Feeling bogged down, bloated, tired, weighed down by life's little stressors, overcommitted, and scattered in your thinking? I've been there so many times! It feels like I need a major overhaul when I get in this mode, yet figuring out what the overhaul would entail as well as attempting anything "major" is overwhelming.
I've learned that sometimes just a few adjustments can make a WORLD of difference. Here is a list of 7 life simplifications and solutions that work wonders for me.
1. Stop making complicated food.
Simple meals of mixed steamed vegetables with a scoop of plain quinoa and some avocado slices are delicious, filling, and make me feel like a million bucks.
2. Any schedule is FINE as long as I have one.
I'm the queen of schedule making. I can spend hours trying to figure out when the best time to do which task each day would be, rather than just working on the tasks themselves. I have entire notebooks full of different daily schedules I've made and abandoned looking for the Perfect Schedule. Stop all that, choose a schedule, write in your tasks, and just work.
3. One cup of coffee max per day.
I know this is a tough one. I KNOW. But switching out your coffee IV for water, herbal teas, mate, oolong, etc. is such a health boost it's unbelievable. The first 3 days or so of cutting back on coffee are the worst, and after that, you discover a mood and energy boost you didn't know you had. I promise.
4. Stop the unhealthy snacks.
Have a small salad with 1/2 cup boiled edamame. To make this quick and easy, bulk prepare a huge salad once a week (without dressing of course) and store it in the fridge. Then toss a small bowl of it with olive oil, lemon, and a little salt and garlic powder for a delicious, filling snack.
5. Drink water + green drink for the gut bomb.
Gut bomb - that heavy, bloated feeling - can usually be attributed to dehydration at least in part. Get your water intake up, and add a green drink to your daily regimen. I like powdered barley grass, which I shake up with a few ounces of water. It tastes like you ate fresh lawn clippings, but it will soothe indigestion and gut bomb like nobody's business.
6. Let it go.
Whatever the issue is that's bugging the crap out of you right now, do whatever you can to alleviate or fix it, and beyond that, let it go. That means you allow it to coexist with you for now without fighting it anymore in your heart and mind, at least for today. Pray for creative solutions and they will come. But they are easier to "see" when you aren't actively obsessing about the issue at hand.
7. Do weight training.
Weight training tones you and increases your metabolism like no other workout I know of. I do Les Mills Bodypump twice a week, mixed with dance workouts and yoga on other days. If I skip a week of weight training, I notice an almost immediate loss of tone, more bloat, and depressed mood, even though I'm doing my other types of workouts. I don't lift heavy weights at all--my dumbells are five pounds, and other than that, it's body weight stuff like pushups, squats, and lunges.
Here's wishing you a great weekend and an improved life!
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