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Thursday, July 30, 2009Where is Heidi??!! - Tough bike climb + Swissscapes - 7 min - VIDEOFriday, July 24, 2009Back power strategies - What works - What doesn't - Example of how to deal with a physical challenge - ARTICLESome years ago, I started having some pain in my lower back. I will give you this as an example for how to solve a physical issue when something comes up in your body. Here is what came to mind when I was feeling that my back needed some strengthening + the habits or elements that I thought could have an influence:
After testing these various strategies, here is what came up very strongly. My back needed strengthening, so I started rebuilding power in that area with taregeted yoga and fitness exercises on a swiss ball. Within a couple of weeks, no more tension and I felt solid again in that area. To summarize and after doing some reserach on it, here is what I believe was not the solution:
All these possible strategies would have involved a change in life style or behavior. At the end the only key change that I really maintained was:
You see that when the issue came up, I really didn't know the final solution. Yes, I had some ideas and If I had to make an educated guess, maybe I would have picked up the right strategy. If I didn't analyse all the possible sources and solutions, I could have missed the target, right? At the end, what makes a solid change and gets rid of this issue is one very precise core life style change: building up muscle and flexibility in the lower back area. This is it! Another important element is that I made it my top priority to find a solution. I accepted to take time for this, try new things and experiment. It took me about two weeks of testing these strategies + trying exercises before the final solution was found. After thsi two weeks period I set up the exact strategy to easily implement this life style change. In that case, I went for 5 min trageted exercise sessions. My discipline is not rigid. The exercises I pracice are easy and fun. I have absolutely no problem mixing these exercises with my other training approaches. Analysing and testing strategies the way I did is an approach you can apply to quite a few things in life... Especially health of physical challenges. To summarize here are the steps you can take if you need to solve a phsyical issue:
Of course, doing some research online + getting the feed back or help from a professional can definitely help too. This is it! enjoy! Will power can keep you going for a few months but usually not much longer - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
I already mentioned that a few times but I will say it again because it is THE core key to long term results.
Applying the right strategy means that the changes you make will be:
Most people who start on a new training routine or nutrition habit want to do too much too soon. In fact in their scale, the proportions I mention above will be reversed. It will usually look like 90% will power and 10% fun. They burn out their will power and determination within a few months because the changes they try to make require too much will power. Take easier steps and have fun with them. This is what gives you the power to maintain a new habit on the long term. Enjoy! Too much effort? - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
If the steps you are taking involve far too much effort, try shifting your approach:
Make it easier on you. The real goal is to keep on training + making positive nutrition changes long term! If your discipline is too rigid or too hard to maintain you highly risk giving up all together. Make it easier on yourself! ENJOY! I mean it! 90% of those who want to lose weight start with the wrong battle plan - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
Why is it the wrong battle plan?
Because it usually involves too much suppression strategies. Trying to suppress your hunger does NOT work long term! I want to say again how important it is to make changes that REALLY work long term. To your power! Wednesday, July 22, 2009No excuse! - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
I am always stunned to hear people finding endless excuses not to get fit:
But guess what? Excuses are just that: reasons you find not to do what you know you must do. It's a way of deresponsibilizing yourself and saying: "You see... I have a good reason not to be healthy!" Well... here is the scoop! You have no reason and no excuse! Whatever excuse you come up with right now, I am here to tell you that being unhealthy is NOT acceptable + it is 100% YOUR responsibility. That's YOUR body! Noone but you can do something about it! No excuse! You are in charge! To your power! Simplify! - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
Simplify!
Your training, exrecise or nutrition habits don't need to be complicate. Moving your body IS obvious. It doesn't even need to be fancy or special. You will burn calories as soon as you move! That's the truth! Same with nutrition: The moment you eat less and healthier, you get results. You know what healthy food looks like, right? Getting fit IS simple! No need to complicate things! To your power! Interval training - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
If you want to burn more calories in your exercise session, interval training is the way to go.
