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Your time is valuable and you probably have less of it than you'd like.

With that in mind, a new format for this week's post.

Short, to the point, and packed with ideas to help you be your healthiest self.

3 Ideas, 2 Quotes, 1 Next Step

3 Ideas

1. Progress > Perfection. Every time and twice on Sunday. Want to add an exercise habit (or insert any habit) to your life? Start with a ridiculously small amount of exercise. 1 minute is great. Do it every day. Increase gradually when you are ready. Don't miss one. When you do miss one, start over.

2. Anyone struggle with late night eating? Consider intermittent fasting. IF's benefits are well documented, but it's also a great way to stop the late night munchies. For example, I eat from 9:30am - 5:30pm. If it's outside of that window I don't eat. Simple. Effective. Just like kids need boundaries for discipline, we need boundaries for our eating.

3. Fat is awesome. Not the kind around your waist or the trans fats and vegetable oils we see in many processed foods, but the good healthy fats we eat. Avocado, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Nuts, Seeds, Olives, Wild Caught Fish, Egg Yolks, etc. Healthy fats can make you lean, keep you fuller longer, and help regulate blood sugar. Fat makes up 60% of your brain and healthy fats boost cognition, happiness, learning and memory. Sugar, not fat makes you fat.

2 Quotes

"Doctors won’t make you healthy. Nutritionists won’t make you slim. Teachers won’t make you smart. Gurus won’t make you calm. Mentors won’t make you rich. Trainers won’t make you fit. Ultimately, you have to take responsibility."

-Naval Ravikant

"Rome wasn't built in a day, they say. Even a small part of Rome, the Sistine Chapel, took eight years to construct, plus another eleven years to decorate, with Michelangelo sprawled atop his scaffolding from 1508 to 1512, frescoing scenes from the Old Testament on the ceiling."

-Dava Sobel in Longitude

How does Sobel's quote apply to your health? Your life?

1 Next Step

What is one habit you would like to add or subtract from your life? How can you break that down into a small, incredibly doable step that you could do (or not do) every day, even on your worst day?

If you want someone to help you get back on track, encourage you, and help you achieve your health goals, contact me about becoming a coaching client.

If you are new to the blog, I want to encourage you to go back and check out my previous posts, as they serve as the foundation for what we talk about each week.

Here's to the best version of you!