Spring is a perfect time to not only do some deep cleaning, but also to do some serious revamping. I'm not talking about decluttering your house, throwing junk out and shifting furniture around...I'm talking about decluttering your body, cleaning your cupboards out and shifting your mindset. Lets start with decluttering your body.
Most peoples' bodies are like toxic factories. Unfortuneately, toxins store in the fat, most people have too much fat and are doing too little to get rid of that fat. Furthermore, the average person is exposed to over 500 toxins per day from the air we breathe, to the food we eat, to the things we drink to the stress we have. Also consider that the average person has 2-10 stored meals sitting in their colon at any given time. The worst part is that most people are not extinguishing these toxins from their body. Instead they are giving them a nice, warm, cozy place to live and multiply. This obviously has many serious health implications that I will not get into in this blog. I simply want to inform people to develop a plan of action to eliminate these toxins on a daily basis so you can live a better quality life. Our bodies were not designed to be a toxic dump site. The first step in cleaning out the toxins is a five letter word for many of you...WATER. You need at least 64 oz per day, but should ideally be at half your bodyweight in ounces per day. What do you count as water? Well, as the saying goes, "if you wouldn't wash your face in it, don't count it as water." Also, it should be filtered water free of chlorine, flouride and many other very harmful chemicals that get into the water. Next, you should be eating most of your foods from God-made sources, not man-made. Processed foods are little toxic warehouses. They are a double whammy! They will make you fat and give you an abundance of toxins to store in that fat. The bottom line is that you need to eat real, high fiber foods as close to the way they are in nature as possible. The more organic the better as well so you avoid the harsh chemicals and soil conditions filling our plants with awful toxins. If you need nutritional help, then seek a professional that is PRACTICING WHAT THEY PREACH. Next, no matter how good you eat, you WILL be missing many important nutrients so WHOLE FOOD supplementation is a must. You need daily supplementation that will alkalize, detoxify, fill nutritional gaps and balance the immune system. Failure to take this seriously will lead to health problems. A great website to check out for supplementation is http://www.defeatthefat.org/. The last thing I will mention is exercise. Sweating out toxins is excellent! Even better is the fact that exercise will help control stress giving you a better outlook on life and more confidence. Stress in the body releases toxic substance that will destroy your body over time. Exercise is crucial for regular detoxing as well as toxin control.
The last 2 things I will lump together and be brief about although they are vitally important...cleaning your cupboards out and shifting your mindset. Lets face it, if you have bad food and drinks in the cupboards, you WILL consume them. So, get rid of them! Don't use them up until they are gone...just get rid of them...NOW! They will not do you any good. You need to revamp what's in your cupboards and fridge. If you only have healthy food and drinks around...guess what...you will only consume healthy food and drinks. If you need to splurge every now and then, go out and get it and then it's gone. If you bring the cake home, you will keep eating it every day until it's gone. Believe me, I know how that works because I have seen many food logs to prove it. This also goes along with a shift in mindset. If you hold onto the past, your hands won't be wide open to grab your future. (If you hold onto bad foods/drinks/habits, you will never change your body or your health.) You have to decide how bad you want it! You spring clean your house, your office, your car...etc. Why not spring clean your body? Spring is the perfect time to get your body detoxified and KEEP it detoxified as well as revamping how you shop at the grocery store and shifting how you think about your body and health. Do you want your body to be a toxic dump site or a flourishing garden of health? Go after the body you were designed to have and don't settle for less!
Monday, April 4, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Personal Health Portfolio
Are you making an investment in your health? Are you setting your body up for retirement?
So many people make their finances a top priority and are very diligent at saving and investing for their futures. Why not do that for you body? You might have millions of dollars, but if your health is poor, you can't enjoy that money. What is more important, your health or your money? I heard a great quote one time that really sums up what I'm talking about. "So many people lose their health to make money and then get to a point in life where they turn around and have to spend money on their bad health." You have the power to make the choice to invest in your health so you can draw from that interest as you get older.
