Supplement Crazy

I have made myself DIZZY reading up on supplements!

My sister has been going thru all kinds of crazy health related issues. We still don't have all the answers but what it SEEMS to boil down to is...she has a big B12 deficiency and maybe Fibromyalgia.

Being the good (wink wink) big sister I am, I ventured out into the vast internets to see if I could fix her.

Hours later and eyes crossed...

I have come to realize that many of us get NOWHERE near enough of almost anything in our daily diet. I mean, I knew that but I am now very concerned that my entire family and probably ALLLLLL of you reading this have deficiencies that are effecting everything from your mood to your sensitivity to light and sound.

I don't really know. I am reading and researching and happy to learn that I have a really good diet and in combination with my daily Shakeology...I may also start taking magnesium and vitamin D and a B supplement? And will my children DIE if I take away their Hot Pockets?

I am NOT an expert. I am just a big sister and a Mom and a concerned partner...always striving to take care of the people I love. Now I may some ibuprofen too.

How do you jump back in?

With BOTH feet of course!

Not sure where I went exactly...but I am BAAAAAACK!

Ok, I never went away but boy oh boy - my motivation did. I went thru the motions, most days, ate well, the majority of the time...but I was JUST. NOT. FEELING. IT!

The ebb and flow of this whole - life, coaching thing, fitness journey - has its own pattern and sometimes I thrive in it all and others I FIGHT IT!

Rest assured that even when I am not so vocal here, I am still always available to YOU! Email, Facebook, carrier pigeon...Yah Mo B There

Me? I am beginning week 2 of a Clean Eating Challenge and lost 2.2 lbs in week one. I just started Week 3 of Brazil Butt Lift. I am preparing for Coach Summit at the end of April. All this while life continues to go on around me, good days, bad days, PMS and parenting.

and the journey continues...

I started this year all full of confidence.

All...oh HELLS YES!!!...my planner is cute...I feel extra SASS-ay!

BRING it 2010! This girl is ready for you!

I bought it, I wrote in it. I planned and made lists and crossed some things off.

My first week of 2010 SUCKED! What gives?

Did Baby New Year forget to wave his magic little wand and sprinkle his sparkly fairy dust? Has he turned his back on me?



It sure feels like any other old year. Wait! Let me look.





Nope, my super cute planner says - 2010. DAMMIT!!! %*%$(*(#)@_$_@!@


Taking a poll amongst some of my best gal pals, it seems lots of us are in a similiar funk.

It may just be that its HARD to get back into the swing of things AND try to make your WHOLE life perfect all at once!

It may just be that putting a SH!TLOAD of expectations on a calendar flip is a smidge silly and maybe we can all just try a little bit every day.

BREATHE - whew - BREATHE!

The good news? The days just keep happening...I get to keep trying...and I am pretty sure if I just look hard enough I have my OWN sparkly dust - my daughter usually has quite the supply scattered in her bedroom carpet!!

So, in the spirit of my never-give-uped-ness...I leave you with THIS!

QUIET! I can't hear you & all the voices in my head at the same time!

Not the kinda swings you played on when you were little!

Wouldn't it be great if our mood swings were as retro cute as the pic?

As I get older I find my hormones get weirder and weirder. The girl who liked to be pushed as high as she could go, and pump her legs faster and faster, is not handling some of her current swings with quite as much style and grace.

"She has two different sorts of mood," the Greek poet Semonides wrote of his wife in the 6th Century B.C. "One day she is all smiles and happiness. . .Then, another day, there'll be no living with her. . .she flies into a rage. . ."


Ah, PMS, the thing of retro pin-up and greek poets! NOT!!!

Every month for a good day or so, even *I* don't want to be around me!

Do you know how hard it is to get away from yourself?

Combine bad PMS with any ONE other factor, lack of a good nights sleep, one of your kids and/or significant other also having a bad day, etc and its hard hold it together...combine a few and you may just find yourself falling asleep a blubbering mess on your partners shoulder.

I kinda wish I was the rage type, nope, I am just melt into a big puddle kinda girl. It's embarassing.

Usually exercise helps me escape the worst of it. The natural mood-enhancing effect of physical activity helps balance it all out. Missing workouts throws everything off mind and body.

I may just go home and do some yoga!

Peace!
Hippie

ps -

dear Jeb, thank you for letting me snot all over your arm

& to my sister and girlfriends - I would not stay sane-ish without ya!

BOGO

Two posts in one day??

Well, I was quiet a loooong time...

wanted to say a little more about this Year of Growth business...

the following is specifically, and sorta randomish, a list of sorts for me in 2010

- continue and improve in my health and fitness journey
- achieve Double Star Diamond by the years end
- make as much $$ in my part time business as my full time job
- think of myself first more often (i know that sounds backwards, if you really know me it will make sense)
- read at least one personal growth and one fun book per month
- craft more
- cook more
- get to bed earlier on weeknights and up earlier on weekends


there are a gazillion more but they will just get more general.

What are YOU working on this year?

A Year of Growth

First post of the New Year...

my, my, I was neglectful of my blog and any of its readers over these past few weeks. I had a wonderful holiday and some time to reflect on what I want in this new year.

So many times in 2009 I posted things just to have a blog post...that is so not me. I wanted everything to be relevant and useful and on topic...again, not me.

I started this blog as a tool for my Becahbody Coaching business, and I want to continue to provide motivation, advice and support BUT they will be sprinkled in amongst more ME-ness!! (yes, thats a word, I just made it up!)

I get to be and do and talk whatever I want, you get to live with it! As I see it, its a win-win situation!

Peace!
Hope

Some Protein Basics

Ah...good ol' protein...we all love it, don't we? But why do we need it?

Protein has many functions in our body. It is needed for growth and repair of body tissues. It forms the most vital parts of our structures: skin, muscle, bone, organs, ligaments, tendons. It has regulatory roles with our hormones, antibodies, fluid balance. It is needed for energy.

It is imperative that we get enough protein in our daily diets. There is a formula to figure out what your need is:
1. Find the desirable weight for a person your height.
2. Change the pounds to kilograms (divide pounds by 2.2)
3. Multiply kilograms by 0.8 g/kg

This will give you the amount of grams you should have minimally per day. Of course, the need increases based on your fitness regime and other health factors.

Too little protein can eventually lead to malnutrition. Too much can actually lead to deficiencies in other nutrients, plus the excess will be stored as fat. It is best to balance our protein selection to 1/3 or less from animal sources and the rest from plants.