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Life Got You Down? Are you a woman with emotions going crazy? Sometimes my emotions take me down a road I'm not interested in traveling....what are we supposed to do?
I have decided that when my emotions are trying to take control, I need to change my perspective!! I need to change my thoughts..whatever negative thoughts are feeding my emotions need to be changed to thoughts that take me down a path of peace...
I need a new way of looking at whatever is bothering me....If I am fearful, I need to have more faith, If I am upset with a person, I need to forgive, etc....
Here is Me, Getting a New Perspective!!
I'm not sure why God made us women with so many hormones that can cause so much drama in our brains, but I intend to learn from it and hopefully you will learn with me....
Have a great emotionally healthy day!!
I love ya,
SoniaRai
Link to Video Do you use your calender to help you know when to eat healthy, do exercise, drink water, take your vitamins?
I do.....I manage my life with my phone calendar....It talks to me and tells me what to do. When I set up this Health Schedule I kept a few variables in mind:
1. My Blood Sugar Fluctuations
2. My Potential Hunger
3. My Work Schedule (I kept my patients in mind)
4. My Vitamin needs, especially in the afternoon
5. My Water Needs
6. My Veggie Needs
7. My Meat Intake for adequate protein
I basically used the techniques I use for my patients on myself.... Not all of my weight loss patients want a schedule but some thrive when they are told exactly what to do and what time to do it.
Do I stick to the schedule perfectly?
Why no, I don't....LOL....If you have followed me at all, you have probably figured out that I am learning to live a disciplined life and have not arrived although I am getting better....
One thing on my calendar that I intend to do but haven't succeeded very many times, is getting up at 4:30 a.m. I know that if I get up at 4:30 I will have more time to do all the things I want to do to accomplish my goals... I do consistently get up at 5:30 but that extra hour would give me that extra push....I'll get there some day!!!
Also, when my phone tells me to eat a vegetable, I may be busy with a patient or in the middle of something else where I can not drop everything and go eat, but my phone talks out loud so I hear it and it stays in the back of my mind until I obey.....
A sample day would be something like this:
4:30 get up/drink water/exercise
5:00 Drink Coffee and Protein Packet
5:30 Shower
6:00 Study
7:00 Get Ready For Work
10:00 Drink More Coffee and Protein Packet
12:30 Eat a Veggie
4:00 Eat a Veggie and Afternoon Snack
6:30 Eat Supper
7:30 Walk Sadie
8:30 Bed
I hope this gives you ideas on how to manage your weight loss and your health...
Love ya,
Sonia
You might be surprised what actually leads to Big Transformation....It is actually the little things that add up to huge transformation!!!
I had to make a lot of little changes in my life in order to accomplish the 150 lb weight loss...
One small transformation is transitioning from a life of drinking only diet Dr. Pepper to drinking mostly water..
This change took me some time because I din't like water but now I can't live without it...
Focus on changing one small thing at a time and before you know it, you will conquer the big things!!! Have fun with transformation....life changes are great!!!
You can put your makeup on in whatever order you want to!!! Because I am a little messy when I put my makeup on, I have learned to put it on in an opposite order than expected!!! Lesson here: experiment until you find out what works for you and then go for it....if you get tired of that after a season, do something else!!! Be free to be yourself and do what works for you!!!! Love ya, SoniaRai
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I hope all of you are doing great this fine day!!! I continue to learn life lessons to better my life.... As you already know, if you are following me, is that I struggle with exercise... This morning I knew it was my day to t-tapp...but I was sore from the last time and I din't want to get up!!
I laid in bed, too lazy and sore to even get up to go to the bathroom and I started talking to myself...Ok, SONIA! You want to be more healthy....nothing, You want to have a flat stomach...nothing...you followers are counting on you to do the right thing....nothing (sorry, just wasn't feeling it!!) Then I started thinking about a book I've been reading "For Women Only" on relationships and how to understand your man. I am always looking for ways to improve every area of my life. I realized that yesterday I read a chapter about men who appreciate when their woman takes care of her physical appearance. According to the surveys taken by the author, men take it personal when the woman refuses to care but he won't say anything because he doesn't want to hurt her feelings....I started thinking further about my children and grandchildren and how many times they have invited me to do something that I was too tired to do...Not caring for my body hurts my family!!!
Up out of bed I went and put my exercise video on!!! Believe it or not, my soreness and pain totally disappeared. I walked around getting ready for work feeling great about myself because I conquered today!!! I did what I was supposed to do and it made me feel great, on the inside and out!!! I would not have succeeded if I had of allowed the negative thoughts of pain to remain in my mind....It took a few positive thinking tries but I finally found the one that worked for me today!!!
I encourage you to find what works for you and learn to motivate yourself to do whatever you want to do...If you don't know where to start..ask God to help and I promise He will. I am sure He is the one that brought my man and my family to my mind to motivate me as I softly complained to Him this morning about my pain...I'm not perfect and trust me when I say this is a journey. I have not reached my destination yet but I am sure when I do there will be another journey to start!!!
Thanks for coming on this journey with me...I know we can conquer exercise and weight loss together!!!
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Well, last Wednesday I asked for your help to hold me accountable to exercise......Here is an update...
I didn't exercise every day but I tried to be more active everyday even if it is to run up and down the stairs...
I did some waist workouts on my Red and also did some on my weight bench but my favorite is my t-tapp workout....
My goal this week is to do T-tapp every other day and to incorporate walking on the other days....
Let's see how this works out!!!
Thanks for going on this journey with me....
Love ya,
Sonia
