What got me started on a healthy lifestyle?
It wasn't being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease.
One of my first experiences with movement and its benefit to my health was in my mid-late 20s. I had stopped running and my PMS symptoms came back. The migraines, and the cramping. I questioned it like so many. Can hormone health be affected by exercise? I grab the runners, and the dog and headed out the door to test this.
This was the beginning of my quest to learn about my body, exercise, and what "health" means to me.
What do you think happened?
That’s right, running helped! Back to experiencing very little or no PMS and I no longer felt dread at that time of the month.
This has led me to drink more water, stop caffeine in the afternoon, and learn how much sleep my body requires in order to wake up feeling repaired and refreshed. And all this was years before I was even diagnosed with severe ulcerative colitis.
If you told me back then that all that experimenting would lead me to write a newsletter to help people I would never have believed it and yet here I am!
This is what I hope for many of you and it is why I created Nourished Life and the 5 Basics. I wanted to give you the simplest tools because I know firsthand that not only do they work but when something works I believe this is what sparks us to begin to do our own research for our own bodies and wellbeing.
Now some clients have said, “it’s work trying to check each of The 5 Basics off each day.”
This is an easy fix. Some clients like to check the boxes in their daytimer/ journals. For others, this is what I suggest. It’s a tried and true way to accomplish your goal of incorporating The 5 Basics. First look at the 5 Basics:
Stay Hydrated
Eat Clean
Move That Body
Sleep Well
Find your Passion and perform it daily!
Put these in order from the one you are already good at to the last being the one you struggle the most with. Perfect one Basic each week and then keep it in the schedule the second week with the next Basic. Here’s an example. Let’s say you begin with the order as above. Week 1 you focus on increasing your water intake. Week 2 you continue to keep up with the water intake and begin to eat cleaner and smarter. Week 3 you keep #1 and #2 while starting to move your body more with a step counter or joining a gym. And so on until the 5 Basics are an easy way of life!
So for some get those shoes on, grab that dog and head out the door to a healthier you!
Today is Monday… how about we all start today? Are you with me?
Tell me in the comment your order of the 5 Basics from easiest to do, to hardest. This way I will know what you are starting with.
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We are wishing you all an amazing week and if there is any way I can help please reach out!
One final thing… Gutsy Walk is just 5 weeks away! I am continuously fundraising to reach my goal of $2000. If you would like to donate please visit my personal web page on the Gutsy Walk website here…
Stay nourished,
Milka & Sporty
Next week we tackle #3 and #4 of the 5 Basics, movement and sleep!
