Drop The Weight Belt!
I trust you are having a great week! Nancy and I will be in Connecticut for a few days to see our oldest son Tim getting married to his wonderful fiance’ Debra.
A couple of things I wanted to share that you might want to keep an eye on.
We have had a request that Nancy and I start showing you what our meal plans look like on a daily and weekly basis. To that end we are going to be posting our own meal plans and blogging our nutrition on a regular basis. We look forward to your feedback.
Secondly I wanted to share with you an opportunity to get some great organic vegetables on a weekly basis throughout the 2009 growing season at a great price. Our friend Kerry Morencey has started a CSA (community supported agriculture) at the Milk and Honey Farm in Loudon and is still looking for partners. If you don’t have time or know how to garden, I would encourage you to look at the info and give Kerry a call so she can answer your questions. Nancy and I are buying a share to support our own garden.
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I saw a great article by Jonny Bowden, PHD, CNS called 7 Ways To Boost Your Energy, and something he wrote really struck a chord with me. It speaks to the fact that we are so busy looking for the “edge” in our weight loss and performance goals that we miss the obvious.
Here’s part of what Jonny wrote:
“Let’s say you were a swimmer wearing a weight belt and you wanted to increase your time in the 50-yard freestyle. You could spend a lot of effort researching the latest titanium high-tech bathing suit — which might add a second or two to your time — but wouldn’t it be a lot more effective to simply drop the weight belt?
Most of us are carrying around weight belts and looking to increase our energy with coffee and stimulants when in fact if we just dropped the weight belt we’d automatically go faster.”
For me personally that weight belt was 80 plus pounds of extra fat. Getting rid of the extra weight boosted my energy and productivity unbelievably. I don’t care what anyone says, being overweight and obese is not healthy, no matter how good you think you feel. In fact, I didn’t even know I was as bad off as I was until I finally got rid of the extra baggage. It is not “normal” to be tired all the time and get out of breath climbing a flight of stairs. That was me! My new normal allows me the energy I need to be productive all day long without the coffeepot I.V. – I love it!
Jonny went on to say that other “weight belts” holding you back might be too little sleep, a high carbohydrate diet, toxic relationships, and other trapping of modern life that can take our eye of our goals. Working on these challenges goes a long way to achieving our dreams.
As always, we are looking for your comments and feedback, so don’t be shy!
We will be in touch later in the week with 6 Pack 6 results.
Now go out there and Make It Happen!
Dean