What's interval training? You shift rhythms. For instance, instead of jogging for 30 min at a given pace, you sprint for 15 sec and then jog very relaxed for 45 sec. You repeat this 10 times. If you are biking, do the same, alternate sprints with recovery periods. This will build up strength and burn on average twice as many calories as if you were just training on one steady pace. N'joy! Get a bike! - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
Another very simple tool to ad to your get fit environment!
Get a bike! Use it! Go for rides! You don't even have to push yourself or shift to training mode when using it. Simply riding around to go to the local shop (rather than taking the car) will already burn calories. It is simple life style choices like this one that make a huge difference long term + It's really fun! Enjoy! Outdoor! - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
When you want o train, ideally alternate indoor and outdoor sessions.
The energy kick you get when jogging through a forest is very different than what you experience in the gym. I encourage you to try everything and alternate these two training environments! To your power! Gym! - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
The gym is a powerful environment to stay in good shape or lose weight.
The gym is your friend. Use EVERYTHING a gym gives you. Don't disqualify any exercise or class! Try everything! Diversify! Experiment! Have fun! Yes! You win! - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
Honestly, the strategies I describe here are within your range.
I believe that every single person on this planet, is able to implement this type of changes. This is NOT rocket science. Weight loss IS simple but you need focus and consistency! Start taking small steps today! You will win this! 1 new strategy/week - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
You don't have to radically change your diet in a day or a week!
You can give yourself much more time. Think of a 3 months target instead. Every week, you identify one core nutrition pattern you want to change. What is the EASIEST nutrition habit you could change right now that will bring you one step closer to your target? What is it? You might have a few ideas... Write them down. Now, look at this list for a minute and chose the one you feel the most attracted to. Next step, implement this new habit for a week and during that week change nothing else. Your goal is that within a week, you feel comfortable enough with this new pattern and don't feel like you are forcing yourself. The following week, do the same: Select a new habit you want to change. While maintaining the healthy habit of the previous week, implement this new one as well. If you do that each week for 3 months, you will have changed 12 or more core nutrition habits in your life! Can you imagine the impact? Don't rush! Take your time to really ground these new habits in your life. To your power! 6 small meals/day - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
This is a key strategy in your weight loss approaches.
Six meals a day doesn't mean that you actually eat a full meal, ok? A piece of apple is a snack and a meal in our scale. Your body needs an energy boost every 2 to 3 hours, especially if your meals are small. Next time your body is hungry, don't try to suppress this feeling! Listen instead!... And give your body a healthy snack! It will thank you for that! Enjoy! Get rid of junk food! - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
These cookies, lollies, chips in your kitchen... What are they doing there?
Who do you think will eat them if they stay there? TRASH THEM NOW! Be smart with that one. Don't buy junk food + don't leave it in your personal environment. Replace junk by healthy alternatives! To your power! One day a week, let go of your discipline - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
One day a week, let go of your discipline!
You will get better results on the long term if you give your body and mind a break. What does it mean to let go of your discipline? It means that if you feel some craving, lightly indulge yourself. Take a break from training. Relax with what you eat. Don't be fanatical on that day. If you want to maintain your discipline on the long term, it is essential that you don't run full speed all the time! Relax! Rest! - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
Your body needs recovery time after training.
The rest period between training sessions is as important as the raining itself. Why suppression strategies don't work! - TIP - WEIGHT LOSSThis is probably THE most important piece of information you will get on weight loss strategies. If you base your approach on trying to suppress your hunger feelings, you are doomed! This is NOT the way to go! So, what are these suppression strategies?
