Monday, July 27, 2009
KNOW THE JOY
Are there tasks that you find unpleasant? Your very own attitude is mostly what makes them that way.
Instead of looking for ways to avoid the effort, look for ways to make it fun. Decide that you'll enjoy whatever you're doing.
Truly appreciate each opportunity you have to be productive and effective. Find joy in the experience of making a difference.
Enjoy what you're doing, and you'll do it well. Enjoy what you're doing, and you'll reliably get it done.
Rather than punishing yourself with resentment, reward yourself through effective effort. Your attitude is yours to choose, so choose a positive attitude that brings truly outstanding results.
Whatever the situation, allow yourself to know the joy that comes from making a positive contribution. Make every effort a joy, and make great things happen.
-- Ralph Marston
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
5 Keys to Quit Smoking For Good!
Five Keys for Quitting
Email Studies have shown that these five steps will help you quit and quit for good. You have the best chances of quitting if you use them together.
1.Get ready.
2.Get support.
3.Learn new skills and behaviors.
4.Get medication and use it correctly.
5.Be prepared for relapse or difficult situations.
1. Get Ready
Set a quit date.
Change your environment.
Get rid of ALL cigarettes and ashtrays in your home, car, and place of work.
Don't let people smoke in your home.
Review your past attempts to quit. Think about what worked and what did not.
Once you quit, don't smoke — NOT EVEN A PUFF!
2. Get Support and Encouragement
Studies have shown that you have a better chance of being successful if you have help. You can get support in many ways:
Tell your family, friends, and coworkers that you are going to quit and want their support. Ask them not to smoke around you or leave cigarettes out.
Talk to your health care provider (for example, doctor, dentist, nurse, pharmacist, psychologist, or smoking counselor).
Get individual, group, or telephone counseling. The more counseling you have, the better your chances are of quitting. Programs are given at local hospitals and health centers. Call your local health department for information about programs in your area.
3. Learn New Skills and Behaviors
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Try to distract yourself from urges to smoke. Talk to someone, go for a walk, or get busy with a task.
When you first try to quit, change your routine. Use a different route to work. Drink tea instead of coffee. Eat breakfast in a different place.
Do something to reduce your stress. Take a hot bath, exercise, or read a book.
Plan something enjoyable to do every day.
Drink a lot of water and other fluids.
4. Get Medication and Use It Correctly
Medications can help you stop smoking and lessen the urge to smoke.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved five medications to help you quit smoking:
1.Bupropion SR — Available by prescription.
2.Nicotine gum — Available over-the-counter.
3.Nicotine inhaler— Available by prescription.
4.Nicotine nasal spray — Available by prescription.
5.Nicotine patch — Available by prescription and over-the-counter.
Ask your health care provider for advice and carefully read the information on the package.
All of these medications will more or less double your chances of quitting and quitting for good.
Everyone who is trying to quit may benefit from using a medication. If you are pregnant or trying to become pregnant, nursing, under age 18, smoking fewer than ten cigarettes per day, or have a medical condition, talk to your doctor or other health care provider before taking medications.
5. Be Prepared for Relapse or Difficult Situations
Most relapses occur within the first three months after quitting. Don't be discouraged if you start smoking again. Remember, most people try several times before they finally quit. Here are some difficult situations to watch for:
Alcohol. Avoid drinking alcohol. Drinking lowers your chances of success.
Other Smokers. Being around smoking can make you want to smoke.
Weight Gain. Many smokers will gain weight when they quit, usually less than ten pounds. Eat a healthy diet and stay active. Don't let weight gain distract you from your main goal — quitting smoking. Some quit-smoking medications may help delay weight gain.
Bad Mood or Depression. There are a lot of ways to improve your mood other than smoking.
If you are having problems with any of these situations, talk to your doctor or other health care provider.
Email Studies have shown that these five steps will help you quit and quit for good. You have the best chances of quitting if you use them together.
1.Get ready.
2.Get support.
3.Learn new skills and behaviors.
4.Get medication and use it correctly.
5.Be prepared for relapse or difficult situations.
1. Get Ready
Set a quit date.
Change your environment.
Get rid of ALL cigarettes and ashtrays in your home, car, and place of work.
Don't let people smoke in your home.
Review your past attempts to quit. Think about what worked and what did not.
Once you quit, don't smoke — NOT EVEN A PUFF!
