember too, that the cliché “you are what you eat” is actually true. True fitness is a combination of meal planning, healthy eating, working out and rest/recovery…and 100% mental. Close your eyes and see things as you want for them to be…then move forward!! Keep in mind that it takes time. Have patience and be realistic.
I’ll be back real soon with more. Please feel free to send any questions pertaining to health and fitness my way and I will help you as best that I can!
In good health,
Laurie Leigh Daly
(Certified Fitness Trainer, Specialist in Performance Nutrition, Lifestyle Wellness Coach, Pilates Instructor, Group Training Instructor/Choreographer/Co-ordinator)
COPYRIGHT 2009 LLExpressOnline.com/LLExpress.blogspot.com
Monday, October 20, 2008
Oh the irony...
Time flies when you're having fun. Unfortunately, you never have a good grasp of that statement until you have something to compare it to. That would be just how long something can be when you are NOT having fun. Or maybe its just all in the way that you choose to look at things.
Why is it that the things we savor are over way too soon, yet the things we dread seem to drag on forever? Like that desert that you shouldn't be having that is gone in a second. The plate of vegetables, however, can be picked at for what seems like an eternity. Or how about that 30 minute workout feeling like a good 4 hours, but your 4 hour night out on Saturday seemed like 30 minutes.
Is it possible that you can find that meal that you love that is actually good for you or the workout that doesn't feel like a workout? Things that you actually look forward to? If any of these future postings inspire positive change in just one person, then I have succeeded. It's all about finding that balance, so happy reading!! Now get outside and enjoy the weather :)
Peace!
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