If you feel hungry any time during the day, consider that you are already using a suppression strategy. You don't have to feel hungry to lose weight! Probably 90% of those who want to lose weight will use a suppression technique, get some results and then fall back in their old patterns. They will usually regain whatever they lost within a few weeks or months? Why? Because they don't manage to maintain the suppression strategy on the long term. Suppression strategies use LOTS of will power + They are usually not fun at all! They make you feel like a disempowered victim who is being punished. So, what's the alternative? Eat when you are hungry BUT do choose carefully what you eat: lots of greens and vegetables + healthy snacks like pieces of fruit. Next time your body sends you hunger signals, don't try to suppress them! Listen instead! Be consistent with your strategies and steps - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
If you take positive action for a week or even a few weeks, it is usually not enough.
You need to keep your mind focused on your target for at least a few months. Many people start on a new exercise or diet routine and give up after a few weeks because they don't see results fast enough. You need to stay focused! Results can take a few months to kick in. Don't give up half way or you'll miss the target! To your power! Tuesday, July 21, 2009Realistic targets - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
Losing 5 pounds in 30 days is a realistic target.
Losing 20 pounds in a week is not! Be smart! There is no point hitting a target by using pure will power to realize that you can't maintain a given discipline on the long term. Make a quick reality check on your target before you try to implement it. Ask yourself:
Following pipe dreams is a waste of time and energy. What you want is make real changes, not dream about them and then miss your targets. Enjoy! Supplements or not? - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
95% of what your body needs should come from the fresh products you buy.
If your diet is already super healthy and you feel you still need a small boost here and there, using some supplements won't hurt you. But look at the proportion of 95% food / 5% supplements you must keep in mind. The absolute top priority is to have a super healthy diet, it is not to get a new set of pills in your system, ok? Why? Because any supplement is highly processed. When preparing them, they often extract one core ingredient out of the product but forget about all the rest. An "apple extract" won't feed you like a real apple! You know that of course. But all this marketing hype might make you forget this. Remember this simple rule: At least 95% of what your body needs must come from fresh products, not pills! To your power! More raw! - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
When you eat raw, you eat food with very high nutritious value.
Because it is not cooked, all vitamins, enzyms and nutrients are intact. When you cook a vegetable, you tend to lose a big fraction of its nutrients content. Now, what happens when you eat food with poor nutritious value like junk food? Your body keeps sending hunger signals until it gets what it needs. If the food you decide to eat is highly processed and has lost most of its value, your body will only get a small fraction of the nutrients it needs with the same volume of food. Result? You will eat much more to get the nutrients your body needs. When confronted with a choice between raw and cooked, always chose for raw! To your unlimited health! If you are hungry, eat! - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
Don't suppress, eat!
You need to be careful with what you eat though! That's the key!
Trying to suppress your hunger doesn't work! More on this in another post More fruits and vegetables! - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
This is the simplest nutrition habit you can change.
Ideally, these should represent 50% or more of your diet. Next time you head to a supermarket, make sure that you come out with at least half your cart filed with fresh fruit and vegetables. Enjoy! Marketing hype and how to protect yourself from it - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
The reason why so many people are overweight is because of the junk food which is being sold in supermarkets and fast foods.
You are bombarded daily with marketing messages that push you to eat junk! So, when you want to get back in shape, you have to fight a battle against all these messages. In other terms you need to become 100% junk food ad proof. Once you win THAT battle, you are bombarded by a whole new set of ads which this time promote health and diet products. These will be pills and supplements of any sort + weight loss products or machines. 95% of what is promoted to you does not work long term. The real changes you need to make to your life style to lose weight are super simple and won't cost you a thing! Investing your resources in the latest pill will only make a hole in your wallet! It won't give you a strategy you can maintain on the long term. You need to be super smart with weight loss strategies. Don't buy into the hype! Go for what's easy and obvious. Getting back in shape is NOT rocket science and all the strategies and tools you need already exist! Healthy nutrition is obvious. It is nothing complicate! Start with small steps - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
Another key strategy!