Most people wait before something happens and then have to do medical intervention. I would much rather practice prevention by having a well-balanced health portfolio. There are some key investments that you need to make in order to get the best return on investment from your health. Consider this list of health investments:
I boldly ask you to not discount any of the health investment options that I mentioned. Actually, in my book, they are not really options, they are just a way of life. If you need help putting the right portfolio together, hire a professional. You get a financial advisor for your finances, so why not get a health advisor for your health and well-being? No one knows when they will leave this earth, but why go sooner than your intended time? Furthermore, don't you want to have as high a quality of life as possible until it's your time to go? I promise you that you will never regret having a strong personal health portfolio. The earlier you get started, the better the investment is, but it is never too late to start investing.
So many people make their finances a top priority and are very diligent at saving and investing for their futures. Why not do that for you body? You might have millions of dollars, but if your health is poor, you can't enjoy that money. What is more important, your health or your money? I heard a great quote one time that really sums up what I'm talking about. "So many people lose their health to make money and then get to a point in life where they turn around and have to spend money on their bad health." You have the power to make the choice to invest in your health so you can draw from that interest as you get older.
Most people wait before something happens and then have to do medical intervention. I would much rather practice prevention by having a well-balanced health portfolio. There are some key investments that you need to make in order to get the best return on investment from your health. Consider this list of health investments:
- Daily detoxification including regularity
- Immune system balancing
- Alkalizing
- Adequate water intake
- Unprocessed natural and organic foods and FIT eating
- Whole food supplementation
- Blood sugar control
- Cortisol control
- Sufficient REM sleep
- Thermogenesis
- Maximized metabolism
- Natural growth hormone release
- Hormonal balance
- Essential exercise selection
- Positive practice
I boldly ask you to not discount any of the health investment options that I mentioned. Actually, in my book, they are not really options, they are just a way of life. If you need help putting the right portfolio together, hire a professional. You get a financial advisor for your finances, so why not get a health advisor for your health and well-being? No one knows when they will leave this earth, but why go sooner than your intended time? Furthermore, don't you want to have as high a quality of life as possible until it's your time to go? I promise you that you will never regret having a strong personal health portfolio. The earlier you get started, the better the investment is, but it is never too late to start investing.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
What Are You Waiting For?
Are you spending too much time thinking about your health and fitness goals instead of taking action towards them? No matter how hard and long you think about them, you will never accomplish your goals without action.....CONSISTENT ACTION! Consider that we are now in February and the gyms are starting to clear out as people begin to fall away from the motivation they had just 1 month earlier. One month is only scraping the surface of their goals, yet, why do so many people lose focus after such a short period of time?
My first response is that they don't want it bad enough, or in other words, DESIRE it. If someone has a strong enough desire to do or accomplish something, they will stop at nothing until they get there. I could give you story after story for examples of this.
Here is one...think about someone trying to quit smoking. They try pills, hypnosis, patches, gum, etc. They stop smoking and then start again...in the same day! AND, do it day after day. Most of them are "trying to quit." It's like someone trying to eat better...you DO or you DON'T! The apple or the donut. What about those people that quit cold turkey and never smoke again? What separates them from the others that I have mentioned? It is a DECISION that was birthed out of a DESIRE. The bottom line is that if someone only wants something and doesn't DESIRE something, there is a part of them that really doesn't want to change their behaviors.
So, with that said, people usually WANT to look better, feel better and be healthier. They talk about it, read about it, watch t.v. shows about it, join gyms, go on crazy DIEts, buy exercise equipment, take pills and think this is the answer. The truth is that none of those things are the answer! So many people are missing the TRUTH. The TRUTH doesn't cost anything monetarily, it doesn't involve piling more information into your brain, it's not tangible and it doesn't come and go like the wind. It is something that is locked up deep inside every person and is like a hidden treasure chest. Inside this treasure chest are not excuses for why you can't... (fill in the blank), external stimuli or wishful thinking. Inside the treasure chest you will find nuggets of gold like...I WILL accomplish my health and fitness goals and will stop at nothing to get there, I DESIRE to look and feel better and will do WHATEVER IT TAKES to make that happen, I WILL continue to PUSH until I get to the top of the mountain and my body IS a LIVING sacrifice and I WILL treat it like one.
It is these affirmations and revelations that come from deep within that will literally and figuratively shape who you are and who you will become. If you want the secret to weight loss and looking and feeling your best...YOU ALREADY HAVE THE ANSWER! Find that treasure chest and unlock it. The gold inside it may save your life!
