Mindfulness: Can Help Decrease Stress, Prevent Weight Gain and Fatigue

Stressed? Over Weight? Fatigued?

FIRST: Stress, Weight and Fatigue can be tackled with adjustment to your eating habits. How often you eat and what you eat are key. MonaVie RVLution provides you with nutritionally sound products for meal replacement and an online presence for recipes, tips on fitness, etc.

SECOND: Stress, Weight and Fatigue can ALSO be tackled with your "mind" . . . being intentional throughout your day. Not functioning on auto-pilot and multi tasking yourself into chaos rather regaining and maintaining your sense of balance daily.

Autopilot can exact a price. Example: you want to lose weight and yet you sit in front of the TV and absent mindedly eat a whole bag of chips. Or you get on an exercise machine and watch TV or read a book to pass the time and end up not even breaking a sweat.

Sudden Changes can exact a price. Example: loss of a job or relationship. Or change in finances up or down. Changes of family structure, such as kids move back in. The stress and frustration of it all is starting to disrupt your life and affect your health.

Holiday Seasons can exact a price. You let shopping for the holidays prevent you from experiencing the joy and connectedness that can accompany the season.

Full catastrophic living is caused by a mind left to its own devices of wandering through all sorts of thoughts, including expressing anger, self pity or depression  . . . and even worrying about what you may have for dinner. Most of this type of thought has to do with the past or the future and none about the moment NOW. This is a habit that can be easy to change and easy NOT to change. This kind of habit is changed with taking on a little practice called "Mindfulness" . . .  intentionally living.

Mindfulness or Intentionally Living becomes significant in helping decrease stress, prevent weight gain, fatigue and overwhelming feelings that can lead to larger health issues.

Incorporate the following:
1. At home or at work, every time the phone rings, take one or two deep breaths BEFORE you answer.
2. Studies show multi tasking is inefficient and harmful to our health. Start doing this: when eating a meal, do only that. No TV and no Reading. Just you and the food in front of you, enjoying with gratitude.
3. Waiting in line? Take that opportunity to focus on breathing or appreciating the details of your surroundings.
4. Use your "non-dominant" hand for simple tasks like holding a fork or brushing your teeth. I'm a swimmer, and I will change lanes, or start at a different end of pool, or even start change the side I breathe from. This requires me to intentionally make those adjustments.

When considering your health, Mindfulness invites you to separate yourself from whatever condition you may be experiencing and to accept yourself as a whole person, one just happens to be dealing with being overweight, or dealing with high blood pressure, or high cholesterol, diabetes, depression, etc. Want your quality of life to become better? Then practice being in the NOW and be Mindful of your whole day, everyday.

BALANCE by Day and REST by Night w MonaVie Functional Beverages

FEELING STRESSED? A 2010 national stress survey by the American Psychological Association (APA), Stress in America, revealed that “stress is not only taking a toll on our personal and physical health, but it is also affecting the emotional and physical well-being of children and our families.” 

The most common sources of stress identified in the APA survey were:
Money (76 percent)
Family responsibilities (73 percent)
Work (70 percent)
The economy (65 percent)

The APA survey also indicated that people with more stress tended to have only “fair” or “poor” overall health, while those with lower stress tended to have “very good” or “excellent” health.

One Nation Under Stress:
- Percentage of people who regularly experience physical symptoms caused by stress – 75 percent.
- Percentage of people who regularly experience psychological symptoms caused by stress – 73 percent.
- Percentage of people who feel their stress has increased over the last five years – 48 percent.  
- Percentage of people who reported lying awake at night due to stress – 48 percent.

“The demand for functional beverages that offer relaxation and/or stress relief is high in the U.S.,” suggests Mintel’s research published in Functional Beverages (U.S., May 2010),where 48 percent and 36 percent of all functional drinks buyers aged 18+ indicated an interest in functional drinks that help relieve stress and elevate mood, respectively. * American Psychological Association, American Institute of Stress, April 2012.

Perhaps the most striking finding from the Stress in America survey was that Americans are having a harder time coping with their stress levels. To help people manage their stress, MonaVie created two exciting products: MonaVie Balance™ and MonaVie Rest™.

MonaVie Balance is an AM/PM supplement that helps your body adapt to stress while creating a sense of well-being.

