Challenge for Week of February 2 :) from BB1

A New Way of Thinking...

Alrighty! How did last week's challenge go? Well for me...I really enjoyed watching the clip that encouraged us to do something that is really hard for us 2x a week for 1 minute! I chose push ups...I still hate them, but I have a newfound respect for them because I was able to persevere and push through! For the recipe challenge, Matthew and I found a few recipes that we are going to put on the menu this month! One is a healthy stuffed bell pepper and the other is a weight watchers chicken parmesan casserole!! Sounds Yummy right? Ok, for the emotional wellness side of the challenge from last week...Matthew and I spent some time and made our menu for this upcoming week as well as planned out when we are going to work out...as well as some fun things we could do together that were cheap! We found a greenway and park near our house that has a place for the dogs to play while we can walk or do some stationary type exercises (thing lunges, sit ups, push ups, jumping jacks, etc)! We both love to watch the puppies play and why not burn some calories while the dogs are too? :) 

Well that is my update on last week's challenge! You can give your thoughts Bri in another post if you would like!

Challenge Time:

As I'm sure you can tell from the blog post...this week's challenge is going to focus more on the self-respect side of being healthy. There are so many different types of "being healthy": physical, spiritual, emotional. This week, I struggled with all three. However, after really taking the time to buckle down and focus on what the root was...I found it was mainly an emotional health problem. With that being said, this week's challenge will focus on helping me, and everyone, begin to learn to RESPECT themselves...even when they screw up! 

This is a website that I have found pretty helpful when it comes to emotional health and relieving stress. 

http://www.help-yourself-stress-relief.com/what-is-emotional-health.html

One of the things that I have come to realize is that I stress out very easily and very quickly. I can go from happy to depressed in about 2.2 seconds. Also, I have found out recently that when I get stressed out, I have a serious case of 'acid refulx' or something that pops up in my throat and makes it hard to breathe, eat, drink, or focus on anything except for getting rid of the burning sensation in my throat. 

My challenge this week is as follows:

*explore the things that can stress you out very quickly and de-motivate you to do anything and write those down 

*explore the things that make you feel happy and like you are on top of the world

*find a way to combine emotional and physical health in one fell swoop. 

     *EX: while on the treadmill, listen to some soothing music or a motivational speech that lifts you up

*LAST THING:

     *each evening before bed, spend 5-10 minutes reflecting on the day and the things you did really good at...and then congratulate yourself and really focus on those small things! 

My goal for this challenge is to be able to keep this up and have it become a habit to reflect on the day as it passes and to celebrate the small things in our lives! This is the beginning to truly being happy with ourselves!