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I recently watched a video of a seminar given by John Berardi of Precision Nutrition. He looks like and amazing person. PhD, weight trainer, nutritionist, successful business man, handsome,….married? Ach, who cares! I’m taking a huge interest in the Precision Nutrition (PN) system as part of my personal re-evaluation after my big wake-up call. In this seminar, John outlined a whole lot of things including the PN diet plan and key attitudes for success. One of the things he mentions when talking about attitude is completing the following sentence: “I’m the kind of person who…” It’s part of the “What you tell yourself you become, you become” attitude. You complete the sentence with the habits and characteristics that you want to ingrain. So, if you’re overweight and one of your habits is to always eat everything on your plate no matter how much is there, you might complete the sentence by saying, “I’m the kind of person who leaves food on my plate at each meal.”

Mental imaging

I love The Secret. It’s great! Mental imaging has been a part of my life since I first read Dr. Bernie Segal’s book, Love, Medicine and Miracles when I was doing chemo. I’m also a great fan of affirmations. John Berardi says to use the phrase, “I’m the kind of person who…” to create the image of yourself performing the behavior patterns that you would like to have become habits. After all, the hardest part of forming new habits is the initial change, right? Right.

Okay, if you see yourself doing “it,” then you will do “it.” Right? Well….sometimes. I’ve known for a while (well, actually, forever) that I should be doing some type of weight-bearing exercize at least three times every week. I’ve known since starting my studies at Rimon that certain study habits will help me to be more efficient and make my learning experience a lot easier. I’ve envisioned myself ensconced in them and also exercizing every day, but did I do it? Continue Reading »

Sometimes I just wish it would get easy, that someone would provide simple answers. But life continuously challenges us with complications and it’s what we do when this happens that defines who and what we are.

I’ve known for a long time that exercise is an important factor in not only health, but functionality. If you’re dealing with pain or restricted movement, you’re simply not going to be as functional as you are if you’re pain free, can move and breathe easily, and have lots of energy. But I haven’t done much about it. The exercise I have done, and I’ve done it so regularly that it’s an integral part of my daily routine (just about every morning) isn’t weight bearing. It includes stretching, breathing and strengthening exercises that are directly related to singing. They’re also directly related to strength because that’s important to me–I love being able to move furniture, boxes, equipment, lift heavy things. It’s just me. Continue Reading »