No time like the present to pass this on. I found both of these sites had interesting information.
Dynamic Stretching - the way to go for preparing your body for physical activity. Runners especially - I hope you check this out!
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/sports/playmagazine/112pewarm.html
And if you're looking for something simple to add to help you get a good night's sleep, here are 3 easy yoga moves/stretches to help sweeten those dreams.
http://www.easy-dream-interpretation.com/yoga.html
Enjoy!
Love you all - Gerri
Monday, August 31, 2009
Looking forward to the call tonight!
Hey!
I've been out of touch for awhile, too. So sorry I missed last week's call (dentist... not a bad thing, but not the best timing)...but, like Betty, had an opp to listen to the recorded call during the week. EVERY single time I listen to the calls I learn something new. Thank you to each and every one of us who has decided to participate in an Abundant, Healthy and Renewed way of Living through synergy, science, and working together as a team. Thank you, AHL enthusiasts!
P.S. Looking at the back of school buses today reminded me how fortunate we are to be learning this information now, if now is the first time for you. I wish, OH how I wish, I'd learned all this when my kids were babies.
See ya!
Prue
I've been out of touch for awhile, too. So sorry I missed last week's call (dentist... not a bad thing, but not the best timing)...but, like Betty, had an opp to listen to the recorded call during the week. EVERY single time I listen to the calls I learn something new. Thank you to each and every one of us who has decided to participate in an Abundant, Healthy and Renewed way of Living through synergy, science, and working together as a team. Thank you, AHL enthusiasts!
P.S. Looking at the back of school buses today reminded me how fortunate we are to be learning this information now, if now is the first time for you. I wish, OH how I wish, I'd learned all this when my kids were babies.
See ya!
Prue
Still Committed & Miss You
AHL members - I missed last Monday due to another commitment and tonight I may not make it because my dog Molly had a surgical procedure and I will just be picking her up around 7pm. I know she'll need mama tonight. But I did tune in for the recorded session from last week and took notes. It was another excellent exchange of helpful information and positive energy. If I miss tonight have another wonderful session and I will join you next time. Peaceful blessings -- Betty Robinson
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Discovering the Fun of Wii Fit!
I finally had a chance to enjoy a 1/2 hour of fitness fun with our Wii Fit. My Wii age is 31 (19 years difference!). I think Abundant Healthy Living has a lot to do with that GREAT result!
I'm going to enjoy getting into more of the exercises and sports on this. What a great way to make movement and exercise fun!
I'm going to enjoy getting into more of the exercises and sports on this. What a great way to make movement and exercise fun!
Friday, August 28, 2009
Silent but Still Dedicated
Hey Partners!
I have been off the blog for awhile now. I have entered my very busy season at my job and I have not been very good about blogging. Forgive me. My blog silence is not an indicator of my lack of love and support for you all. I send positive mojo to this team everyday in my morning prayers.
Have a wonderful weekend and I am looking forward to our Monday call.
Love,
Tee
ps: With a new six-week session ready to start soon, now is the time to start inviting people to join you for the next series. XO
I have been off the blog for awhile now. I have entered my very busy season at my job and I have not been very good about blogging. Forgive me. My blog silence is not an indicator of my lack of love and support for you all. I send positive mojo to this team everyday in my morning prayers.
Have a wonderful weekend and I am looking forward to our Monday call.
Love,
Tee
ps: With a new six-week session ready to start soon, now is the time to start inviting people to join you for the next series. XO
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Healthy Grazing Options
I'm sure we can always use some new ideas when it comes to grazing. Review the list below and see what intrigues you!
A couple of NEW ones:
Garden Fresh Lima Beans - I've never had these raw and fresh. They were amazingly sweet and had a slight crunch!
Banana Smoothie - freeze banana then whip up in blender with a tiny amount of juice or milk!
