Building Stamina: Old School

Building Stamina: Old School.  (Monday morning focus on energy and work.)

I set goals, desire change but seem to not have the energy to escape the gravitational pull of average.  

I've heard about all of the energy and fuel it takes to get the space shuttle off the ground.  And.......it might take just about that much for me to break the barriers of self-sabotage, lack of focus and lack of discipline.

• Two weeks ago I quit drinking Diet Pepsi and have to stay far from it.  I have gone back to lemon in my water or even tea now and then.

• 5am Club is established and I love being back to these early morning hours when the house is quiet. 

•  David bought me a fancy water bottle with a spout so I can't use the excuse of my lack of depth perception, sensory issues... (amazing how many excuses I can find.) By next Monday I'll be at two a day.

This week I'm going old school!  Adding back what we used to live on!

• Oatmeal.  Good old fashioned whole oats.  I'm going to have them every day.  When the boys were little,  I chopped up apples and boiled them with Cinnamon and then put in a cooked the oats. 

• Apples.  My one room school teacher, would open her black lunch box every day, pull out an apple and a knife, and eat it while reading to us at lunch time.

• Sleep.  Consistently get 8 hours of sleep. 

1.  No pop.  2.  5a Up  3.  Drink water. 4.  Eat oatmeal.  5.  Eat an apple.  6.  Sleep 8 hours a night.

"Well Being.  The Five Essential Elements." from Tom Rath and Jim Harter with Gallup have written a very practical and timely book.  Regarding Physical Well-Being they state, 

"There are hundreds of moments every week when we make these seeming small-but eventually significant-decisions."  (p.71)  

Building on research and evidence, the authors lay out a plan that affects us today!!!  For example, we know that the food we eat has a profound impact on our energy and health today and for the future.  It is encouraging to hear that "Scientist are learning about how dietary choices accumulate over a lifetime"...or that one serving of broccoli a week goes a long away in disease prevention.

So if food and drink impacts my energy today...then I need to get with it!  

Lofty goals of losing a hundred pounds will not help me today but making more good decisions today, tomorrow and the next will.

Knowing these little steps today will help me reach the destination I want.  So...happy energy building this week friends and family!