2. Get Support and Encouragement
Studies have shown that you have a better chance of being successful if you have help. You can get support in many ways:
Tell your family, friends, and coworkers that you are going to quit and want their support. Ask them not to smoke around you or leave cigarettes out.
Talk to your health care provider (for example, doctor, dentist, nurse, pharmacist, psychologist, or smoking counselor).
Get individual, group, or telephone counseling. The more counseling you have, the better your chances are of quitting. Programs are given at local hospitals and health centers. Call your local health department for information about programs in your area.
3. Learn New Skills and Behaviors
There's more content below this advertisement. Jump to the content.
Try to distract yourself from urges to smoke. Talk to someone, go for a walk, or get busy with a task.
When you first try to quit, change your routine. Use a different route to work. Drink tea instead of coffee. Eat breakfast in a different place.
Do something to reduce your stress. Take a hot bath, exercise, or read a book.
Plan something enjoyable to do every day.
Drink a lot of water and other fluids.
4. Get Medication and Use It Correctly
Medications can help you stop smoking and lessen the urge to smoke.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved five medications to help you quit smoking:
1.Bupropion SR — Available by prescription.
2.Nicotine gum — Available over-the-counter.
3.Nicotine inhaler— Available by prescription.
4.Nicotine nasal spray — Available by prescription.
5.Nicotine patch — Available by prescription and over-the-counter.
Ask your health care provider for advice and carefully read the information on the package.
All of these medications will more or less double your chances of quitting and quitting for good.
Everyone who is trying to quit may benefit from using a medication. If you are pregnant or trying to become pregnant, nursing, under age 18, smoking fewer than ten cigarettes per day, or have a medical condition, talk to your doctor or other health care provider before taking medications.
5. Be Prepared for Relapse or Difficult Situations
Most relapses occur within the first three months after quitting. Don't be discouraged if you start smoking again. Remember, most people try several times before they finally quit. Here are some difficult situations to watch for:
Alcohol. Avoid drinking alcohol. Drinking lowers your chances of success.
Other Smokers. Being around smoking can make you want to smoke.
Weight Gain. Many smokers will gain weight when they quit, usually less than ten pounds. Eat a healthy diet and stay active. Don't let weight gain distract you from your main goal — quitting smoking. Some quit-smoking medications may help delay weight gain.
Bad Mood or Depression. There are a lot of ways to improve your mood other than smoking.
If you are having problems with any of these situations, talk to your doctor or other health care provider.
Feeling Frustration
Feeling frustration
What does it feel like when you are ready to do whatever it takes to succeed? It feels exactly like frustration, because that's what it is.
Whenever you feel frustration, you are primed to make a positive difference in the world. You are highly motivated to create new and meaningful value.
Don't let your frustrations go to waste by allowing them to get you down. Choose instead to put your frustrations to work.
Listen carefully and gratefully to what your frustration is telling you. Discover and begin to manifest the improvements that your frustration is begging you to make.
By understanding what frustrates you, you'll better understand what fulfills you. When you feel strongly about what's wrong, you're already on your way toward making it right.
Be aware of your frustrations and pay attention to their messages. You'll find powerful positive purpose in them all.
-- Ralph Marston
What does it feel like when you are ready to do whatever it takes to succeed? It feels exactly like frustration, because that's what it is.
Whenever you feel frustration, you are primed to make a positive difference in the world. You are highly motivated to create new and meaningful value.
Don't let your frustrations go to waste by allowing them to get you down. Choose instead to put your frustrations to work.
Listen carefully and gratefully to what your frustration is telling you. Discover and begin to manifest the improvements that your frustration is begging you to make.
By understanding what frustrates you, you'll better understand what fulfills you. When you feel strongly about what's wrong, you're already on your way toward making it right.
Be aware of your frustrations and pay attention to their messages. You'll find powerful positive purpose in them all.
-- Ralph Marston
Monday, July 20, 2009
Fitness Tips 4Life.....
Quick Tips to Getting Fit and Staying Fit
1. Work out regularly. Aim to train 2 - 5 times a week. Each session should last between 20 minutes to 1 hour. Remember it is the quality (not the quantity) of the time you spend training that leads to progression. Push yourself harder on days when you feel you have more strength, and go easier when you feel less energetic.