Almonds, Walnuts
Apples with natural peanut butter/almond butter
Arbonne Chews
Baby Bell cheesesBaby carrots
Cup of Detox Tea or splurge on Chai
Dried FruitsHummus with carrots
Parmesan Zucchini Crisps
Protein Bars - made from Fig8 Chocolate Protein Mix I cut them into 1" cubes
Water - Remember your brain doesn't know the difference between hunger and thirst
Fizzy Tabs - satisfy your 'thirst' and hunger for flavor at the same time!
Fizzy Tab Popsicles – Just buy the popsicle trays available at any home store
Chewing Gum (try peppermint sugar free) – especially while preparing food – stops you from sampling as you fix your meal!
Frozen Grapes - yummy in the summerFresh fruit
Greek Yogurt - with Honey or sprinklw w/granola if you want some crunch!
Hard Boiled Egg
Protein - Lunch Meat, Chicken, Fish – try cooking extra so there will be something in the fridge ready to eat
Prepared Veggies ... celery, peppers, mushrooms, carrots, cherry tomatoes
Rice cakes
Seeds such as Pepitas - roasted and shelled pumpkin seeds
Remember that grazing means eating small amounts. This is important because many of these foods are high in calories so you need to eat just enough to satisfy the need to chew or get the taste. And taking good vitamies may lessen cravings between meals too!
Several of us find the more we take my vitamins the less cravings we have between meals.
A couple of NEW ones:
Garden Fresh Lima Beans - I've never had these raw and fresh. They were amazingly sweet and had a slight crunch!
Banana Smoothie - freeze banana then whip up in blender with a tiny amount of juice or milk!
Almonds, Walnuts
Apples with natural peanut butter/almond butter
Arbonne Chews
Baby Bell cheesesBaby carrots
Cup of Detox Tea or splurge on Chai
Dried FruitsHummus with carrots
Parmesan Zucchini Crisps
Protein Bars - made from Fig8 Chocolate Protein Mix I cut them into 1" cubes
Water - Remember your brain doesn't know the difference between hunger and thirst
Fizzy Tabs - satisfy your 'thirst' and hunger for flavor at the same time!
Fizzy Tab Popsicles – Just buy the popsicle trays available at any home store
Chewing Gum (try peppermint sugar free) – especially while preparing food – stops you from sampling as you fix your meal!
Frozen Grapes - yummy in the summerFresh fruit
Greek Yogurt - with Honey or sprinklw w/granola if you want some crunch!
Hard Boiled Egg
Protein - Lunch Meat, Chicken, Fish – try cooking extra so there will be something in the fridge ready to eat
Prepared Veggies ... celery, peppers, mushrooms, carrots, cherry tomatoes
Rice cakes
Seeds such as Pepitas - roasted and shelled pumpkin seeds
Remember that grazing means eating small amounts. This is important because many of these foods are high in calories so you need to eat just enough to satisfy the need to chew or get the taste. And taking good vitamies may lessen cravings between meals too!
Several of us find the more we take my vitamins the less cravings we have between meals.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Little changes adding up!
Good Morning,
I am excited to report that I am at a new low weight and it feels so good. I am not doing anything different, I think it is all the little Abundant Healthy Living changes adding up to results! Wishing everyone a happy, healthy weekend. Love, San
I am excited to report that I am at a new low weight and it feels so good. I am not doing anything different, I think it is all the little Abundant Healthy Living changes adding up to results! Wishing everyone a happy, healthy weekend. Love, San
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Hi All,
Thanks to Gerri for leading our call last Monday and for posting the static covered parts!
I had a glorious time in California with my family. Elissa is staying fit taking care of Maddie and it does take a lot of movement. What a great way to exercise!!
I loved Betty's comment about buying sun dresses next summer and immediately pictured a big AHL field trip with all of us at our goal weight ... looking and feeling great shopping for cute summer outfits together and celebrating.
Back to work now, Love, San
Thanks to Gerri for leading our call last Monday and for posting the static covered parts!
I had a glorious time in California with my family. Elissa is staying fit taking care of Maddie and it does take a lot of movement. What a great way to exercise!!
