The Moment You Finally Open Your Eyes
Article Round-Up: 1.14.24
Enjoy this week’s curated list of articles, podcasts, and more from the web to help empower you live a happier, healthier life.
Coaching Conversations: The Moment You Finally Open Your Eyes
Takeaway: Life changes us all. Often, too gradually to notice we’ve become different people. But occasionally, we are thrust into a situation that forces our eyes open to these changes in an instant.
Published This Week:
I Lost 85lbs and Kept It Off for 15 Years. Here’s How I Did It.
Takeaway: Learn the five skills I developed to successfully lose and maintain my 85lb weight loss that’s allowed me to defy the statistics for weight regain.
I discovered that healthy food can taste good.
I stopped demonizing food groups.
I learned to make exercise fun.
I built new routines to stay consistent.
I found new paths to joy that weren’t food.
Is It OK To Sleep On An Airport Floor (And Other Layover Tips)
Takeaway: In all my travel, I’ve been fortunate to not experience any major delays or cancellations. But we all know this is a numbers game and it’s bound to happen eventually.
Whether you’re a frequent flyer or once-in-a-while adventurer, these tips for navigating long delays could be useful.
Reader Question:
My schedule is so busy, it feels like I rarely have time for a full length workout. Is it OK to split exercise into smaller chunks? How do I know what is enough?
I’m a big proponent of moving the body daily. However, this doesn’t have to mean full or intense workouts. In fact, moving every day reduces the needs for more intense sessions.
In our program, we often refer to this daily minimum as a “minimum activity plan,” or MAP.
This is the minimum physical activity you need each day to feel your best. If you can do more, great! But when life gets chaotic, just try to reach this minimum.
Your MAP will be personal to you.
My minimum is a two-mile run outside.
Chris Liddle, A-Team coach based in Edmonton, CA, says his minimum is completing a few miles on his echo bike at home.
Your minimum might be a gentle walk around the block. In each case, we can feel good at the end of the day knowing we moved our bodies.
You can create your own MAP to reap the benefits of daily movement no matter your schedule.
P.S. Did you know we run virtual live workouts on Saturday mornings at 9am EST? (And they’re free!) We’re getting ready to open these up to the public, so if you want in on the action reply to this email so I can send you the sign-up link.