2. Do a mixture of exercises. Make sure that your training regime covers all the necessary elements. Your weekly exercise program should include elements of cardiovascular (aerobics, running, brisk walking, stepping, skipping rope, rowing), resistance training (weights or own body exercises such as press ups) and, finally, flexibility (stretching). You should always warm up and cool down before each session.
3. Take up a new class. Commit to trying a new exercise discipline within the next month. I call this the 'Heineken Principle', because different forms of training hit different places! Why not try an aerobics class or even a type of boot camp class?
4. Become independent. It's really important to learn to exercise without equipment. How many times have you heard about people going off on a sun soaked holiday, only to return feeling unfit and sluggish because there was no gym there? If you learn to use your own body by doing squats, lunges, press ups, a variety of sit-ups and stretches, you can work out wherever you are in the world. Then there is no excuse for not looking after yourself!
5. Eat a balanced diet. You'll never be properly fit if you don't put the right fuel into your body. If you simply exercise more, to make up for sloppy eating habits, you will actually push your ultimate goal further away and run the risk of over training. Food is not your enemy. Eating and appetite are basic instincts. You'll become stronger and fitter more quickly, if you eat little amounts of nutritious foods at short intervals.
6. Get help. Working with a personal trainer in the gym can make the difference between getting almost fit and achieving true fitness. By fine tuning your form and technique, your exercises will take on a new meaning.
7. Create a healthy environment. Whether you spend most of your time at home or at work, don't let yourself be surrounded by temptations that could throw your healthy regime off course. Clean out your fridge and cupboards and get rid of easy-to-eat junk foods that are filled with empty calories. Instead, make sure you have plenty of healthy snacks around you to keep you on the right track.
8. Surround yourself with like-minded people. The more you hang out with individuals who are on the same path as you, the less chance you have of straying. Friends and partners who follow healthy lifestyles are more likely to encourage and support each other to achieve their fitness goals.
9. Keep moving. Try to walk more, instead of using the car or bus. Also take every opportunity to be involved in fun and games, be it with the dog, your children, or your partner.
10. Remember, fitness is 4Life! Working out and eating correctly are not short term projects. They are things that should be as natural to us as brushing our teeth. Make fitness a permanent part of your life by following these tips, and you'll lead a better and more fulfilling life.
Obesity is becoming more and more prevalent in our society.
Due to poor eating habits, lack of exercise, and over indulging in food.
Diabetes is at an all time high!
Asthma and diabetes is rapidly increasing in children!
Over 75% of Americans are Obese!
Cancer is at an all time high because of poor dieting meaning high cholesterol & fat consumption which clogs your arteries.
Heart Disease is also at an all time high & constantly increasing.
Feel free to visit www.6421130.my4life.com and look at some all natural supplements that can support and encourage healthier eating habits, increase metabolism, and fight back against, high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, asthma, lupus, arthritis, etc..
1. Work out regularly. Aim to train 2 - 5 times a week. Each session should last between 20 minutes to 1 hour. Remember it is the quality (not the quantity) of the time you spend training that leads to progression. Push yourself harder on days when you feel you have more strength, and go easier when you feel less energetic.
2. Do a mixture of exercises. Make sure that your training regime covers all the necessary elements. Your weekly exercise program should include elements of cardiovascular (aerobics, running, brisk walking, stepping, skipping rope, rowing), resistance training (weights or own body exercises such as press ups) and, finally, flexibility (stretching). You should always warm up and cool down before each session.
3. Take up a new class. Commit to trying a new exercise discipline within the next month. I call this the 'Heineken Principle', because different forms of training hit different places! Why not try an aerobics class or even a type of boot camp class?
4. Become independent. It's really important to learn to exercise without equipment. How many times have you heard about people going off on a sun soaked holiday, only to return feeling unfit and sluggish because there was no gym there? If you learn to use your own body by doing squats, lunges, press ups, a variety of sit-ups and stretches, you can work out wherever you are in the world. Then there is no excuse for not looking after yourself!
5. Eat a balanced diet. You'll never be properly fit if you don't put the right fuel into your body. If you simply exercise more, to make up for sloppy eating habits, you will actually push your ultimate goal further away and run the risk of over training. Food is not your enemy. Eating and appetite are basic instincts. You'll become stronger and fitter more quickly, if you eat little amounts of nutritious foods at short intervals.
6. Get help. Working with a personal trainer in the gym can make the difference between getting almost fit and achieving true fitness. By fine tuning your form and technique, your exercises will take on a new meaning.