I loved Betty's comment about buying sun dresses next summer and immediately pictured a big AHL field trip with all of us at our goal weight ... looking and feeling great shopping for cute summer outfits together and celebrating.
Back to work now, Love, San
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Week 2 Quote
from Ed Foreman …
Life comes to you every day and says, Here’s the menu for the day. You can either have a terrible day or a terrific day. And you get to choose the side of the menu you are going to take.”
Stay on the Bright Train - the menu is so much more enjoyable!
Have a Healthy and Happy Week.
Love - Gerri
Week 2 Assignments
Sorry about the STATIC issue at the end of our call Monday night. The only thing missed was your weekly assignments and quote. This entry will list your assignments for this week!
- For the coming week, continue to be aware of what you put in your mouth. Decide, is this fuel or poison? Remember, No judgment, just awareness.
- Invite one or more people to be your Empowerment Partner(s)
- Establish a Healthy Fit Goal for yourself (make it about action, effort or risk, not results!). Feel free to share it on the Blog or with your EP
- Use your journal to explore Bright Train vs. Dark Train thoughts. Challenge yourself to turn Dark Train thoughts around.
- And, if you haven’t taken the plunge yet, make a blog entry. Sign into the blog and hit that New Post link in the upper right hand corner. We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Monday, August 10, 2009
Happy to be Here
Ready for fruit, veggies, and fun. AND to hear your wisdom tonight on the call. :-)
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Happy August!
Is it really August already?! Where did the summer go. Looks like everyone is out enjoying these last few weeks instead of blogging. I do know there are some travelers amoung us at this time.
So what ARE you doing for FUN! What is keeping you occupied instead of heading for the pantry to find some poison to snack on. Remember that last week we talked about making a list of things you enjoyed doing, things that made you laugh, things that made you happy. Remember that it's not just a list, it's there to help you to reach for a do other things when you might be reaching for food. Here's to happy and healthy distractions!
I would love to see some short blogs or comments here about things YOU do for fun!
Love - Gerri
So what ARE you doing for FUN! What is keeping you occupied instead of heading for the pantry to find some poison to snack on. Remember that last week we talked about making a list of things you enjoyed doing, things that made you laugh, things that made you happy. Remember that it's not just a list, it's there to help you to reach for a do other things when you might be reaching for food. Here's to happy and healthy distractions!
I would love to see some short blogs or comments here about things YOU do for fun!
Love - Gerri
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Walnuts - For Your Health!
Walnuts are on Dr Bowden's list of the 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth. And it doesn't take much in a google search to find a wealth of information to support that claim.
Shelled walnuts look like brains, and yes, they are definitely brain food! Walnuts have the highest concentration of Omega3 of any nut. Walnuts' concentration of omega-3s (a quarter-cup provides 90.8% of the daily value for these essential fats) has many potential health benefits ranging from cardiovascular protection, to the promotion of better cognitive function, to anti-inflammatory benefits helpful in asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, and inflammatory skin diseases such as eczema and psoriasis. In addition, walnuts contain an antioxidant compound called ellagic acid that supports the immune system and appears to have several anticancer properties.
Adding walnuts to your diet can be an important step in improving your cardiovascular health. Walnuts are an important source of monounsaturated fats-approximately 15% of the fat found in walnuts is healthful monounsaturated fat.
Twenty years of dietary data collected on over 80,000 women from the Nurses' Health Study shows that women who eat least 1 ounce of nuts, peanuts or peanut butter each week have a 25% lower risk of developing gallstones. Since 1 ounce is only 28.6 nuts or about 2 tablespoons of nut butter, preventing gallbladder disease may be as easy as having a handful of walnuts as an afternoon pick me up, or tossing some walnuts on your oatmeal or salad.
Want a better night's sleep? Try sprinkling your dinner's tossed green salad, fruit salad or steamed vegetables with a handful of walnuts. Or enjoy a baked apple or poached pear topped with walnuts for dessert.
