body wholeness

BODY

Throughout this last year I have been taking an interest in an {even more} alternative lifestyle. I have experiemented with Vegan, Gluten-Free, and Vegetable based diets. I was seeing a chiropracter for a season. For cramps {and other emotional girly stuff} I take a hebal PMS relief tablet, Calcium-Magnesium-Zinc pills, and "Get a Grip" by The Republic of Tea. I was trying natural allergy medicine for my allergies to cats, but sadly I needed something a lot stronger )=
I have some additional aspirations for this new season. 

Chiropractor
I want begin seeing a Chiropractor again- There is one in town I had been too who mainly adjusts the two top vertabre in your spine. I really liked him, because he is into holistic medicine and other "crazy" stuff. I'm trying to get Shane to go with me.

Whole-food-Vegetable-Based Diet
I'm working towards an unprocessed- whole-food- vegetable based diet. I really enjoy cooking and baking, and I'm moving to devote more time to that. Pinterest and our local Farmers Market have been become my healthful eating best friends. They make meal planning a synch, and actually fun {gasp!} I eat 100 times better than I did before I moved to Redding. A persons taste in foods really does change over time, and you really can learn to like other foods. I mean come on, I eat tomatos {happily} now! To accomplish this, I want to increase my consumption of vegetables. I feel that the best approach is to increase your consumption of produce so that you begin to crowd out other less nutritious temptations. I personally prefer to make food at home, because that way I know EXACTLY what goes into it, and into my body. Also, that will make eating out feel like a special treat, save me some monies, and a continuously fun date night idea.
Here are some basic foods I hope to crowd out:
Sugars- I have the worst sweet tooth! I want to lower my sugar intake including; Agave, Maple Syrup & etc.
Dairy - consume occasionally, but focus on organic & grass fed 
Coffee- I want to turn coffee into a treat, rather than a ritual
Processed & Empty calorie foods- there's just really no need

Exercise
Trust me, I too have fallen into the lazy pit, and have neglected my body of this glorious treatment. I can get bored easily with exercise. I need variety, and to make it fun. I'm aiming to become more physically active as a habit by plainly increases the amount of physical things I do. The picture above was taken on a bike ride Shane and I took around town. It was his great idea.  Here are some easy things I love to do, that will help make exercise stay interesting:
Volleyball
Hiking & Adventuring Outdoors
Swimming
Pilates
Running {slowly running} the trails
Stretching
Dancing
A helpful tip I picked up lately said that you do not need to do all 30 minutes of exersize in one sitting; you can split it up into three 10 minute intervals, or any way you'd like.

Sleep
My favorite pillar of health! I sleep A LOT. I've come to find that my body does require more sleep than most others. I'm shooting to always get nine hours a night, and never compromise for less than eight. I will not feel guilty for taking naps. My biggest goal is to NOT use the snooze button. I feel much better when I don't.


The most important key about each of these goals is to take the time to accomplish them. It is so easy to let unimportant things distract from staying healthy.