You want to start with small steps and then build this up until you reach your target easily. For instance, if you haven't been training for years, start with a couple of 30 min sessions/week. Do that for a month. Next step, either stretch your sessions or ad two more. That way you would end up with 2 one hour sessions/week or 4 x 30 min sessions/week. Your body and mind need to readapt to this new habit. If the step you try to take is too big, you will burn your will power and tend to give up because the bar is too high. Yes! You can take it easy in the beginning! Take one small step at a time and make sure that this small step is one you can maintain on the long term. The goal is not to engage in some training marathon and give up after 3 months! The goal is to establish habits in your life that you embrace, enjoy and will still be there 20 years from now. Got that? This is ESSENTIAL. You want to stay healthy LONG TERM, not just for a few months. Strategies you can easily maintain on the long term - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
Another key idea to succeed with your weight loss approaches.
The strategies you implement must be easy to maintain on the long term! If the approaches you chose require too much will power and discipline, you will tend to drop them after a few months. Instead, you need to focus on fun and take tiny steps at a time that you can REALLY embrace. Here are some examples: Instead of deciding to jogg every day for an hour, decide to start with 30 min jogs twice a week. Instead of not eating meals in the evening, decide to eat lighter raw based meals. Instead of having just a yoghurt for lunch and feeling like you starve for the rest of the day, have a light salad + a few snacks spread during the day. Be gentle with your body. You don't have to force yourself within some form of super rigid discipline. Make sure that whatever change you make can easily be maintained on the long term without major effort. To your unlimited vitality! Smoothies! Get yourself a blender! - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
This is such a powerful recipe!
If you have a blender handy, you will start using it! The next step is to make sure you have enough fruit and vegetables for a few days. You don't need a recipe. Simply cut whatever fruit you have and mix it with some water in the blender. The benefits of drinking smoothies are immense!
It's one key nutrition strategy you should implement straight away! Enjoy! Diversify your training approaches - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
This one is essential too!
Your mind will tend to get VERY bored if you simply repeat the same approach over and over again! Yes, it is better to diversify rather than sticking to just one training approach. For instance, instead of only jogging, you can swim and bike as well. Instead of only going to the gym, you can train outdoor. If you trained your upper body, focus on legs, abs and back the following time. If you went solo one day, train with some friends the following day. The key is to diversify in any way you want. Enjoy! More fun! - Less discipline! - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
For most people, weight loss sounds like effort and suppression.
In fact the process itself doesn't appeal too much because people tend to look at it from a discipline perspective. Weight loss is NOT about discipline and suppression! It is about putting in place simple daily habits you can easily maintain on the long term. If one approach doesn't appear like fun to you, shift and do something else that you will enjoy. Make your home exercise ready - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
You need to create an environment which is conductive to exercising easily.
If every time you want to train, it takes you 5 min to prepare the space, you will miss dozens of opportunities for short training sessions. Here are some ideas:
If your personal environment is filled with small training reminders, you will naturally engage in these exercises without thinking about it. You will start with small steps and within a month realize that you are already moving your body much more than before. Nutrition + Exercise strategies - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
This is one of the top core strategies to remember!
If you focus only on shifting aspects of you diet, it usually won't be enough. You need ways of moving your body as well! This is super essential and results will happen because you combine these two types of strategies. Follow up on your weight loss strategies - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
You won't get any results without focus and consistency!
What does it mean? It means that when you set up your target and design a set of strategies to reach it, you need to follow up on that strategy. So many people know exactly what to do but simply don't apply positive actions for long enough. One week, 2 weeks or even a month usually doesn't give you the results you want. You need usually to set up 3 to 6 months targets and maintain your line of action during that time! Monday, July 20, 2009Simplify your cooking style - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
Here is a simple question for you:
Will you eat less or more if the food is delicious? Of course, the more time you spend in the kitchen the more you focus on actually eating. If you prefer delicious refined meals you will have more pleasure eating and of course tend to eat more. If you simplify your cooking style, the natural impact is to eat less because you will be less tempted to eat just for pleasure. Ok, I agree you don't really need to become a "bad" cook. But, you do want to simplify your cooking style. This strategy alone can again cut your calorie intake by another 20%. You will eat what you need but not more. Enjoy! Use a small fork or a small plate - TIP - WEIGHT LOSS
This one seems like a joke, right?
