Not much time just now, but really wanted to get a little note out here:
There are improvements in my 100# goal... check my SPARKnEarthlyBest blog for details! :)
There is news in my new business as well... read about it in my Eco~Mom~Andee blog!
And in things around here moving in an earthly best direction...
using cloth shopping bags more consistently;
making more foods & meals from scratch;
removed about 80% of the toxic products from our home;
steadily finding more ways to conserve, to reduce, to reuse, to recycle, to repurpose more and more things in our lives in an effort to live healthier and more purposeful lives to our earthly best!
Showing posts with label lose weight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lose weight. Show all posts
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
It Takes Money:
So I just keep on keeping on, and hanging on, and going on!
There is so much I wish to do but this body of mine doesn't wish to cooperate so often. :( You know the saying, "It takes money to make money" ??? (Sure you do - everyone does) Well, it's true; but so is this! It takes money to regain health!
Why is it that the more you see a doctor, the more you need to see a doctor? And why is that when a doctor gives you a prescription for one ailment it causes a few others to develop for which you need a few more prescriptions for? Why aren't doctors really interested in helping people get healthy?
MONEY!
That's what it's all about! Money! See, if the doctors make you well then you don't need to see them so much so they don't make as much money. And if they don't give you a prescription when they see you then the pharmacy guys don't make as much money either. And somewhere in the picture are all the other entities that make a little money with every visit: the clinics, the hospitals, the labs, the insurance companies... there are so many people (jobs) with a vested interest in keeping you coming back time after time. You wouldn't come back if you were well!!!
HOW does it take money to regain health?
The basic recipe to regain health is to do what your body needs to be healthy.
1. You need to stop doing things that make it unhealthy.
2. You need to start doing things that help it be healthy.
3. It's best to both 1 & 2 at the same time until you regain full health.
Sounds so simple! So easy! Right?
Wrong!!!
Let's take #1 - what makes us unhealthy?
Pollution, chemical exposures, poor quality foods, a lack of nutrients in whatever we take in, lack of exercise. That's about it. "Garbage IN, Garbage OUT" is really all our unhealthy bodies are saying to us!
Let's stop it!
Pollution - just for us personally it's expensive to remove pollutants from our environment. Same with chemical exposures. Poor quality foods - we can buy higher quality at a higher price. So again we're back to money. Same thing for nutritional values of anything we eat or drink... takes more money to get more quality. Exercise is maybe the one thing that doesn't need to cost more for us - we just need to make it a higher priority in our lives and do it more often. But exercise alone generally won't make us completely healthy.
To regain health takes money!
Let's look at #2! Start buying better quality foods with higher nutritional values... those cost more, but aren't you worth it? Remove all the chemicals from your home - the cleaning stuff, the shampoos, toothpaste, body washes, soaps, cosmetics, air fresheners, etc. Watch for furnishings that contain chemicals that emit fumes into your home. And what about the foods and drinks you consume? Some are loaded with chemicals and carcinogens and other harmful stuff. Read all the labels carefully! Ask questions! Do your research!
But, to do a really top-notch job (there's a lot of stuff to replace!) with this it takes more money!
I mean, let's face it! Look around you! Who do you see with the most health problems? Those with the least money! I'd be willing to bet that if you could take away the money issue, make it so everyone has equal access to the best quality foods and the highest level of nutritional value for everything they ate and drank then you would find lots more healthier people. They would just keep on getting healthier too!
Right now I am so tired of always needing more money to keep doing what I'm already doing! It's making it harder and harder to save up for things I really need yet! I need to eat totally organic foods, and drink totally organic beverages. But the highly processed stuff is cheaper and fits my present budget better. :( I need to build up my own business more. But that means more printing stuff from my home computer (business cards, flyers, info sheets, invitations, etc.) or paying someone else to do it. I need to keep my bills (rent, utilities, phone, car, groceries, etc) paid up but that gets tricky when the cost for those things goes up and the income stays the same, or worse, goes down!
Bottom line... IT TAKES MONEY!!!
There is so much I wish to do but this body of mine doesn't wish to cooperate so often. :( You know the saying, "It takes money to make money" ??? (Sure you do - everyone does) Well, it's true; but so is this! It takes money to regain health!
Why is it that the more you see a doctor, the more you need to see a doctor? And why is that when a doctor gives you a prescription for one ailment it causes a few others to develop for which you need a few more prescriptions for? Why aren't doctors really interested in helping people get healthy?
MONEY!
That's what it's all about! Money! See, if the doctors make you well then you don't need to see them so much so they don't make as much money. And if they don't give you a prescription when they see you then the pharmacy guys don't make as much money either. And somewhere in the picture are all the other entities that make a little money with every visit: the clinics, the hospitals, the labs, the insurance companies... there are so many people (jobs) with a vested interest in keeping you coming back time after time. You wouldn't come back if you were well!!!
