My Health Care

Having a Relationship with Myself

<br /> <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QjmJ4m6FRCXS2z0YFcv-6qLJEVmvSUC4-qGQgBeRnbHMK9J4tD1jLuKkObdtTrl23NwCX85MGTiHPotQQMPt8CexrnzByBedQVZ3SWO8tzJCJ3mNz4ykqQxiSbXL2K4lQaOdAbiIuv4P/s1600/IMG_3262ab.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QjmJ4m6FRCXS2z0YFcv-6qLJEVmvSUC4-qGQgBeRnbHMK9J4tD1jLuKkObdtTrl23NwCX85MGTiHPotQQMPt8CexrnzByBedQVZ3SWO8tzJCJ3mNz4ykqQxiSbXL2K4lQaOdAbiIuv4P/s200/IMG_3262ab.JPG" width="172" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #444444;">Just ME</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">If I did not have a GREAT relationship with myself, I would be a complete mess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This is just not a physical existence for me, but a very deep spiritual bond with God, and being truly content with me and my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The healthy lifestyle that I maintain comes from how I treat myself, how I allow others to treat me, how that is perceived, how I grow from my journey, continually being enlightened by both positive and negative experiences, setting healthy boundaries, and wrapping all that up into how I respond to life�s circumstances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">  </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipT12IxQTt1cphf4OFzsqiX3j2QsV1Vs7LGG4mqlEkW1RlMQ0xrUDjjl0HH3QSBRmSM_XJyk7ooxPD7GKudXBoxAKXWDde23ktBmXi2TznZg7yXcPV1MQgl1wilmjW9x-IGL4Pm7s83L0l/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipT12IxQTt1cphf4OFzsqiX3j2QsV1Vs7LGG4mqlEkW1RlMQ0xrUDjjl0HH3QSBRmSM_XJyk7ooxPD7GKudXBoxAKXWDde23ktBmXi2TznZg7yXcPV1MQgl1wilmjW9x-IGL4Pm7s83L0l/s400/images.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">As I have journeyed through this life, I have suffered physically and emotionally and would not be honest if I did not say that I have felt the sting of both from time to time even now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The difference in the now is my past experiences have been a life education on how to love myself enough to see things and handle things in a healthy way, and navigate through boundaries that I now have to take </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwx5pBCyIHR-eEElNyd1XOkK8gRJB-idGKSlT6OF5hHyZ1hrqKVOI80b2UbsWJZmiZ7u3hI4VCPm26g39-5ZGSjA4C3-S22hGiz3rZLkkrEqHRROoijmpkBuVWmNm1OgjP7A8GtESs2JI/s1600/struggles-create-strength1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwx5pBCyIHR-eEElNyd1XOkK8gRJB-idGKSlT6OF5hHyZ1hrqKVOI80b2UbsWJZmiZ7u3hI4VCPm26g39-5ZGSjA4C3-S22hGiz3rZLkkrEqHRROoijmpkBuVWmNm1OgjP7A8GtESs2JI/s320/struggles-create-strength1.jpg" width="238" /></a></div>care of me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>A great example would be a person that has hurt me emotionally through an insensitive act or words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I have realized that this has nothing to do with me or who I am as a person, but all about the offender not knowing how to be sensitive or compassionate in that moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Would it hurt�well of course but the important thing is realizing the behavior is not my fault, and even more important is responding to it in the healthiest way possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The best part about life is learning through the experiences, being enlightened by what is acceptable and not acceptable, not reliving the unacceptable, and �the knowing� of what is wanted and not wanted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Looking at all things this way has created a healthy perspective of circumstances and a clear understanding <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that God wants me to learn something from the situation and possibly create a circumstance that I will be able to help others going through a similar experience in the future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Emotional growth has not been an overnight learning method of how to handle things, but a cultivation of experiences, over time that has developed my emotional self and created a bit of thicker