Time for YOU: Week Eleven

Time for YOU:
Week 11

OUR LAST WEEK! In deciding where you are going to take your health and what habits to make keep these things in mind.  The key is to change your mind and make a plan.  When our mind and motivation are in the picture, we have greater chances of success.  What is holding you back from experiencing the life you desire?  What is holding you back from FEELING great about yourself?  What are the thoughts that keep you making the same choices and habits over and over again?  Maybe it's lack of knowledge, lack of experience, or just plain not knowing where to put all the knowledge to work.  This is when we must stop and listen!  We have the answers inside of us.  We know what we SHOULD eat.  We know that we SHOULD exercise and move our bodies.  We also know that we SHOULD love ourselves.  God loves us, so how do we use that love to bless our lives and the lives of others?  We look inside....... yes, there it is again.  By looking inside I mean listening to our bodies, our minds, and the voice of God.  I've been looking inside this week and finding where my path in my journey will take me this next phase of my life and counseling with God.  Take TIME FOR YOU this week and appreciate the priceless gift we have to communicate with our Father in Heaven through His son, Jesus Christ, through prayer.

Features:Thought and Articles:
Weekly Goals:
Weekly Nutrition Tip:
Weekly Workout Tip
Weekly Song:

Thought and Articles:
Read a good article this week to keep you motivated on your path.
 
LDS General Conference April 2010

Jillian Michaels: setting-goals

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Weekly Goals:Exercise and Nutrition: Make goals for your next 90 days
Knowledge: Lesson 14 "Help and Helping"
Emotion: Share what you've learned
Home: Time for Sunday Worship
Spirit: Focus on Callings

Weekly Nutrition Tip:
Protein French Toast/Pancakes/ Applesauce/Yogurt  : Add a scoop of your favorite protein powder to your favorite recipes and get that extra boost that will keep you fuller longer and feeling satisfied. 

Also, don't forget your protein shake after you workout.  You will feed your muscles after your workout for a longer period of fat burning!!! This is a GREAT tip.

Weekly Workout Tip:
Intensity, Variety and Consistency......need I say more.  You know what these are.  See what needs a pick me up in your workout and get on it.  Grab a buddy and take a class, or get an extra Interval in your normal cardio.  For me it was shoveling wet snow at 7am after spin class Tuesday morning of Spring Break.  Thank you Mother Nature!  Give it a try.  You'll be so happy you did.

Weekly Song:

Love One Another (sung by Julie Gibb)

Time for YOU: Week 10

Time for YOU:
Week 10

Only two more weeks and I'll finish up this section of Time for you.  I have enjoyed this experience. I am going to work on my next 3 month goals.  So these next two weeks we are going to focus on getting you feeling comfortable on your own.  As you do this, you will be confident and continue on your journey to health.  Next week with focus on surrounding yourself with a support system and making your intentions for the next 3 months. 

Features:
 Thought and Articles:
Weekly Goals:
Weekly Recipe:
Weekly Workout Tip
Weekly Song:

Thought and Articles:
A Solemn Responsibility to Love and Care for Each Other

Weekly Goals:Exercise: Write down your workouts in your journal
Nutrition: Pick a focus from our past goals
Knowledge: Lesson 13/ Chapter 17 Habits of Health - SLEEP
Emotion: Give yourself a pat on the back
Home: Free Up Your Saturday
Spirit: Hold Hands with Spouse (or loved ones - show affection)

Weekly Recipe:

Brown Rice Pilaf in Crock Pot:
I tried this one on a Sunday afternoon- very satisfying and very tasty1 cup brown rice
2 cups chicken broth
1 tbsp. Olive Oil
2/3 cup onion
2 cloves garlic
1-2 tbsp. fresh parsley
1 c. - 1 3/4 c. mushrooms
1/2 tsp. pepper

Put all in the crock pot on high for a few hours and than reduce to low for 3 more. 


Weekly Workout Tip:
Take your workout to the next level.  Add 30 seconds of High Intensity intervals after every weight exercise.  Not enough?  Make it one minute HII's.  Push your intensity during cardio training every 5-10 minutes for 30 seconds.  You can you anything for 30 seconds! Make sure you come down to a steady pace after 30 second intervals and give yourself a chance to recover, BUT DON'T STOP!


Weekly Song: Home Can Be A Heaven On Earth

Easter Baskets and SO MUCH MORE!

Easter 2003- Love these old pictures.  They grow up too fast.

This year I wanted the focus to be on Christ.  A few weeks ago I asked family members to write their testimonies by email and send a picture.  I've been making books for my girls to enjoy and really understand what this day is REALLY about.  He Lives!

I also asked the Easter bunny to do something different.  She willingly obliged.  The Easter bunny comes on Saturday at our house.  Each of the girls gets a mixing bowl with a treat package to cook with mom and other kitchen equipment, practical and we get to cook together!  There are a few chocolates, some sidewalk chalk, and bubbles shaped like a carrot and that's it, no overboard gifts and all the activities we can do together and we won't have extra BAGS of candy lying around the house tempting me!  They'll have a great book of testimonies to read on Sunday Morning too! LOOOOVE it!

I will post the pictures when it's all completed and let you know how it turns out.  So excited this year....and can't wait for conference. 

Click below to listen to conference April 3rd and 4th.

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