Four Things

Four things to think about this month:

1. Replace every negative thought with a positive thought.

Example: I never have time to exercise, eat right, etc.
New thought: I have all the time in the world to do everything I want.
I am always tired. New thought: I have boundless energy!
I am never going to lose this weight! New thought: I am losing the weight easily and effortlessly!
Mind over matter really works! Just keep working on the positve thoughts!


2. Be consistent.
Just 10 minutes a day is all you need to be consistent with whatever you are working on. No need to get hung up about it. There is no pressure. Just take a few minutes each and every day!

~Exercise: jump rope, walk up and down your driveway, run up and down your stairs.

~Healthy meal planning: think of 5 healthy meals and put the ingredients on your shopping list.

Example: Chicken chili-chicken, beans, salsa & cumin, or roast chicken and vegetables-chicken, potatoes, carrots, onion, etc.

~Reading with the children: sit down and read just a few pages everyday and have them read to you.


3. Cut out the sugar! If you want to lose weight, have clear skin, a strong immune system, more energy and just a better outlook on life you have to cut out the sugar!

White, refined sugar is poison (and so is fake sugar so please do not think you are doing yourself a favor by drinking and eating aspartame, Splenda and sucralose-YOU ARE SLOWLY POISONING YOUR BODY, TOO!) and I am not making this up! Every single health expert will tell you that but most of us are NOT LISTENING! It is slowly killing us!

You can replace white, refined sugar with natural, good-for-you products!
Fruit is the best dessert and sweetener, full of vitamins, nutrients and essential fiber, but there are other options, too, for sweeteners.

One of the best is agave nectar or agave syrup (Costco is selling it right now at an awesome price!), which comes from a cactus plant and has a very low glycemic index which rates how quickly the food turns itself into sugar in the body.

Another is Sucanat, which is natural sugar cane found at the health food sections of many stores. It is like a coarse brown sugar with many nutrients and is a bit less sweeter than a more refined natural sugar.

Brown rice syrup, unpastuerized local honey, unsulphured molasses and maple syrup are great natural sweeteners, too.

You NEVER have to use white sugar again! Get it out of the house NOW, along with all of the products that list it in their ingredients! It will say sucrose, fructose, corn syrup etc.
It really is killing us!


4. Last but definitely the most powerful thing we can do: say 'thank you'!
Your life will change dramatically! You will become a more peaceful, happier person! Doors and windows that you never thought possible will open up for you! All of your dreams will begin to come true!

Say it over and over and over again!

You will see, feel and just know your life has changed immediately!


Just 4 things I am working on and thought you could, too!

Thinking of you with thankfulness,
Laura