Melatonin, a hormone produced by the pineal gland, which is involved in inducing and regulating sleep and is also a powerful antioxidant, has been discovered in walnuts in bio-available form, making them the perfect evening food for a natural good night's sleep.
These are just a FEW of the benefits I found on walnuts - there is so much more out there!
A word of caution, though. As with most nuts, they can be high calorie. A 1/4 cup contains almost 200 calories so don't overdo it!
Have a Healthy and Joy-filled Day!
Love - Gerri
Shelled walnuts look like brains, and yes, they are definitely brain food! Walnuts have the highest concentration of Omega3 of any nut. Walnuts' concentration of omega-3s (a quarter-cup provides 90.8% of the daily value for these essential fats) has many potential health benefits ranging from cardiovascular protection, to the promotion of better cognitive function, to anti-inflammatory benefits helpful in asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, and inflammatory skin diseases such as eczema and psoriasis. In addition, walnuts contain an antioxidant compound called ellagic acid that supports the immune system and appears to have several anticancer properties.
Adding walnuts to your diet can be an important step in improving your cardiovascular health. Walnuts are an important source of monounsaturated fats-approximately 15% of the fat found in walnuts is healthful monounsaturated fat.
Twenty years of dietary data collected on over 80,000 women from the Nurses' Health Study shows that women who eat least 1 ounce of nuts, peanuts or peanut butter each week have a 25% lower risk of developing gallstones. Since 1 ounce is only 28.6 nuts or about 2 tablespoons of nut butter, preventing gallbladder disease may be as easy as having a handful of walnuts as an afternoon pick me up, or tossing some walnuts on your oatmeal or salad.
Want a better night's sleep? Try sprinkling your dinner's tossed green salad, fruit salad or steamed vegetables with a handful of walnuts. Or enjoy a baked apple or poached pear topped with walnuts for dessert.
Melatonin, a hormone produced by the pineal gland, which is involved in inducing and regulating sleep and is also a powerful antioxidant, has been discovered in walnuts in bio-available form, making them the perfect evening food for a natural good night's sleep.
These are just a FEW of the benefits I found on walnuts - there is so much more out there!
A word of caution, though. As with most nuts, they can be high calorie. A 1/4 cup contains almost 200 calories so don't overdo it!
Have a Healthy and Joy-filled Day!
Love - Gerri
It's the Small Things
We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.”
—Marian Wright Edelman (b. 1939); activist, president and founder Children's Defense Fund
Just a quick post to remind us all that the small steps to health and wellness really do matter and your goals are attainable.
Love, Tee
—Marian Wright Edelman (b. 1939); activist, president and founder Children's Defense Fund
Just a quick post to remind us all that the small steps to health and wellness really do matter and your goals are attainable.
Love, Tee
Monday, August 3, 2009
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Tips for Dressings and Sauces
Hello friends.
Looking forward to the start of a new session.
I just remembered this tip I learned ages ago about salad dressings, sauces, syrups, etc. and wanted to share it here on the blog.
When you order a salad ask for the dressing on the side. Then, before every bite, stick the tines of the fork into the dressing, then load the fork with the salad. This allows for the taste of dressing we are looking for, without drowning the vegetables and adding more calories than we need. Also works great for pancakes, ketchup and french fries, meats in BBQ sauces, etc.
Enjoy the rest of this Sunday.
Love, Tee
Looking forward to the start of a new session.
I just remembered this tip I learned ages ago about salad dressings, sauces, syrups, etc. and wanted to share it here on the blog.
When you order a salad ask for the dressing on the side. Then, before every bite, stick the tines of the fork into the dressing, then load the fork with the salad. This allows for the taste of dressing we are looking for, without drowning the vegetables and adding more calories than we need. Also works great for pancakes, ketchup and french fries, meats in BBQ sauces, etc.
Enjoy the rest of this Sunday.
Love, Tee
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