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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Appreciating the Moment

Ok, so there's a cliche saying that life's what happens while you're busy making other plans. Simply put, this means that life is now. It's never tomorrow or yesterday. It's always the present moment. And while striving for a better tomorrow is part of living a purposeful life, it defeats the purpose if we're so stressed over tomorrow that we miss today.

How does this philosophy relate to your fitness goals? Well, I think it just helps to keep a balanced perspective: Goals for improvement? Yes! Dreams for a better tomorrow? Absolutely! But don't forget to give yourself that pat on the back for all you have achieved yesterday and today. And don't forget to look at what is RIGHT with today--not just what is wrong with it-- and stop and breathe in the moment with full gratitude and joy. Without this, you aren't really living..are you?

POWER WORD of the DAY: NOW

POWER QUOTE of the DAY: “If the only prayer you said your whole life was ‘thank you’ that would suffice.” Meister Eckhart

A good read no matter what your background or religion.

Friday, May 4, 2012

Food Fit for a...? Factory??

Ok, my FIT FRIENDS, I'm usually quite the positive one, but this evening I have a bit of a gripe...so sit yourself down!

 As the child of a wholesale produce distributor, I grew up not with Mom buying fruits and vegetables at the store, but with Dad bringing home lugs of produce direct from the farms. It was FRESH, WHOLESOME, and, best of all, IT TASTED GOOD! And I don't mean good like that term is used today, but I mean REALLY, REALLY GOOD! A Tomato tasted like a Tomato, not like some mealy cardboard that could, perhaps, in fact be a pear if you ate it blindfolded. If it weren't for texture, I'm not sure I could distinguish one food type for another today half the time. And what's with that big white thing in the middle of the ginormous strawberries that may be big and red and last forever on the shelf, but leave your taste buds questioning if you've developed a sinus infection because there's NO fragrance at all, so no wonder there's no taste!! WHY IS THIS? Kids today don't even know what good food is. Not their fault! They haven't tried it! And why, pray tell? GMOs!

Yes, friends, you no longer eat the fresh, unadulterated gifts of the universe and its maker. Nope. Instead, we dine daily on the science experiments of sterile factories trying with all their might to maximize profits with increased shelf life and fattened up cattle that produce more milk than they were ever intended to.

So, what's the repercussions for us consumers?

Are we healthier for it all? Do we enjoy our food more? Let's just say, this stuff can't be good for you! And it doesn't taste all that great either!

Have we improved on Mother Nature? HARDLY! .... Being fit means being your best, inside and out. I can't see where these lab-created versions of food "fit" into the picture. My mother's been crying foul on this for years..to her credit. But I revisited the info, thanks to my good friend, Waltzing Mathilda.

So, Mathilda, whenever you're ready, the train for Oregon is at the station...Either that, or we could try breaking out the time warp machine...

http://www.naturalnews.com/035734_GMOs_foods_dangers.html

POWER WORD of the DAY: NATURAL

POWER QUOTE of the DAY:
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

E. B. White