Take Charge of Your Health: Recap #mindbodyweek
Un-freakin believeable. I woke up this morning before my husband (the
chipper morning person) and even before my daughter.
I thought my body was tricking me, that
I would need to head back to bed exhausted after a couple hours. But let me tell you, we
are well into our Saturday morning and I feel rested...and good!
Saturday mornings I usually sleep in. Normally
I drag myself out of bed because I hear Lavinia giggling and I want to be part
of the family. Sometimes I’m crabby and it takes me forever to fully wake up. I
think Matt and Vin would rather I still be in bed.
I’m amazed that in one week, I was able
to bring myself from flat and lethargic to rested and energized. It wasn’t easy but I’ll tell you exactly how
I did it. You can do it too- and you should!
It’s all about what you think you need
as an individual. I usually eat well so for me, I had to focus on exercise and clearing
my mind.
I made two lists. One list of general
things I wanted to incorporate into every day. I did pretty well with these but I think next time I might write them
out and stick them someplace where I can see them as reminders (forgot the
vitamins a few times.)
Recap: I will do these things:
Exercise
Healthy, homemade meals
Homeopathy (an appointment I rescheduled due to over-sleeping)
Meditation
Vitamins
Therapy
Mindfullness
Reduced Social Media Time
Then I chose one major thing to do each day of the week, balancing
out both mental and physical exercises.
Recap: Main Goal for Each Day:
Monday- Gym
Tuesday- Therapy
Wednesday- Bikram Yoga
Thursday- Homeopathy appointment (& gym)
Friday- Long Walk with Lavinia
What I Would Add Next Time:
I did this anyway by default but I would add get outside at least once a day, if
the weather is crappy- go somewhere
indoors for a change of scene. This can really help re-set, even when you
might not realize you need re-setting.
I would also plan my meals a little
differently. Everything I ate was homemade (except for the dark chocolate I had
for dessert at night) which is a good thing. I decided to do this challenge spontaneously- after I had already done
the meal planning and shopping for the week- don’t get me wrong I ate healthy
but I could have taken it one step further and jammed in all the superfoods I could think of.
Also next time, I think I’ll keep the TV off
at night. That way I can have more conversations and quiet time with the hubs.
The relationship is an important thing to work on too!
Tips:
I would definitely recommend having some
healthy, high protein snacks that you can grab and go (my quiche was great for
this) because I found myself much hungrier than usual with all the activity.
Make yourself a playlist of songs that
you can’t help but dance to- even if there are only a few. And listen to music one notch above your mood
all week.
Schedule in some rest time. Your body is going to be working hard, and
healing so be sure to take some time to chill out, read or just have a quiet
cup of tea.
If you want to read in depth about what
I did each day here are the links to my daily posts:
So for an idea that came to me
while exercising Monday morning, I think this little experiment went really
well! Next time I’ll try and rope more
of you on board to do it with me (kind of hard when I don’t give you any notice
right?) And you can always give it a go on your own. Please share with me if you do! I would love to
hear about it.
Go on! Do something healthy for
yourself.
Love,
Dawn
Labels: #mindbodyweek, Family, Fitness, health
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