Yesterday we had a wonderful group come to the Riverside Barnes and Noble for Angie and her book, “BODY BY ANGIE, Is Your Body Bankrupt, Learn to Invest in Yourself”! The day included an author discussion as well as a FREE body composition test for anyone who attended. What a delightful group we had and their questions were exceptional. Many had already read the book and Angie was able to interact with individuals to answer their specific questions. What an inspiring day to see others make the connection with nutrition, energy and health that myself and those in my profession can often take for common knowledge in our everyday lives. I KNOW that there were many recommendations given out yesterday that were minor changes in the events of that person’s daily activities but actions that are going to pay off BIG TIME for them in the future. I am happy to know that there are people being affected in such a positive way by Angie’s knowledge and presence in our community. I consider myself very lucky to witness her engage her passion with the intention of making this place we call our body a healthier and happier one. I also know that what she is doing will help to reduce the effects of chronic disease, mobilize people into physical activity and ultimately make this world a better place for each and every on of us!
Posts Tagged ‘motivation’
Barnes and Noble Was A Great Success!
Sunday, July 25th, 2010When It’s One of Those Days
Thursday, May 13th, 2010>by Wilma Young
> Too many obligations, late nights, chores to do and not enough “me”
> time. Sound familiar? Well what do you do when you know that being
> healthy is the right choice but frankly all you want to do is crawl up
> to a pint of Haagen- Dazs and cry yourself to sleep. The battle that
> ensues between the devil on one shoulder and the angel on the other
> can be draining. Most days I do make the right choice but on those
> days I feel overwhelmed and underappreciated and mostly by me and not
> those around me, I go weak in the knees. I want to return to the days
> of reckless abandon, delve into the cookies and ice cre am and forget
> what discipline and hard work has done for me. If I do n’t pull myself
> out within a short time, I could slip down that rabbit hole and
> eventually wake up more miserable and more over whelmed then when I
> started. This is the time to BREATHE! This is the time t o take stock
> of the little choices that are made each and every day that have
> brought you to a healthier life and happier body. I person ally find a
> way to make myself a healthy dessert (try Greek yogurt with Chocolate
> protein powder, a little glutamine and shredded coconu
> t…yummy!!) , sit in a comfy chair with a great book and enjoy a sile
> nt moment. You could take a bath, get a pedicure or sit outside in t
> he sun and soak up some vitmain D for five minutes! I know life has a
> way of interfering with your plans to be the perfect spouse, a good
> friend and a contributing citizen but sometimes you have to check out
> for a while to recharge your batteries and we have to be okay with
> that. We need to forgive ourselves the fact that there may be days
> that you are not at 100% and that the world will not end because i t.
> Take a moment for yourself, sit for a minute and remember that going
> down that rabbit hole won’t make you feel any better.
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How to turn every task into fun
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009By Carol Dodsley
Do you find yourself with things you just know have to be done but the thought of doing them fills you with a feeling of gloom, boredom or you just can’t be bothered even thogh you know you “should” do them?
When this happens, first ask yourself – why do I need to do this? what positive effect will doing this have for me?
It may be that you are about to peel a host of potatoes and carrots and you just don’t like doing that but the positive outcome is that you are going to have a fantastic meal – thinking of the fantastic meal as you peel the potatoes will make you feel much better and will give the task a postive reason rather than a feeling of boredom as you do it.
You can also turn a monotonous, boring task into fun! – How?
Make a game out of it!
For example, time yourself and keep trying to improve your time.
Let’s say you have to peel 30 potatotes and carrots to peel
See how many potatoes you can peel in 3 minutes. Then try to beat your own record.
Or you can time yourself to see how long it takes you to peel one potatoe. And beat your record again!
The good thing is you will always be a winner. 
You can turn any boring task into fun game, there are lots of ways to do it, just use a little imagination!
Making tasks fun and keeping the positive benefits of doing a task in yoru mind as you do it is proven to increase motivation and productivity by more than 125%!
Build fun and see the positive outcomes of everything you do throughtout the day and you’ll notice that you’re getting more work done in a less amount of time.
Have a great day and remember to smile and notice all the wonderful things around you!
Interested in more motivation from Carol?
Go to this link: http://www.choosechanges.com/inspirationaldailylifedesignplanner.html