That means I have take a hard look at everything I am doing. I am planning on taking the super highway from now until the end of June. Then I will evaluate and reset for the next 3 months.

Join me for this year long adventure. What have you got to lose?

I just realized that I don’t usually tell you about the newest BlogTalk Radio shows. The one I did last week was on planning and 3 mistakes people make. It has some really good ideas that will work on anything. BlogTalk Radio has many good shows on a huge variety of subjects. And they are on demand. To hear mine go to www.blogtalkradio.com/imready4me.

Teleseminar tonight

Also, I am giving my favorite teleseminar “What Are You Waiting For?” on Tuesday night at 8 pm EST. It is how to get moving on any goal. It is very exciting. You can register at http://www.smartofficestrategies.com/seminars. Then at 8:00pm call in at 1-517-417-5200, Code: 31346.

Do something today to get you closer to your goal. What healthy choice will you make today? Let me know.

This time will be different. That’s what I said.  Different is not always better or easy. But I have used my time well trying to get the balance right. I made an important discovery -again. I am a speaker not a writer. I like doing my radio show and teleseminars more than I like blogging. They are easier and more fun for me.

Doing what I’m good at.

So here is  what I have been doing. My next teleseminar is – “Know where you are going – do better planning!” It is Tuesday, May 4th at 8pm EST.  This is an open Smart Office
Strategies Sample Membership Call. This is going to be a fast, content full call. Be sure to be prepared to take notes.  Call:  1-517-417-5200, Code: 18253#  It’s not to late to tell a friend. And don’t forget to sign up for the newsletter and the May 11th  teleseminar at www.smartofficestraegies.com.

I will tell you more about how to increase your successes on multiple fronts next time. What healthy choice will you make today? Let me know?

I’m still getting the hang of having success on multiple levels and not ignoring my health. In the last week, great things have been happening with both my businesses. I had my 4 grandchildren over to spend the night and go to the movies. I had my 38th Wedding Anniversary. And I had a really nice Easter with my parents and daughters. So that takes care of business and family.

What about health?

You could say that my mental health was energized by seeing my family, but my eating was a low priority. Well that‘s not completely true. I made a conscious effort to buy lots of healthy food to have in the house. I bought lots of salad, fruit, nuts, yogurt and lean meat. Probably the best thing that happened was I couldn’t get the big bag of M & M’s that I bought to share with my mother open. I decided it was a sign to give her the whole thing!

By planning good choices, my eating was better. What healthy choice will you make today? Let me know.

I spent Saturday riding around with my family looking for houses to buy. Needless to say, I didn’t plan my food very well. So we ended up at a fast food chain for a pit stop and lunch. I haven’t been in one for a long time.  The first item I saw on the menu was over 1,000 calories! Thank you Philadelphia for now having a law that calories have to be listed at chain restaurants.

What to do?

Ideally, I should have planned better or picked a better restaurant. But I didn’t. So what then? The first thing I did was to stop looking at the combo meals. The French fries and soda were definitely not worth the calories. I ordered off the $1.00 menu. You can also check out the kid’s menu. The portions are smaller. And sometimes you can put together a much healthier meal. In my case, I cut calories from 670 calories for adult version  to  340 calories for the Jr. version. I could of done better, if I had gone on line before and decided which fast food places have better choices for me or planned what is the best to order in each place.

If nothing else, it reinforced that I do not want to spend possibly a full day of calories on this type of food. What healthy choice will you make today? Let me know.

I know I have been missing in action during this holiday season. In the past I would have hung my head and felt bad.  But I used this time to prime the creative pump for an awesome 2010.  We all need to do this from time to time. Now I feel so rejuvenated!

January

January is going to be chock full of ways “I AM ECStatic!” It starts with the “I’m Ready 4 Me!” BlogTalk Radio show on Tuesday 1/5. Then on Thursday 1/7, there is the F.R.E.E. Bonus class on Annual Planning.  I am sharing a simple tool to show you a way to get more of what you want and get your life more in balance. You will not want to miss it. And it keeps getting better.

How are you going to kick off 2010 and feel rejuvenated? What healthy choice will you make today? Let me know.

No matter how much we plan, something always happens. It’s like someone is playing a joke on us. I once heard trying to have control described as trying to hold something tight in your hand. The harder you try to hold on, the more gets squeezed out. The best you can do is to set your priorities.

Dead Reckoning

I love this term. It is the process of calculating your position in order to keep on course. When you set your #1 priority, you control the outcome of your day. That’s because you have determined in advance the most important and rewarding thing you will accomplish before the day is done.  Then you get it done.

Today I decided to make exercise my priority. I gave myself a list of 3 exercises that I could do during my day (stretching, walking the dog & the vibration plate). I may only spend 10-15 minutes doing them but they add up. I stretched first thing this morning and it felt great.  I just returned from walking Monk. Tomorrow I am going to add a workout program. What one thing will you do today to advance your most important goal?

It helps to have a priority as a dead reckoning. What healthy choice will you make today? Let me know.

As we design our healthier lifestyles, we sometimes get stuck on the minutia like counting, weighting and measuring.  When this happens, it is a good idea to take a step back and look at the big picture. Let’s start with the ingredients we use.

Start with the ingredients

You can count and measure each meal all you want. It will be a lot easier if the individual ingredients you use meet your criteria for healthy. For example, how much fat, protein, carbohydrate, fiber, and etc do you want in your diet?  If your goal is to have less than 30% fat, using products that have close to 30% makes good sense.  Reading the labels can help you make healthier choices. If you want to increase your fiber, make your next selection have a higher fiber content that the last.

This will not work on all ingredients or some of our must-have favorites. But this can be fixed when you put the meal together. You can balance the fat by using low fat carbs like vegetables or lower salt intake by increasing spices. So use ingredients that meet your larger criteria, then balance each meal. Take one more step back and balance your day.

What healthy choice will you make today? Let me know.

What needs improvement?

What I didn’t do well with was my medications. I didn’t plan ahead. The good news is I’m much more active than I was before. I had planned on returning home between visits. But when the chance came up to stop by friends, I did.  But I also didn’t have any medication with me. This happened to me not once but 3 times! DUH! Because of all the activity, I didn’t realize this until today.

Take time to review your holidays so you can do better in December. What healthy choice will you make today? Let me know.

During a discussion on meal planning, it came out that take-out is many times the default solution to a meal. Guess what? If you do your planning in advance, this doesn’t have to be the worst choice. Besides total depravity never works.

Some strategies

We all have favorite take-out.  So here is how to make it healthier:
•    Look for good choices at each of your favorite places. Put together a healthier meal. That could be extra vegetables in your Chinese’s food or scooping out some of the bread from your hoagie roll.
•    Add bulk so you eat less. That could be as simple as a salad with your pizza. My favorite is to put half of a meal on a bed of greens. Kale is my favorite. It tastes and looks great.
•     Eat it as a side dish and not the main dish.

The main point is you can incorporate occasional take-out as part of a healthy lifestyle if you plan. What healthy choice will you make today? Let me know.