skin as well in a positive way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><br /><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhss5-Kuf02Fl3uqjvoDB35mSKRLi-trFBChtFBsHQ3jZF-DtDuaVcEW_tqG6dbiztEsnhcSskpSiareScfZtpQhtwA-dK5jx-g4Ff495wazMpKr3_MFA4wjLaeEtmdZXNkobjbwqsqKzVJ/s320/394716_334579929977524_519783768_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Having a relationship with me also includes my physical day to day actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Believe me, there are days where I need to be In Your Face MOTIVATED to get my bootie moving to workout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I feel very comfortable eating healthy a very high percentage of the time, but as I get older, I find that the workouts are my more difficult area and because of that, I have become wiser with my workouts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>This has become an enlightenment experience for me as well as some days I will be gang busters and full of pep in my step, and other days�OH MY�throw a towel over my ARC trainer monitor and beep when it is over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I have also fine tuned my fitness training using what works for my body to reduce/avoid the chance of aggravation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Nothing is worse than aggravating an injury during a workout and spending days rehabilitating something that could have been prevented.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>My relationship with my physical health is all about HEALTH and feeling great, not so much on how great I will look on the outside. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although, I do appreciate that my outward appearance is a reflection of living a healthy life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I also want to add that I do not feel looking healthy to be a �vain or ego� thing and that it is OK to enjoy the �physical look� of living a healthy lifestyle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Many people get so caught up in �acceptance�, and I think that is healthy to a point�but not to be taken to an unhealthy one.  No one should accept being in an unhealthy state of life in my opinion...how can that be a happy place or something to accept?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Both the emotional and physical parts of my �self� relationship have taken years </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzR9QbAPTDs3tKAnBSFYfJM2sDSTArJAZW-DqN6AJR-TXsJvJkUs_wRJoDtd9cf_0tx0k3vc3AyEmb6MVwP-1KrNlHvKg-s6jw_5Ga2fBBn363OnfKRZ061dNyY_Tvhox3MHp8PIUl_S7f/s1600/tumblr_md7qimZJnG1rq27uuo1_500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzR9QbAPTDs3tKAnBSFYfJM2sDSTArJAZW-DqN6AJR-TXsJvJkUs_wRJoDtd9cf_0tx0k3vc3AyEmb6MVwP-1KrNlHvKg-s6jw_5Ga2fBBn363OnfKRZ061dNyY_Tvhox3MHp8PIUl_S7f/s320/tumblr_md7qimZJnG1rq27uuo1_500.jpg" width="250" /></a></div>to fine tune and develop, and still nothing in life is great all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Life is not perfect or even easy, and in fact it is all the challenges, bumps in the road, hard work, and experiences that sand down the roughness of our inner and outer shells into smooth, beautiful gems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">   </span>Through it all, I have learned to not give up, be patient, and above all to know that I am worthy of great things, and I have definitely learned not to settle for anything less.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Life is too short to not want to be healthy physically and emotionally and the BEST place to start and maintain all that is within ME.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><br /><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; 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I look forward to responding, and if you have not become a follower yet, I would love to see your face on my friends list.  <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stay Healthy~ </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Darla  </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div>

