New Goals and how to keep them!

Time for Change
As with some recent years, this year brings no exception to the number of people that want to make a change.  As I prepare to teach a Healthy Living Class I posed a couple of questions to the class for them to consider.  I thought this would also be a good opportunity to ask you the same questions.  Answer these questions about yourself:  1. What is your biggest obstacle in maintaining a healthy lifestyle?   2. What excuses do you use to not exercise or eat right?  Both of these questions will give you insight to yourself.  For most people the biggest hurdle they have to face to live a healthy lifestyle is themselves.    Sometimes we spend a greater amount of time making excuses than we would to just do what we need to do. 

You need to face your personal obstacles and excuses and then get specific about overcoming them.   Here is an example:   My biggest obstacle is eating chips after dinner.  My plan is to (now be specific)  Make myself some steamed edamame with sea salt to curb my after-dinner salt cravings and then brush my teeth.  When we get specific then we have a plan, and when we have a plan it is easy not to fall into unhealthy habits we have created for ourselves.  So, 1. Find your obstacles, 2. Be specific about how to conquer them, and 3. Follow a plan of attack.  Good Luck!

New Holiday Cranberry Recipes

We just uploaded some new cranberry recipes for the Holidays!  Check out our 'Rev You Up Recipes' page and see for yourself.  Do you have a favorite cranberry recipe?  Send it our way, we would love to post some of your favorites too!

Happy Holidays!

Just One Change!

With all the hustle and bustle of the Holiday Season we hope you check in to our blog for some ideas on being Healthy.  Start thinking of ways you can make a change in your life to improve your health.  Just one change.  It can be as simple as having an apple after dinner instead of ice cream, or eating oatmeal for breakfast instead of cereal.  Make one change until it becomes a habit and then make another change until it becomes a habit, and so on, and so on.   Sometimes our best efforts fail because we try to take on too much change at one time.  So start small and stick with it.  Let us know what you plan on changing, when you tell someone else then it makes you more accountable.  Hope to hear from you!