Well, it is not. You can cut your calorie intake by 20% with a simple strategy like this one! Enjoy! Sunday, July 19, 2009Aim for 100% raw within a year, not a month! - ARTICLE
This is to follow up on a previous article.
The goal is to reach 95-100% raw within a year, not a month! After 3 months, you might be 60% raw. After 6 months, you might be 75% raw. After 9 month, you could reach 90%. ...And hit your target of 95-100% raw after 12 months. Remember that when you shift a nutrition pattern, you challenge many aspects of your being. You shift memory associations and your whole neuronet is being reshaped around new habits. This takes time and energy to build! Every time you prepare again a fresh delicious salad, your subcsoncious mind picks it up and you generate a chain reaction of biochemicals in your brain and body. These biochemicals will impact in the way you think and feel about food. This rearranging of your emotional reactions is a core transformation process and it does take some time for your new "raw brain" to be fully grounded. Now, if you check your biofiled, the same type of deep transformation process takes place. These core changes impact on every cell and organ of your body. Imagine how much time it actually takes to fully regenerate EVERYTHING in your body. It doesn't happen overnight. Even if sometimes, you feel that not much is happening, your whole being is STILL processing the change. Imagine that you have been eating cooked heavy meals for 40 years. Think about the accumulated memories, discussions with friends and family + transfer of this food into the core of every cell in your body. Physically, you are made of what you have been eating. When you start feeding your body differently, each cell and organ will have to readapt to this new pattern. Makes sense, right? Remember this core idea: shift to raw in a very progressive way! No need to be radical! Give your body, biofield and mind time to adapt! To your raw power! It can take 3 to 6 months to shift a core eating pattern - ARTICLE
What's a core eating pattern?
It is for instance:
These are core habits because they are more than a small shift. The mistake that most people make is trying to go from a normal worldly diet to 100% raw within a day. They then try to maintain this raw diet for 30 days for instance and then shift back to their old diet. Sure, this will cleanse your body and have a great impact, but what happens next? You go back to the old habits because maintaining a raw diet seems to require too much will power. Here is what I encourage your to do instead: THINK LONG TERM! It really took me 3 months to get used to eating raw salads in the evenings. After that period, I started enjoying it so much that the idea of going back to a cooked meal in the evening was simply unthinkable! During that period, I focused ONLY on that specific nutrition shift. Why is that? Because if you spread your effort over too many nutrition shifts at a time, you will lose your focus and could miss your target. Your body, emotions, biofield need to get used to this new habit. A habit is rooted in many levels and when you shift a core nutrition habit like the ones I describe, your whole being starts reacting and readapting to this new pattern. Honestly, even on a deeper level, I have the feeling that the cleansing process of my body which happens when shifting a core nutrition pattern is still going on 2 years after I made that shift. These are longer energy cycles and I will come to them in another article. For now, remember to be gentle with yourself. This is not a race! You want to establish core practices that you can EASILY maintain on the long term. If you use too much will power or suppression tactics your body and emotions tend to fight back. You often go back to your starting point as soon as you run out of will power. So, to summarize, here is the strategy I encourage you to follow: Step 1: Choose the exact nutrition pattern you want to change (raw lunch, raw snacks, raw dinner, smoothies, etc) Step 2: Gently introduce this new nutrition habit in your daily life. Step 3: Maintain this habit without changing any other core nutrition behavior until this habit is fully grounded. Be patient with yourself. If you follow this approach, you can totally shift your diet within a year + really own the new patterns you established. A year might seem like a long time but it is not! REALLY! What you are changing is not just an action, it is a core set of energies in your biofield, mind and physical body. To your unlimited vitality! Shifting to a raw food diet is NOT a marathon - ARTICLE
This one is essential!