~Clayton Halls
My first response is that they don't want it bad enough, or in other words, DESIRE it. If someone has a strong enough desire to do or accomplish something, they will stop at nothing until they get there. I could give you story after story for examples of this.
Here is one...think about someone trying to quit smoking. They try pills, hypnosis, patches, gum, etc. They stop smoking and then start again...in the same day! AND, do it day after day. Most of them are "trying to quit." It's like someone trying to eat better...you DO or you DON'T! The apple or the donut. What about those people that quit cold turkey and never smoke again? What separates them from the others that I have mentioned? It is a DECISION that was birthed out of a DESIRE. The bottom line is that if someone only wants something and doesn't DESIRE something, there is a part of them that really doesn't want to change their behaviors.
So, with that said, people usually WANT to look better, feel better and be healthier. They talk about it, read about it, watch t.v. shows about it, join gyms, go on crazy DIEts, buy exercise equipment, take pills and think this is the answer. The truth is that none of those things are the answer! So many people are missing the TRUTH. The TRUTH doesn't cost anything monetarily, it doesn't involve piling more information into your brain, it's not tangible and it doesn't come and go like the wind. It is something that is locked up deep inside every person and is like a hidden treasure chest. Inside this treasure chest are not excuses for why you can't... (fill in the blank), external stimuli or wishful thinking. Inside the treasure chest you will find nuggets of gold like...I WILL accomplish my health and fitness goals and will stop at nothing to get there, I DESIRE to look and feel better and will do WHATEVER IT TAKES to make that happen, I WILL continue to PUSH until I get to the top of the mountain and my body IS a LIVING sacrifice and I WILL treat it like one.
It is these affirmations and revelations that come from deep within that will literally and figuratively shape who you are and who you will become. If you want the secret to weight loss and looking and feeling your best...YOU ALREADY HAVE THE ANSWER! Find that treasure chest and unlock it. The gold inside it may save your life!
~Clayton Halls
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Happy New Body
The new year is here so take a look in the mirror. Do you like what you see? If not, do you plan to make some new year's resolutions that you are not going to keep and end the year in even worse shape than you began? This is a typical cycle of Americans and it leads their bodies down a path of destruction. You only live once right? So, why don't you treat your body like it is important? I promise that you will be much happier in life if you are healthy versus eating and drinking and indulging in whatever you want. Do you want a life full of health or your health sucking the life out of you? I think it is safe to say that most people would want a life full of health, but it is amazing how little they are willing to do for it. If you want your health to change, you must take action. If you get beyond wishful thinking and decide to take action, I want to warn you of 7 deadly sins to avoid.......
1. DIEts
2. ANYTHING Unnatural, Except The Supernatural (hormones, preservatives, chemicals, processing, etc)
3. Gimmicks Including Caffiene Loaded Weight Loss Stimulants
4. Excuses
5. Medications (there are some exceptions to this sin)
6. Chronically Negative People
7. Lack of Professional Advice
Of course there are more, but this is a great start. Also, I didn't mention the things to not avoid which I will in the future. The bottom line is that you have to get out of your head and off the fence and into something that motivates you and on track to becoming healthier. It takes desire and dicipline, you just need to dig deep enough to find it. You may or may not believe in resolutions, but I encourage you to take advantage of a new year and shift your health into high gear. It could be a new year and a new you. Don't settle for a new year and same old you. You deserve better than that!
1. DIEts
2. ANYTHING Unnatural, Except The Supernatural (hormones, preservatives, chemicals, processing, etc)
3. Gimmicks Including Caffiene Loaded Weight Loss Stimulants
4. Excuses
5. Medications (there are some exceptions to this sin)
6. Chronically Negative People
7. Lack of Professional Advice
Of course there are more, but this is a great start. Also, I didn't mention the things to not avoid which I will in the future. The bottom line is that you have to get out of your head and off the fence and into something that motivates you and on track to becoming healthier. It takes desire and dicipline, you just need to dig deep enough to find it. You may or may not believe in resolutions, but I encourage you to take advantage of a new year and shift your health into high gear. It could be a new year and a new you. Don't settle for a new year and same old you. You deserve better than that!
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