7. Create a healthy environment. Whether you spend most of your time at home or at work, don't let yourself be surrounded by temptations that could throw your healthy regime off course. Clean out your fridge and cupboards and get rid of easy-to-eat junk foods that are filled with empty calories. Instead, make sure you have plenty of healthy snacks around you to keep you on the right track.
8. Surround yourself with like-minded people. The more you hang out with individuals who are on the same path as you, the less chance you have of straying. Friends and partners who follow healthy lifestyles are more likely to encourage and support each other to achieve their fitness goals.
9. Keep moving. Try to walk more, instead of using the car or bus. Also take every opportunity to be involved in fun and games, be it with the dog, your children, or your partner.
10. Remember, fitness is 4Life! Working out and eating correctly are not short term projects. They are things that should be as natural to us as brushing our teeth. Make fitness a permanent part of your life by following these tips, and you'll lead a better and more fulfilling life.
Obesity is becoming more and more prevalent in our society.
Due to poor eating habits, lack of exercise, and over indulging in food.
Diabetes is at an all time high!
Asthma and diabetes is rapidly increasing in children!
Over 75% of Americans are Obese!
Cancer is at an all time high because of poor dieting meaning high cholesterol & fat consumption which clogs your arteries.
Heart Disease is also at an all time high & constantly increasing.
Feel free to visit www.6421130.my4life.com and look at some all natural supplements that can support and encourage healthier eating habits, increase metabolism, and fight back against, high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, asthma, lupus, arthritis, etc..
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
How To Persevere!
Hebrews 12:7-13
verse 7: Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
verse:8 If you are not disciplined then you are illegitimate children & not his true sons.
verse 9: Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the father of our spirits and live!
verse 10: Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness.
verse 11: No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
verse 12: Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.
verse 13: Make level paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
It is discipline that you endure. When trials and adversity arise, it's difficult for us to see the forest throught the trees. Our emotions, thoughts, and actions become focused on the events that are immediately in front of us and we forget to take a step back and picture how all of these things can be used to lead us toward a better relationship with Christ. Every circumstance enters into our lives so that our own self-discipline can increase even more.
Peace and Blessings!
verse 7: Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
verse:8 If you are not disciplined then you are illegitimate children & not his true sons.
verse 9: Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the father of our spirits and live!
verse 10: Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness.
verse 11: No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
verse 12: Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.
verse 13: Make level paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
It is discipline that you endure. When trials and adversity arise, it's difficult for us to see the forest throught the trees. Our emotions, thoughts, and actions become focused on the events that are immediately in front of us and we forget to take a step back and picture how all of these things can be used to lead us toward a better relationship with Christ. Every circumstance enters into our lives so that our own self-discipline can increase even more.
Peace and Blessings!
Monday, July 13, 2009
What Kind of Fruit Are You?
John 15:1-5
verse 1: "I am the true vine, and my father is the gardener.
verse 2: He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.
verse 3: You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
verse 4: Remain in me, and I in will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
verse5: I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."
What kind of fruit are you? If you planted an apple tree, then its going to produce apples. If you planted a peach tree then its going to produce peaches. You won't plant apples and get oranges or plums on that tree. When you are a child of God then you plant seeds in people that will produce christians down the road. If your not planting seeds how can you be a soul winner and bringing lost souls to Christ? Either you produce fruit or figs, meaning either your on God's team or your on the Devil's team. What kind of fruit have you been displaying? Galatians 5:22 tells you what kind of fruit God's children should be daily? You are suppose to deny yourselves pick up your cross and follow christ daily.
God Bless You
verse 1: "I am the true vine, and my father is the gardener.
verse 2: He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.
verse 3: You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
verse 4: Remain in me, and I in will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.
verse5: I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."
What kind of fruit are you? If you planted an apple tree, then its going to produce apples. If you planted a peach tree then its going to produce peaches. You won't plant apples and get oranges or plums on that tree. When you are a child of God then you plant seeds in people that will produce christians down the road. If your not planting seeds how can you be a soul winner and bringing lost souls to Christ? Either you produce fruit or figs, meaning either your on God's team or your on the Devil's team. What kind of fruit have you been displaying? Galatians 5:22 tells you what kind of fruit God's children should be daily? You are suppose to deny yourselves pick up your cross and follow christ daily.
God Bless You
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