HOW does it take money to regain health?
The basic recipe to regain health is to do what your body needs to be healthy.
1. You need to stop doing things that make it unhealthy.
2. You need to start doing things that help it be healthy.
3. It's best to both 1 & 2 at the same time until you regain full health.
Sounds so simple! So easy! Right?
Wrong!!!
Let's take #1 - what makes us unhealthy?
Pollution, chemical exposures, poor quality foods, a lack of nutrients in whatever we take in, lack of exercise. That's about it. "Garbage IN, Garbage OUT" is really all our unhealthy bodies are saying to us!
Let's stop it!
Pollution - just for us personally it's expensive to remove pollutants from our environment. Same with chemical exposures. Poor quality foods - we can buy higher quality at a higher price. So again we're back to money. Same thing for nutritional values of anything we eat or drink... takes more money to get more quality. Exercise is maybe the one thing that doesn't need to cost more for us - we just need to make it a higher priority in our lives and do it more often. But exercise alone generally won't make us completely healthy.
To regain health takes money!
Let's look at #2! Start buying better quality foods with higher nutritional values... those cost more, but aren't you worth it? Remove all the chemicals from your home - the cleaning stuff, the shampoos, toothpaste, body washes, soaps, cosmetics, air fresheners, etc. Watch for furnishings that contain chemicals that emit fumes into your home. And what about the foods and drinks you consume? Some are loaded with chemicals and carcinogens and other harmful stuff. Read all the labels carefully! Ask questions! Do your research!
But, to do a really top-notch job (there's a lot of stuff to replace!) with this it takes more money!
I mean, let's face it! Look around you! Who do you see with the most health problems? Those with the least money! I'd be willing to bet that if you could take away the money issue, make it so everyone has equal access to the best quality foods and the highest level of nutritional value for everything they ate and drank then you would find lots more healthier people. They would just keep on getting healthier too!
Right now I am so tired of always needing more money to keep doing what I'm already doing! It's making it harder and harder to save up for things I really need yet! I need to eat totally organic foods, and drink totally organic beverages. But the highly processed stuff is cheaper and fits my present budget better. :( I need to build up my own business more. But that means more printing stuff from my home computer (business cards, flyers, info sheets, invitations, etc.) or paying someone else to do it. I need to keep my bills (rent, utilities, phone, car, groceries, etc) paid up but that gets tricky when the cost for those things goes up and the income stays the same, or worse, goes down!
Bottom line... IT TAKES MONEY!!!
Monday, July 12, 2010
Goals - 365 days - 173 days - 51 days - 20 days
Goals - 365 days - 173 days - 51 days - 20 days!
The interesting thing about goals is that anyone can set them - anyone can say they are going to have "this goal" to shoot for. But, does anyone meet that goal? (Maybe) Does everyone? (Not at all!) Of course, a few do actually meet their goals. These people set a goal, keep it in mind, stay focused on it, and meet it on time! I want to be one of these people! :)
Today begins DAY ONE for me. Some will say I'm nuts; some will say I'm trying to do too much; some will say it's not possible. One or two people I know will say, "Go for it!" and/or "You can do it!" Those people I want to keep close to help me when I feel like what all the others have said is true!
This blog has at this point a small bunch of followers (mostly lurking, not letting others know they are following) that actually know me personally, in real life, not just online. Some day there will be more I'm sure but for now, to those few who stop to read I invite you to share with me a journey that goes beyond going green and getting healthy as it has been seen so far since I started this blog.
I am posting some goals for myself and will welcome your support to keep me on track with them. :)
365 day goal: to be 100+ pounds lighter! Huge goal (pun intended) for me and one I've had for a long time. Things keep getting in the way. :( Well, now I want that to change. I know what to do to lose the weight. I know how to do it safely, and so it will stay off after losing it. But I keep letting other things pull me away from doing the tasks I need to do to meet this goal. So, from this point on I need to remember to not allow that (feel free to remind me)!
(I will also be doing this one on my SPARKnEarthlyBest blog.)
WHY do I want this? Aside from the obvious fact of getting to a "normal" weight, I hope that losing 100+ pounds will improve my health, improve my mobility, improve my stamina, and even improve my battle with depression!
173 day goal: to be a Senior Director in my business! This is big too! The company has a plan they call Pacesetter that sets up your business goals to become a Senior Director within a year. My team also has a plan; it ups the pace; follow that plan and you could become a Senior Director in 6 months! Now, to add to that the company has just added an incentive to become a Director V (5) within my own Pacesetter time frame and they will give a bonus of $5,000! I am in my first month for all of these potential goals! 173 days is what I have left to achieve them! If I go for the Senior in Six plan I'll make Director V about halfway there (about 86 days)!
