HERE ARE MY TOP PRIORITIES & TIPS TO SET YOURS!
If you took a chance to do the exercise from Wednesday, and you have started to acknowledge that your priorities may have shifted, it then becomes important to find ways to help support making these things stick. If you have the intention of making your nourishment a priority, eating quality food with purpose and intention (intuitive eating) vs eating snacks and junk food, you will still need to have some good supporting habits in place to stick to it.
Here are some of my Top Tips for creating new routines where you can HONOR your priorities the way you envision yourself living them out.
•Set a schedule each day. Ideally, one that you can repeat every single day.
◦Sleep - want to prioritize your sleep? Choose your bed and wake time and make it the same every day. It's ok if at first you can't fall right asleep at the time on the clock you set or if you are still sleepy when it is time to get up. The key here in the first week is discipline and consistency. You will soon find a new rhythm.
◦Food - want to get away from mindless eating? Plate and photograph every single meal and snack you have. **No eating out of bag, box, or jar. If you are going to eat a bag of chips, pull that out of the bag, put it on a plate with whatever else you want to snack on, and then take a photograph on your phone before you eat it. Laying out all your food in front of you for every single meal or snack and cataloging it is a powerful tool for self-awareness and intentional eating.
o Movement - the warm-up commitment. I have plenty of days myself that I just don't feel my normal pep to workout. What I always do is commit to at least a structured warm-up of 10-12mins. If you tell yourself you are simply going to move for 10mins with no distractions, almost always the movement of blood around the body will get you in a much better mood and likely motivate you to do more. If it doesn't, then no stress. At least you did some purposeful movement today.
o Hydrate - I've read that getting adequate water daily is a powerfuway to keep yourself healthy and lower the risk of viral infection right now. On top of that, quality hydration can improve physical performance, support weight loss, and increase mental focus. So make a daily habit. Drink one 16oz glass of water every other hour of the day. If you are awake for 12 hours that ends up being about 100oz of water a day. Grab your glass and set a timer. It may feel like a lot of water to start but you will adapt and you will notice improvements quickly.
I also got asked about my personal underlying foundations of health/fitness that I want to keep in place going forward. These are developing every single day and I'm sure that by the end of all this they will have shifted again and become more concrete. But just a few of the things that I have on my list are as follows:
• Walk Daily - I've been walking for about 30-45mins with my kids each day.
• Get Outside More - Being out of the gym has been a blessing. My home has easily accessible outdoor space and I make sure to spend time out there daily.
• Speak with my Parents Daily – Zoom or Facetime with grandma and grandpa is a daily occurrence and I'm feeling more connected to my parents than I have in years
• Time with FAMILY - Every day I actually wrestle these kiddos. My daughter calls the game "Scary Monster." It's funny since it is basically tickle time with me making a growling sound. Instead of running away she runs right to me and says "You got me!" It fills my heart up so much.
Send me your lists today. I would love to hear them and I will publish them with your permission. If we are all sharing these things then I'm sure we will all learn from each other and raise our collective consciousness!
Love Y’all,
Coach Kev
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