MonaVie Rest is a delicious blend of 16 fruits, fennel, lemon balm, chamomile, and inositol, which helps promote a naturally calm, relaxed state. - See more at: http://www.monavie.com/en/products/control-stress#sthash.Yq8oPglk.dpuf

Inflammtion In The Body. The Answer: MonaVie Juices

Fruits and Vegetables are nature's way of keeping inflammation subdued in the body. The consumption of daily fruits and vegetables in America is the lowest anywhere. 3% of American's get enough . . .  the other 97% do not. This percentage is a true reflection of the overall poor health American's have. In today's America each person needs to consume 9-12 servings of fruits and vegetables everyday. Children under the age of 12 need to consume 5-7 servings. This can get expensive and daunting to achieve on a daily basis. MonaVie juices makes is very easy and its affordable. Just one ounce of MonaVie juice provides the equivalent of 3.25 servings of fruits and vegetables. Each ounce of juice is the perfect way to supplement the body with fruits and vegetables, combating inflammation. MonaVie juices provides all of the necessary color spectrum of fruits and vegetables and it's bottled for you with natural additives to give pain support, joint support, immune support and heart support. Go to www.mymonavie.com/ast100 and sign up for a free preferred customer account and put yourself and your family on the path to much better health.

Play Away The Jiggles - A Lifestyle for Moms and Dads!! :-D

The "Play Away Your Jiggles" article I wrote for First for Women is on new stands now, Here's the 2 page article & it's about the 5 best playground exercises to burn fat & tone up! Go get your copy (available at all new stands) & start having even more fun with your exercise. For more info check out http://www.firstforwomen.com  Lets keep making our health happen! Mark MacDonald

MonaVie is the Company That Makes You "Feel" Good.

From the Lab by Dr Shawn Talbott . . . A series of Movies focusing on the MonaVie product line. A great way to keep up with what is current and what is coming!!

Answer these questions:
1. Feeling Stiff and Sore?
2. Feeling Tired and Worn Out?
3. Feeling You Are Gaining Weight?
4. Feeling Stressed Out?
5. Feeling Depressed?

Click below and watch this video.  It will be the best 24 minutes you've spent today.


http://youtu.be/2QUdwYleX8E

Skinny Sleep

Poor quality sleep can inhibit healthy weight. If you want skinny sleep, then manage your stress well AND get plenty of restorative sleep.

Pre and Post Workout!! MonaVie Active!!

100 min swim here I come . . . MonaVie Active, "do your thang"!! Want a better workout and recovery? . . . Get on MonaVie Active. Its built for the athlete in you!

Playground Time!! . . . Sliding Your Way to a Trimmer Tummy

It's time to slide to a slimmer & tighter tummy! Here's playground exercise #3 from the First for Women Article -

Tip 3 - Slide into a Flatter Belly – the next time you sit down at the top of a slide, place your legs together while bending them slightly. Before takeoff, lift your feet off of the slide about 5 inches while engaging your core, keeping your weight firmly on your “sit bones” in your... tush. Place your hands gently on the sides of the slide or if feeling daring, straight out in front of you for balance. This sneaky slide move will target your entire core & lead you to tight, flat belly!

And Turbo charge the exercise with some interval training....simply do 30 second bursts of running up the slide stairs, then slide down and repeat as fast as possible for 30-60 secs, then rest for 30-60 secs and repeat for 15 minutes. Awesome way to get some creative interval training in! Mark MacDonald

28 Day Jump Start to Your Permanent Weight Loss by Mark MacDonald

Get Those Sexy Arms on the Monkey Bars!!! Its Playground Time!!

Here's the second playground exercise from the First for Women article I wrote... Time to get your arms tight & toned!

Tip 2 - Firming Your Upper Arms on the Monkey Bars – lifting your kids to reach those monkey bars engages your whole body (core, legs, back, chest, and arms) – make sure to engage your core, too (drawing your navel into your spine) to prevent injuries. To target and tone your back, grab the monkey bar with a neutral grip (palms facing each other), engage your core and then slowly lift your whole body up as far as you can go while squeezing your shoulder blades together. Slowly lower back down. For a beach-ready tummy, repeat the neutral grip and let your body hang from the monkey bar with knees bent and legs together. Slowly raise your knees to your chest without swinging your body, hold and then slowly lower knees back down. Work your way up to 10 repetitions for both exercises.

Tomorrow I'll share how to Slide to a flatter belly....Lets keep making our health happen! Mark MacDonald

Your Good Health is Your Best Investment.

