Healthy Challenge

Anyone want to join me on a 6 week healthy challenge? I recently hosted a “Healthy Living Tips” teleconference with Alexis Ellis of Terra Oceana. Alexis is someone who I highly respect and trust. She was one of the first, almost twenty years ago, to formulate a whole food green supplement, which is my opinion, is still the best on the market. Anyway, Alexis was talking about the fact that because our longevity has increased so much over the last few decades, we have to wake up to the fact that we’re in it for the long haul (if we’re lucky,) and that like a car that has got to last us for decades, we need to keep the engine fine-tuned, in order for it to run properly. We also talked about the fact that whatever actions you take today, pave the way for a healthier future.

I want to live to a ripe old age, and God willing I will, however, I want to be healthy, really healthy as I age. It’s only we lose our health, that we fully understand that there is nothing that is more important. We can change pretty much everything in our lives except for ill-health. This is why I’m such a huge proponent of everything from organic foods, to supplements, exercise and the whole shebang. It all serves as preventative health care. Yes, it can be expensive, and sometimes it requires a budget adjustment – we may need to go without other less healthy things, in order to invest in our health.

For most of us, it’s about 6 weeks until Spring Break. I’m sooooo excited as I’m going away with my family for a vacation. It’s my parent’s 50th Wedding Anniversary and as they live in the UK, we’re meeting them half-way in the Caribbean, to celebrate. So I intend to super-charge my health over the next few weeks and would love some buddies.

I’m focusing on the areas that need a little work:

1. Drink more water – for some reason, in the Winter, I have a block about drinking enough water. We’re supposed to drink half our body weight in ounces, of filtered water a day. So I intend to fill up my reusable bottles and stick to this.
2. My fitness is pretty good, but I could do with a push to ramp it up to the next level. I’ve come across Jackie Warner’s fantastic 30-day Fast Start DVD, which I intend to do 3 X per week. On the other days, I’ll either hike, practice yoga or challenge myself at the gym. Sunday if my only day off from exercise.
3. Mediation: Managing stress is an integral part staying healthy. Although I meditate pretty regularly, it can take a backseat when I get busy, so for the next 6 weeks, it’s going to take priority, with a minimum of 20 minutes per day.
4. My diet is pretty clean and healthy, so no great changes needed there. I eat very little dairy, refined sugar and gluten as it makes me feel better not to. However, for the next 6 weeks, I’ll eliminate them completely.

So that’s me – how about you? Leave me some comments here about areas of your life that you’d like to change. The changes can be small, but by posting them here, you’re making a commitment of sort – SO POST AWAY!  On March 23rd, I’ll pick one of your comments to win a Gorgeously Green surprise.