It is one of the core keys to shift to a raw food diet! Take one small step at a time. Shift something you can easily maintain on the long term. Imagine that the nutrition habit you change is something that will stay long term with you. Shifting to a raw food diet is not about suppression or will power! It is about listening to your body and making changes that you can embrace with pleasure and delight. Friday, July 17, 2009FLOUR POWER - ARTICLE
Whole flour is an ingredient I use now all the time.
I ad it to my salds and mixed with the salad dressing, it creates a delicious meal. I don't eat the flour dry, ok? It is always either mixed with some fresh orange juice, water or added to my smoothies. If you simply take the flour and ad water as if you were preparing bread, it creates the same ingredients as bread. Because the flour is not cooked it maintains a much higher nutritious value than if it was turned to bread. I often ad some apple vinegar + olive oil + sald to my preparations. This idea of raw flower is used by Tibetans for instance. You will eat tsampa which is simply flower. You mix it with water, salt, very dry grated cheese and you simply eat it like that. The first time I went to Tibet and tested this recipe, I remember this boost of energy when trekking through the mountains. It is at that stage that I realized this was a key nutrition approach I wanted to tap more into. When you prepare budwig cream, you do the same except you grind the cereals yourself every morning. This is to make sure that the flour is pure and not oxidized. In Dr Kousmine's view (she invented this recipe) the flour will lose its nutritious value when left for a few hours or days. At this stage, I don't go to extremes because while travelling grinding my own flour every day is simply very difficult to do. So, I follow a midlle path with that. I do use whole raw flour but it is already grinded when I buy it. It seems to work for me, so I believe that a huge fraction of the nutritiuous value is still there. Tibetans for instance use flour which has been grinded days or months before. It is a sensitive topic, especially for those who are fanatical about Dr Kousmine's recipe, so I won't argue here about how "extreme" you need to be with the flour oxydation idea. I would need clearer and solid facts to make a final choice. As far as I can see in my own body + the energy response I feel the strategies I apply now seems to work really well. To your vitality! I no longer need a stove - TIP
This is such a freeing feeling!
It saves lots of hassle! True! My meals are now simplified to the extreme. I make salads, ad some raw flower to them. I make rich smoothies with fruits and vegetables. This is it. 95% raw for 2 years now - TIP
You might ask yourself where EXACTLY I stand with raw food?
Well, I am now around 95% raw for 2 years. The reason why I am 95% and not 100% is because I am not totally fanatical about it. If I get invited by friends or family, I'll eat what is prepared. I eat as well some cheese or yoghurt every now and then. This is it I think! Enjoy! To your raw power! No! I don't think you need to use protein supplement - ARTICLENo! I don't think you need to use protein supplement Unless you are planing to compete at the next body building meeting! Outside of the power training context, I belive extra protein is not needed at all. Here is why:
That said, I used it for 3 months and saw significant increase in my muscle volume. I believe extra protein together with 3 x 2 hour power building sessions/week were the key to this success. However, maintaining that rhythm on the long term is very challenging. After a few months, you motivation can drop together with your muscle mass. Do you really need the extra muscle volume? - If it's just for the looks, your level of motivation might quickly drop! - What about the strain on joints and overall body - Think long term!!! - is lifting heavy weights your best approach? If you stop after training for 3 to 6 months, you are back at your starting point within 6 months. Can your self esteem take it? That's all for now :) By the way... Low sugar yoghurt???? No way!!! Go for sugar free yoghurt absolutely!!! For breakfast? - whole grain cereals with fruit!!! Fruit for breakfats is good!! - Fresh fruit shakes - more on breakfasts coming soon... Negative sponsoring forces - ARTICLE
In many cases, triggers for emotional eating are external.
