Setting Goals for Healthy Living

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I’m all inspired to be on the ‘live healthy’ side. While there are a whole lot of reasons to live healthy, personally, my topmost reason is that I want to live longer and to avoid any diseases while I’m still young. Being healthy for me isn’t just physical, I also want to take care of my mental and emotional health. I also don’t want to have too much financial worries when I grow old so I want to prepare for it now. I want to save more and if possible have a senior life insurance.

But how do I achieve and maintain a healthy living lifestyle. I think it’ll be a good idea to set some goals with regards to this.  For one thing, it’ll keep me in track. There are times coming for sure that I would waver from this goal, so having some simple easy to achieve goals or steps will help me much more.

Setting goals starts with assessment. Where you are right now and what you want to achieve. This I have to do. A check of example how much weight loss I want to achieve.  It’s also a must for me to have a thorough physical health check-up so I would know where are the areas I need to improve on.

I have to pick goals also that are actually realistic for me. For one I don’t plan to be reed thin like a model, that I would never be. I just want to achieve the weight that is right for my height. I also have to list it down and make sure it is specific, measurable – I could check on my progress, rewarding and can also be place on a time frame.

I think it’ll also be more successful if I share this goals with people who care. Like my family and my friends. At least they’d be there to prod me in case I’m deviating. And lastly, one thing I learned – to listen to your body. Sometimes we tend to overdo things, so I want to listen and learn to interpret the signal my body gives off.

A Low Carb Diet

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Huh?! Another blurb about dieting? Indulge me ok? Hahaha, its something that is dominating my consciousness for the past few weeks. I’m simply happy that I finally found a dieting way to help me lose the extra pounds. I’m not sure yet if this would work for a long time and if I would manage to achieve my weight loss goal, but things are looking rosy and I can’t help but be positive.

I realize now that nothing really beats going on good old diet and exercise, not even the best fat burners. What is currently working for me is a low-carb diet. I picked South Beach Diet simply because while it is the same as other Low carb diets, it is different in a way that it chooses unsaturated fat vs. saturated fat.

Low carb diet is really effective in jump starting your weight loss mainly because it requires an almost total withdrawal from carbohydrates forcing our body to use stored fats. This is usually in Phase I. Then Phase II, you’ll be adding gradually small amounts of carbo and this way, I have managed to find and adjust to eating a good and healthy amount of carbohydrates.

One thing about this diet, you have to drink plenty of fluids specially water and a doctor friend, also advised me to take a daily multivitamin to ensure that my body is receiving the right nutrients. I have also started to exercise more regularly since after losing the fat, its expected that you will lose muscles, so muscles can be maintained by some strength training.

Handbag Pick of the Week 15: Tanned Yellow Capri Leather Crossbody Tote

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I am currently obsessing about cross body bags. I love them!! Casual and very functional. So its hardly surprising a crossbody bag makes it to my pick of the week, my first pick for the new year 2011!

Tanned Yellow Capri Leather ”Braid Handles” Crossbody Tote from Purse Boutique.com – $168. Also available in black and grey.

Cheers to a New Year!

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I’m just dropping in wish everyone a belated Merry Christmas and of course hopefully everyone will have a Happy and Prosperous New Year..

How was Christmas for everyone? Me, I was so busy and now I’m really aching all over and I feel like I’ve been run over by some bulldozer. I am really really in need of a good body massage or if not, a long warm bath. Makes me wish I included soaking tubs in my wish list.

I’m really happy with the loot I got this year. Lol! And I’ve got lots of things to look forward to in the new year. But before we welcome the new year with a bang, I’d like to say thanks for every bit of blessings that came my way this year. And I’m also appreciative of whatever trials I encountered, without which the successes wouldn’t have been that meaningful and all in all the experiences I had this year made me improve a lot as a person.

And I’m also thankful for blogging, for readers who stick to reading my sporadic and not at all times good posts. You inspire me, motivate me to be better.

That said, I wish for new and challenging opportunities this year. And hopefully it would be as fruitful if not more, than this year. Happy New Year!!

Handbag Pick of the Week 14: Clava 551501 Canvas/Leather Tote

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I really really like this. Women’s Clava 551501 Canvas/Leather Tote – Khaki Canvass Cafe Leather. I’m really hankering for a tote that doubles as cross body bag so I like this one coz it has a shoulder strap.

Canvas tote with cafi leather accents and carry handles. Interior is fully lined with full length zip pocket, interior organizer and tab closure. Exterior side buckles secure contents. Adustable shoulder strap has 10″-23″ drop, carry handles have 7″ drop. Leather patch for personalization.

Available at Bagsbuy for $107.95.