Creating Good habits and Recognizing Bad habits. Most of us have a hard time creating good habits and breaking bad habits but we are good at doing the opposite. It is really easy to hang on tight to a bad habit. Â We have a tendency to justify and make excuses for our bad habits. […]
AOYS Power of 13 #13 Pause and be Mindful Every day Mantra Pause~Breathe~Listen #13 Pause and be Mindful Each Day The Power of the Pause: Terry Hershey writes in his book, The Power of Pause, “While waiting for perfection, we pass on ordinary. While waiting for better, we don’t give our best effort to good.
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AOYS Power of 13 #12 LIMIT WHITES: Sugar, Sodium, Flour, Pasta and Rice What Is White Food? White food generally refers to foods that are white in color and that have been processed and refined, like flour, rice, pasta, bread, crackers, cereal, and simple sugars like table sugar and high-fructose corn syrup. Natural, unprocessed white
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AOYS Power of 13 #11 Weight Bearing Activity 15 to 30 minutes 2 times a week. Â Weight-Bearing Exercise Benefits Weight-bearing exercise is essential for building and maintaining healthy bones and includes any activity you do that works your muscles and bones against gravity. During weight-bearing exercise, bone adapts to the impact of
 The AOYS Power 13 #10 Create and Enforce Boundaries Why do we need Boundaries?  Personal Boundaries are important because they set the basic guidelines of how you want to be treated. Setting boundaries can ensure that relationships can be mutually respectful, appropriate, and caring.  Even before 2020 our work boundaries started getting away from
AOYS Power of 13 #9 Eat Your Fruit but within Limits Our Mantra this week is: I treat my body like the temple it is. How many of you eat fruit? Do you weigh or measure it?  If they are so good for us, why do we need to limit them? Realistically eating fruit is
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Our AOYS Support Groups have been going over the AOYS Power of 13 this Summer This week is #8 Learn about and Incorporate Healthy Fats in you daily diet. The worst type of dietary fat is the kind known as trans fat.  Trans fats have no known health benefits and that there is
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AOYS Power of 13 #7 Read something positive 15 minutes each day AOYS is all about whole health. Â Our Power of 13 is taken from 3 areas and is very well rounded. Dietary, Activity and Overall Mindset We have had discussions on clearing the clutter, life shortcuts, tiny habits and so much more. This
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Our mantra this week is: MORE Stretching ~LESS Stressing We are in week 6 of our summer series AOYS Power of 13. The 13 things I as a Health and Wellness Coach know you have to do to lead a healthy lifestyle. These are the guidelines we use in the AOYS Support Groups
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STOP saying You are LAZY! Being a Health and Wellness coach for more than 20 years I have heard ALL the excuses.  All the reasons why you don’t do the work, put in the effort, but being Lazy is #1.  When I ask people why they don’t exercise, plan, prep, track (the list is long)
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