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Focus on Progress Not Perfection

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  Happy New Year 🎈🎉🎉🥳🥳! With the new year comes all sorts of resolutions and sometimes, "semi- resolutions." By semi resolutions, I am referring to those goals that you would really love to make happen but they stay in your head, you don't write them down and you may or may not follow through on them. There are also goals that you get fired up about but start to lose steam when you feel like you are not hitting your target 🎯.  Here's the thing, if you have made a mental shift and taken action towards your goals, then that's progress. As, it concerns health goals, when you start making little changes such as taking more steps or exercising for 10 to 15 minutes daily, you will start to notice improvements in your energy levels. Focusing on progress instead of perfection will keep you going. You may skip a work out day here and there but don't give up. Keep going, you are making progress. For more information about 360 Health Coaching and Cons...

Seasoned Brown Rice with a Mushroom Sauce and a salad

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Instant Brown Rice seasonings Curry,  Tumeric, Thyme, Rosemary, Clove, Red Pepper flakes, and salt. After rinsing the rice, I added water to a level a out 2 centimeters higher than the rice. I added the seasonings and boiled the rice for about 20 minutes. With rice, I think people enjoy different textures and it's necessary to find the texture that you like. I don't enjoy eating spongy, hard brown rice so I add ten minutes to the recommended cooking time and the result is a texture that I like. Mushrooms sauce: I sauteed the mushrooms with red onions, a little canola oil, black pepper, zatarian's creole seasoning and Bragg's amino acid soy sauce substitute. Salad   The salad was a pre-packaged salad in a bag. I added tomatoes and avocados to it. Ingredients: Sliced cabbage,  Sliced kale grated carrots,  Sliced green onions,  grapefruit tomatoes,  sliced avocados. Salad toppings were a little packet of blue corn chips  cheese  and a sma...

Practicing Gratitude When You Don't Feel Grateful

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/CWyOGkuj9kr/?utm_medium=copy_lin Hey there! Hope you had a good Thanksgiving celebration! Practicing gratitude can be hard sometimes especially on tough days or if your personality tends to lean more towards negativity. However, it is worth the effort even when the process feels grating. Hope this video blesses you and makes you smile 😊.For more information about 360health coaching, send me a DM on IG or email me at coaching360consulting360@gmail.com . Click on my page to see other posts that I haven't shared on my profile. To see more of my reels, go to @ify_360healthcoaching on IG 360healthcoachingandconsulting#healthand wellnesscoach https://www.instagram.com/reel/CWyOGkuj9kr/?utm_medium=copy_lin https://www.instagram.com/reel/CWyOGkuj9kr/?utm_medium=copy_lin

Stress Less

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The stress response in the body is a natural human response. It is also called the fight or flight response and it is the same response your body would have if you were running from a dangerous situation. Blood flow to your legs and arms would increase and the secretion of hormones epinephrine (adrenaline), norepinephrine and cortisol would also increase. Your heart rate would increase so that blood is pumped faster as you run. Muscles responsible for the contraction of waste constrict because the body doesn't want to be bothered with waste disposal while fleeing a dangerous situation. This is an involuntary response controlled by the sympathetic nervous system.  On the other hand, when we are at rest, the blood flow to vital organs increases to aid digestion, heart rate decreases, respiration decreases and muscles relax to allow for excretion of waste. The rest and digest response is controlled by the parasympathetic nervous system. This is a  voluntary respon...

To Sleep or not to Sleep

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In 2016 a consumer report showed that as much as 68% of Americans, 164 million reported insufficient sleep. On the other hand, only 1 in 10 Americans surveyed considered sleep a top priority. Sleep affects our productivity health and mood but it is often not considered as important as it is. Our bodies have time to rejuvenate and build immunity while we sleep. Sometimes sleep loss is inevitable, such as times when one has an infant or a sick child. At other times emotional turmoils or fluctuations in hormones may cause a temporary disruption in sleep. However, there are times that we lose sleep because it is not a priority. We may also disregard it's importance at that time in favor of hanging out, talking on the phone, working or watching a movie. The recommended amount of sleep is at least 7 hours a night. The number of hours that leaves you feeling rested depends on the individual. Some adults require more than 7 hours of sleep. The starting point for getting better ...

Chicken Curry with a Cauliflower and Squash base

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Recipe: 4 sweet red bell peppers 1 small red onion chopped 1  yellow (summer) squash peeled and sliced  1/2 a bag of frozen califlower 4 medium sized carrots 🥕 Canola Oil, about 3 tablespoons Pre-baked and seasoned chicken, cut into strips. ( You can substitute this with chicken breasts cut into strips and marinated with lemon pepper and a light honey mustard salad dressing or any seasoning of your choice) Seasonings for Sauce Crushed rosemary 1/2 a teaspoon of minced garlic Ginger powder Tumeric one dash/ sprinkle of it, about 1/2 a teaspoon Black pepper Salt Curry  Method Wash bell peppers, squash, carrots and onions with salt and water ( I peeled the outer layer of the onions before washing.  Slice onions, and bell peppers. I peeled the squash and sliced it, peeling it is optional, it's just my preference. Puree cauliflower and half of the squash. Add Canola oil and add in bell peppers and onions, sautee for about 5 minutes.  Add in pureed ...

One Easy Way to Monitor and Increase your Physical Activity Daily

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An easy way to motivate yourself to increase your physical activity is by using a step counter. Your first response to this maybe "I don't have a Fitbit." If you have a cellphone, android or I-phone, there are free step counter apps that you can download. Our phones are with us a lot so a step counter can easily count your steps while you are walking with your phone in your pocket or your bag. 10 thousand steps per day are generally considered a good goal for healthy adults. If you currently take 3000 steps a day, you can increase your step count by a thousand per day. I think an important thing to remember is that physical activity doesn't replace exercise when we consider physiological benefits to our bodies. In other words, physical activity will not provide as much benefit to your body as exercise would. Increase your physical activity but still exercise. Your step count will also increase faster when you exercise. Some ...