In other terms there is an external trigger or sponsoring force encouraging a negative eating pattern. It can come from friends or family members who suffer from the same negative eating patterns and don't want you to succeed. Or it can be the marketing hype surrounding junk food. In the case of friends and family members, you acn observe competitive patterns. It is because of this competitive attitude that people will encourage negative eating patterns in others. It is as well related with the desire to share and connect, even if it is within a self destructive circle. This works in the same way as drinking and smoking. It is a social thing. With food corporations stimulating consumption of junk food, the interest in profit. The agenda is very similar though! Someone benefits from someone else eating junk food. So, when confronting with positive food choices, a person will often select junk food instead of healthy food because of the ongoing marketing brain washing which is now totally subconsciously embeded in people's minds. All these positive images associated with junk food are now paying off and to experience fun, joy or pleasure, someone will head for the junk food section because they want to experience thse same positive emotions again and again. The truth is the the pleasure that someone experiences when eating healthy is from a totally different octave! The pleasure you egt when eating raw food is so intense and delightful and totally overpowers the emotions associated with junk food. http://vitalcoaching.com/stayfit.htm Optimize your nutrition! - ARTICLE
No matter what you decide to do with your nutrition, it is essential that you give it at least some attention!
Food is what you put in your body! Together with the air you breathe, they are the two major physical sources of energy in you! This is a short message to motivate you to be aware of what you eat and realize how much this impacts on your level of health and happiness! The link between nutrition and emotional balance is undeniable! The quality of what you eat impacts on your mood and energy level. If you are not yet focused on this, start now! This site is a perfect place to start! Many articles, videos and ideas to check out! Have a look around and start making conscious changes! Your body will thank you for that! How to stay raw when you spend lots of time on the road - RAW FOOD
The key is to be prepared.
As I mentioned ealier, rich smoothies with extra whole flour (for extra carbs) is an excellent option. A lunch box with a fresh salad is a good one as well of course. Again, with salad, you can always mix it with some raw flour to ad more solidity to it. If you checked my vids, you already got lots of recipe ideas and most of these preparations can be taken when you travel. You need 15 min in the morning to get it ready! That's all. If you tend to stress up in the morning you can prepare some of these the day before. Smoothies even if they lose a bit of their freshness do stay ok for 24 hours. Nuts, fresh fruit, some carrots and other vegetables are all more ideas for snacks. Stay focused! The fact that you are on the road is no excuse to stop with your raw food strategies. Enjoy! How to stay raw when eating out - RAW FOOD
Of course that's a challenge!
Most of the menus offer a very limited range of raw options. The good news is that these options are ALWAYS there. They are called SALADS! When travelling, it is VERY rare not to have access to a salad in some menu. The key is to be less fanatical and go for what is there. Call it an emergency solution and even if the ingredients and taste might not be perfect, these choices still exist. In many supermarkets, you will as well have incredible salad bars with lots of possibilities. I agree, it can sometimes take a bit more time to get your hands on a raw lunch but your options are usually still there. Eating out is not an excuse to throw your good resolustions out the window... You know that, right? If you are a lot on the road for work, make yourself a couple bottles of fresh green or fruit smoothies. If you ad whole flour to the smoothie, your calorie intake is higher and it is all you might need for lunch. I'll write another article about extra options for when you are on the road... Tough bike climb + Swissscapes - 7 min - VIDEOWednesday, July 8, 20095 keys to train REALLY smart!! - STAY FIT - 6 min - VIDEOhttp://vitalcoaching.com/stayfit.htm http://vitalcoaching.com/rawfood.htm http://vitalcoaching.com/biofield.htm Identify the best training rhythm - Push yourself twice a week - Nutrition!! - Set up LONG TERM targets - More than muscle building! - Endurance - Flexibility - Health - Vitality - Mind - Weight loss ArchivesJune 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 March 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 October 2009 November 2009 January 2010 February 2010
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