I'm sooo excited it's 2011. I love starting a new year and I always think This is going to be MY year...
2010 was a year that I accomplished a lot. First thing that comes to mind was my 1/2 marathon. Still can't believe I finished that. Second thing is how I lived out of my comfort zone (for the most part) - Tried new things, challenged myself and reflected on my tries and triumphs.
So what's next for 2011?
This year I am devoting to health. I want to live and be healthy. I want to feel energized, fit, balanced and focused.
I recently started this "health" journey, after going to a naturopathic doctor (to assist me with a diagnosed case of almost infertility.....another story for next time), by eliminating sucrose from my diet and reducing caffiene. And I thought quitting smoking was hard....Sugar and caffiene withdrawl (double whammy) is like nothing I've experienced before. For 3 days I was in a haze. Headachy, blurred vision, blah and feeling unmotivated, I just survived. Day 4, well - a new story all together. Feel like a million bucks. I am back to loving life and feeling 'human' again.
Throughout this withdrawl phase, I attended my first Acupunture appointment. I am commited to this to help get my body back to a balanced and natural state. This was a positive experience and I left feeling quite relaxed. I slept like a baby that night - well, once I got off work at 4am... I plan to continue these treatments for a few months.
The next part of my 'health' journey this week was attending an infrared sauna to detox. As I didn't know what to expect - I left feeling refreshed, thirsty (but did drink a waterbottle full) and relaxed. I'm pretty sure I dropped 5lbs of water weight while I was in for 50mins. :) The poor little sauna room reeked of chlorine - another way Synchro has given back to the Community.
I intend to focus on sleep as well. Doing shift work is tough enough but running on 3hours sleep and then trying to work again that night is insane. I recently heard the quote:
"Insanity - doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results"
Point Made.
I am trying to meditate (when I think of it) as well. I've never really understood HOW to meditate. Maybe if I keep trying it will just come to me. I recently saw on Doctor OZ (trend developing here..:) ) Deepak Chopra talking about meditation. He suggested you ask yourself "Who am I?" "What do I want?", etc. without trying to answer the questions. Interesting. I will try Deepak.
And of course I will continue my weekly workouts. I was super pumped at my last Crossfit class as I improved by 30secs in a workout after a month of 'training'. Thank God I had a measurable improvement! I needed that!
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