A Health News Flash: Mark played tennis last week with a long time New York Life/Investment Agent. He tells Mark, "From everything I've been studying and seeing from every angle over the years, the BEST investment is in your good health. You need your good health to work longer if necessary. And investing in your good health can help avoid the one sickness that drains the money invested." The solution is simple and don't mistakeningly think you have "all of the time in the world". You don't. 1.) start drinking MonaVie Juices to protect those red blood cells. Easy. 2.) if you are over weight, lose it permanently by using MonaVie RVL products and eating to stabilize blood sugar. 3.) if you are at a proper weight, eat for keeping your blood sugar stable and include MonaVie RVL products for that. 4.) Daily Fitness. Get with a Trainer or with a friend who already works out. 5.) Control Stress. Use MonaVie Vigor for support. 5.) Get enough sleep and restoration. 7.) Your budget should include money for management of your good health BEFORE entertainment.

Causes of Obesity . . . Obesity is Curable.

Obesity is curable . . . What obesity causes in your body may not be. How much is your good health worth? To your family? Your Work? Your Finance? Be Your Best Healthcare Plan!! 

Swing Your Way to Trimmer Thighs . . . and Hang w The Kids.

 

Swinging Your Way to Trimmer Thighs – most of your muscle is located in your lower body, so, targeting hamstrings and quadriceps during swinging is a fun way to sculpt lean, sexy legs and boost your entire body’s calorie burn. Try squeezing your quads while you swing forward (concentrating the burn at the very top) and then squeezing your hamstrings on the way back to really target those muscles. To accelerate your calorie burn and strengthen your core, pull your navel into your spine and hold gently.  

Free Radical Daily Battle!! MonaVie's Mark Macdonald Interviewed by Andrea Jackson

Chronic Low Lying Stress from the Lab of Dr Shawn Talbott

MonaVie MX vs Local Farmers Market Product . . . WOW!!

Heads up!!: Returned from our local farmers market . . . a family is selling veggie OR fruit blend in 64 oz bottles to be consumed at 8 oz at a time. The veggie juice has 4 greens and the fruit juice has 4 fruits, none exotic. The only additive is flax seed. $16 bucks a jug. That's 8 servings at $2 a serving, 4 veggie or fruits, no knowledge of veggie or fruit servings. If you want a jug of fruit AND a jug of veggie that's $32. NO GUARANTEE of health benefit!! No delivery. No clue of processing methods . . . except for an interesting bucket they poured out of  . . . hmmmmm?

OR . . . . the "no brainer" choice: 

MonaVie Mx: 19 fruits AND 11 veggies (several exotic), additives are wellmune, plant glucosamine, acavie, and esterfied fatty acids. Strengthens your immune system and positive benefits for inflammatory pain. Bottles are 26 oz, 2 oz serving for adults 1 oz serving for children, $35 per bottle = $2.70 per adult serving, $1.35 per child serving. Just 2 oz. of MonaVie Mx provides the equiv of 6.5 servings of fruits/veggies. Full disclosure of processing, shipped to your Door, guaranteed health benefit, state of the art technology available in a non-invasive scan to measure health benefits.

Come on. . . .  :-D

Are You In Sickness or In Health? . . . Get Scanned

You and your family should be scanned by The View scanner by MonaVie. It's non-invasive, using light spectroscopy to measure your antioxidant levels thru your skin, which are important in protecting your red blood cells from damage, which can later turn into disease in the body. MonaVie juices are guaranteed to raise those antioxidant levels into the healthy ranges and keep them there. Contact us at 505-550-2478 for your free quick scan today. :-)

Family and Friends Depend on Your Good Health

Last Sunday we attended a small town church service. The pastor is a fired up retired military dude. His message was excellent and moving. He preached on John 15:13. "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends". One part of his msg stood out, "in the military we trained daily and kept fit so that we could count on each other" . . . what I heard was, "train daily and keep fit so that your family and friends can count on you." Here's the Q, "can your family and friends count on your good health? . . .

Fat Burning Cardio Comes AFTER High Intensity Cardio or Strength Training

Remember to always do your fat burning cardio AFTER high intensity cardio or strength training.....it's the best way to optimize results & your body's fuel pathways. Here's a snapshot of how to diversify your exercise so your maximize your training. There are two different schedules, one for losing weight/fat & one for gaining weight/muscle. Full details in chapter 6 of Body Confidence. My suggestion for you this weekend is to get super clear on your exercise plan & make sure you're activating all of your muscle. Lets keep making our health happen! Mark MacDonald, Body Confidence

Weight Loss Secret: It's All About Blood Sugar

"We're taught that losing weight simply comes down to burning more calories than we take in. Nutritionist Mark Macdonald says it's time to think differently. He describes the importance of blood sugar when it comes to weight loss and how that determines if muscle or fat gets burned". Mark MacDonald, Body Confidence

Click on the Title Above: Weight Loss Secret: Its All About Blood Sugar