(I will also be doing this one on my EcoMomAndee blog!)
WHY do I want this? One, for the money, of course, LOL But two, and more importantly; achieving this success will release me from feeling dependent on others for the means to even have just a minimally simple life!
51 day goal: to have enrolled 20+ customers in my business! That's what I do! It's fairly simple - call people to set appointments for an overview of a healthier, safer, better way to shop and after they understand how it works then I enroll them so they can do it too! Together we make a difference now in our homes, our lives, and our environments!
(I will also be doing this one on my EcoMomAndee blog!)
WHY do I want this? 20 customers by this point will have me on track to meet the 173 day goal.
20 day goal: to have enrolled 10+ customers in my business! Same as 51 day goal but it's set to end at the end of July. I already have 2 customers so I just need 8 more in the next 20 days. :)
(I will also be doing this one on my EcoMomAndee blog!)
WHY do I want this? 10 customers puts me well on track to meeting my goals! Getting 10 every month right on through December will pretty much guarantee that I'll get to Senior Director by then.
Wondering why I'm putting all this out here in a blog?
Accountability for one! LOL
But also tracking and/or journaling the process or progress, lol.
Maybe it will help others in some way or inspire them to do the same! :)
The interesting thing about goals is that anyone can set them - anyone can say they are going to have "this goal" to shoot for. But, does anyone meet that goal? (Maybe) Does everyone? (Not at all!) Of course, a few do actually meet their goals. These people set a goal, keep it in mind, stay focused on it, and meet it on time! I want to be one of these people! :)
Today begins DAY ONE for me. Some will say I'm nuts; some will say I'm trying to do too much; some will say it's not possible. One or two people I know will say, "Go for it!" and/or "You can do it!" Those people I want to keep close to help me when I feel like what all the others have said is true!
This blog has at this point a small bunch of followers (mostly lurking, not letting others know they are following) that actually know me personally, in real life, not just online. Some day there will be more I'm sure but for now, to those few who stop to read I invite you to share with me a journey that goes beyond going green and getting healthy as it has been seen so far since I started this blog.
I am posting some goals for myself and will welcome your support to keep me on track with them. :)
365 day goal: to be 100+ pounds lighter! Huge goal (pun intended) for me and one I've had for a long time. Things keep getting in the way. :( Well, now I want that to change. I know what to do to lose the weight. I know how to do it safely, and so it will stay off after losing it. But I keep letting other things pull me away from doing the tasks I need to do to meet this goal. So, from this point on I need to remember to not allow that (feel free to remind me)!
(I will also be doing this one on my SPARKnEarthlyBest blog.)
WHY do I want this? Aside from the obvious fact of getting to a "normal" weight, I hope that losing 100+ pounds will improve my health, improve my mobility, improve my stamina, and even improve my battle with depression!
173 day goal: to be a Senior Director in my business! This is big too! The company has a plan they call Pacesetter that sets up your business goals to become a Senior Director within a year. My team also has a plan; it ups the pace; follow that plan and you could become a Senior Director in 6 months! Now, to add to that the company has just added an incentive to become a Director V (5) within my own Pacesetter time frame and they will give a bonus of $5,000! I am in my first month for all of these potential goals! 173 days is what I have left to achieve them! If I go for the Senior in Six plan I'll make Director V about halfway there (about 86 days)!
(I will also be doing this one on my EcoMomAndee blog!)
WHY do I want this? One, for the money, of course, LOL But two, and more importantly; achieving this success will release me from feeling dependent on others for the means to even have just a minimally simple life!
51 day goal: to have enrolled 20+ customers in my business! That's what I do! It's fairly simple - call people to set appointments for an overview of a healthier, safer, better way to shop and after they understand how it works then I enroll them so they can do it too! Together we make a difference now in our homes, our lives, and our environments!
(I will also be doing this one on my EcoMomAndee blog!)
WHY do I want this? 20 customers by this point will have me on track to meet the 173 day goal.
20 day goal: to have enrolled 10+ customers in my business! Same as 51 day goal but it's set to end at the end of July. I already have 2 customers so I just need 8 more in the next 20 days. :)
(I will also be doing this one on my EcoMomAndee blog!)
WHY do I want this? 10 customers puts me well on track to meeting my goals! Getting 10 every month right on through December will pretty much guarantee that I'll get to Senior Director by then.
Wondering why I'm putting all this out here in a blog?
Accountability for one! LOL
But also tracking and/or journaling the process or progress, lol.
Maybe it will help others in some way or inspire them to do the same! :)
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