Having a Relationship with Myself

Just ME If I did not have a GREAT relationship with myself, I would be a complete mess. This is just not a physical existence for me, but...

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MADE IN THE GYM, MAINTAINED IN THE KITCHEN

<br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaTuWj4eDGnVaweEbTr3FFGWoYOAK2UyCUOLemqBd1zn4pVR67DrU1H8tC-Z98RLNk3d53g8jMxcDQn8qGW1CaHcn8ZNHL2b5x2blQjDYjPxXv4Q5qghbyKYoVIvZWjCjyQ0aexRTy-hf/s1600/IMG_7192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEaTuWj4eDGnVaweEbTr3FFGWoYOAK2UyCUOLemqBd1zn4pVR67DrU1H8tC-Z98RLNk3d53g8jMxcDQn8qGW1CaHcn8ZNHL2b5x2blQjDYjPxXv4Q5qghbyKYoVIvZWjCjyQ0aexRTy-hf/s320/IMG_7192.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It does not matter how much I exercise, if I do not put healthy foods in my body, I will not be healthy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It is really that simple.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Outside of my workouts, I maintain my body mostly with healthy food intake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>An hour of exercise at least five days per week is sufficient for me, and allows for great recovery and rest for my body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>How I feed my body is the maintenance work that takes place all day long, until I hit the sheets for sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Even then, it is important to eat healthy food that promotes sleep as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes, I build my body in the gym and prior to that ensure that my body is ready to go with the proper fuel to get me through my workout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I purposely create a space on my client calendar where I am the client for a workout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I give myself one hour of bodywork time and that is enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>If my hunger bell rings just before my scheduled time, I will slam an apple or a few pieces of watermelon, and if over the top hunger hits, there is no way I am missing what my body is telling me�GO EAT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It happens sometimes and I will not allow my metabolism to be thrown out of whack over one workout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of the time though, a small piece of fruit and water will allow me to push forward and I fuel directly after my workout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I have become quite the strategic eater and workout gal with my career as a personal trainer and coach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjhslDioVQmBbPooSAu_T6TP6NK_VFJpOTr99e5kCGN9UC0sBfWg2vsGE_LrnnYUYPlqj_P72mNANmlAjXLzqU_azAz83mdPXCUJGIXpnv7DMsA3eB14FCIvnhviRqkaAJbiPjQhWl4U1E/s320/Tick-Tock-Goes-the-Clock%E2%80%A6When-Should-I-Workout-e1371417195877.png" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The maintenance work is always on call and important for a healthy body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Like I shared earlier, there is no amount of exercise that will create a healthy body without the healthy food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Some get caught up in a vicious exercise punishment cycle of I got to work that �shit� off or starvation mode the following day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>That creates a negative thought process about working out instead of looking at it as a gift for the body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Before any backlash, I need to clarify that exercise is great and important for the body even if unhealthy food is being eaten, so please do not think I am saying not to exercise if your nutrition is not dialed in yet. The human body was made to be active and move, not remain stagnant and sedentary for hours on end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>So any steps taken to create a healthy body with exercise are POSITIVE steps. I understand that beginning and adapting a healthy lifestyle can be a struggle in the food department and if exercise is the first thing on the agenda to incorporate�that is great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1031j2JLAupThSRzUurxrJTvu_MIVC3Ig61jh-QJbyeL5nzVX4Vlvc-nOyNkx7HdKQKsWsggXQmWSBo_esP-V-naUhGvXmCFhcDI6AEbGYBBC33fSkr3uetuydZx1R7Fl-dURduvFBBxP/s1600/1004488_612878375409107_534031229_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1031j2JLAupThSRzUurxrJTvu_MIVC3Ig61jh-QJbyeL5nzVX4Vlvc-nOyNkx7HdKQKsWsggXQmWSBo_esP-V-naUhGvXmCFhcDI6AEbGYBBC33fSkr3uetuydZx1R7Fl-dURduvFBBxP/s320/1004488_612878375409107_534031229_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">What I am saying, and I will use my personal life as an example, is that my body is at its� healthy best when I am simultaneously eating healthy and exercising consistently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It is a LIFESTYLE of building and maintaining that has been fine tuned over the years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>It does take years to develop muscle, maintain that muscle and fuel the body in ways to keep that muscle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Without healthy food and not eating, I would lose all the hard work made in the gym, and that is just not going to happen, besides�I LOVE to eat!</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">My main maintenance foods consist of lean proteins, antioxidants, healthy fats, and fiber.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Examples would be boneless skinless chicken breast, lean ground turkey, eggs, yogurt, nuts, seeds, oats, all types of greens and vegetables along with fresh fruits, and healthy oils.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I prefer to purchase all my healthy food products organic, humanely and sustainably raised, and non-GMO (genetically modified organism).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>If I am on track at least 90% of the time with my healthy food intake for maintenance, I feel pretty good enjoying my occasional treats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>I do not deny myself if I want to enjoy a cookie, brownie, pie, frozen yogurt, etc. as long as the dessert or �cheat meal� is quality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>There is no way I am downing a packaged processed non food item for a �treat meal��did you catch how I changed that up?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The indulgence would have to be home baked or gourmet, all natural quality ingredients and provide over the top fabulous flavors in my mouth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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