This eZine (No. 132)

Nutrition:	What a Simple Daily Eating Routine Can Do For Your Life
Wealth:	What a Life Coach Can Do for You
Fitness:	Body Mind Spirit Play

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What a Simple Daily Eating Routine Can Do For Your Life

By:  Dave Osh

Dinner is an important meal in my home. It’s practically the only time we’re all together. When I don’t travel (which happens too often), five times a week, we have a healthy meal, usually fresh vegetables, beans or lentils, eggs and a special dish which Ainsley converts to a high protein vegetarian version. I’m not vegetarian but I eat meat out and at home I respect the food preference of the family majority (not including our carnivore cat).

But dinner is not about food. With a glass of red wine, we are all engaged in sociable conversation from the day at school, fitness, politics and news of my daily office excitement.

Ainsley is the best wine selector I know. She never fails to find reasonably priced great wines and we have a glass of wine every dinner. The good food, the wine and the conversation help me to switch from a long busy day into a relaxed family mode. Does it  work perfectly 100% of the time? Absolutely not! There are days that I receive calls, arrive too late and miss dinner, or other fire-fighting. But I tend to forget these evenings and remember our great dinner ritual.

So that's dinner. A pleasant mix of eating and communicating with no TV in the background or other interruptions. It’s is my favorite treat. I wouldn’t replace it with any luxurious expensive business dinner. It is one of our building blocks to forming a stronger, communicative, and bonded family cell. If you want to achieve such a goal as I do, make it your priority. Excitement rushes into my blood stream ½ an hour before I leave the office in expectation of our family dinner.

On Saturdays, Ainsley and I have a “date”. We usually have a drink in the local pub, hang out with friends, listen to live music, catch the latest movie, dance or whatever we feel like. We have no plans to ever stop "dating". We plan to be courting each other on our first, second, third anniversary and beyond.

Sundays is back to family life:  laid back and mostly eating out in the local restaurants. Sound boring? We  never planned it to be a routine. It just happened. I guess when Ainsley reads this article, she will smile about sharing with you our simple but powerful eating routines. 

In addition to the importance of routine family, structured and scheduled meals for enhancing family bonding, it’s the most effective way to control your diet, eat the right food and improve your family's health. I wonder how many parents will blame themselves when their kids are diagnosed with diabetes before reaching puberty.

So enjoy the everlasting benefits of family meals. If you follow the basic, simple, eating habits I provide in my short book “Perpetual Wellbeing” or in my extensive “Anti-Aging Fitness Program”, you will enjoy many years of health, happiness, love and success.

The rest of my eating routine is designed around my work schedule.

It's very simple. Here's my routine:

Meal One: 8:00 a.m., 5-6 fried eggs (2 yolks).beans and lentils. Coffee. Water.

Meal Two: 11:00 a.m., protein shake, cottage cheese, or raw almonds, Water.

Meal Three: 2:00 p.m., Salad with chicken or fish, water.

Meal Four: 5:00 p.m., Protein shake, cottage cheese or raw almonds, water

Meal Five: 8:00 p.m., a well-balanced dinner of protein and vegetables.

Meal Six: 11:00 p.m., I recommend it in my books but in reality does not exist when I'm being good. Once or twice a week I snack on something. When I do, I always regret it. If you need it, nuts will be your best snack. My favorite is a sugar-free 80% Cocoa Chocolate bar. 

Like my workout routine, my eating routine has been developed over time. It is designed to give me optimum energy throughout the day and provide me with the nutrients I need to lead a healthy life.

Most of my current eating habits have been influenced by research that I’ve done on the subject. My approach to food is not difficult to understand: I believe that natural is better.

You don't have to count calories or record fat grams to achieve your ideal weight and maintain optimal cardiovascular health. All you have to do is to eat the same ratio and quality of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. How are you going to do that? Get started by remembering these three easy principles:

Principle #1: Eat protein at every meal.
Principle #2: Limit carbohydrate to low Glycemic Index
Principle #3: Eat natural fats.

I have tried dozens of eating plans over the years. This one works best for me. I like being able to eat five times a day. I don't mind if each of those meals is small. Food is primarily fuel for me. I want to put the highest quality fuel I can into my body as often as I can.

Of course, you don't have to eat exactly the same foods that I do. What you eat is a matter of personal choice. But to stay productive, energetic, and healthy, I recommend that you try for a similar balance of fats, proteins, carbohydrates, and fiber.

When you're full of energy, your goals will be easier to tackle. And you'll enjoy achieving them even more when you're feeling healthy and strong.

About the author:
Dave Osh is the author of "Perpetual Wellbeing - 4 Steps to Ageless Sex-Appeal" and the revolutionary Anti-Aging Fitness Program "Change Your Body and Be Admired".

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Give your children the gift of Emotional Intelligence....

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What a Life Coach Can Do for You

By: Kurt Schmitt

If the concept of a life coach is new to you, it's essentially like having a personal trainer for your life. Life coaches often work via phone consultation. Usually, you'll get a certain number of longer phone sessions, and several short coaching calls for a set price. If you're lucky, you'll get to work with a coach in person, but this is rare. Either way, the whole point is to improve various areas of your personal and business life.

Depending upon your needs, the style of the coach, and how you choose to work with him or her, your coach may take on a number of roles. These can include relationship coach, motivational, personal development, and executive coach, and small business or career coach.

Life coaches provide a level of accountability that normally does not exist in most of our lives. When someone is counting on you to succeed, you tend to be much more willing to do those things that are required for success. This is especially true if you're paying for it.

Many successful life coaches will specialize as they bring prior experience or talent to the table in a particular area. For example, some coaches, such as David Wood, will often work with other coaches to help them achieve a higher level of success.

This doesn't mean that a coach won't or can't offer other life enhancing teaching outside of their specialty. What it often means is that they are particularly good at offering that particular kind of coaching. You might do well to find a coach that specializes in what you're looking for.

Life coaching is a two way process, and is focused on change and results. Some people are just not results oriented. If you tend to resist change, and are not results oriented, you may not enjoy being coached.

Since it's no secret that procrastination can be a huge stumbling block to success, your coach will work with you on your motivation. Depending upon your personality and how it meshes with the coaching style, this may be more or less effective.

For many people, one of their biggest weaknesses is motivation, or a lack of it. If you have this problem, you might want to work with an excellent motivator. For example, Todd Beeler is a well known coach and a master at motivation.

There are many benefits to being coached, but the timing has to be right. You'll benefit most from coaching if you are...

1. Prepared to enhance your business or personal life.

2. Ready to make major changes in your life.

3. Ready to improve your job, start a businesses or take one to the next level, or enhance your relationships.

4. Recovering from a traumatic experience or loss, such as a death in the family or divorce.

5. Ready to get rid of ineffective old habits in favor of new, better habits.

Each coach has their own program, so you need to find someone who is right for you. Prior to hiring a coach, you should contact a few potential candidates. Some coaches will work with you on a trial basis so you can see if you mesh. You need to work with a coach who's coaching style is right for you.

One word of warning is that you must be ready for this. Your life coach will challenge you to do things that are outside of your comfort zone. If you could do this yourself, you wouldn't need a coach!

If you're going to commit to this, you must buy into the entire process. Are you ready for the changes that will take place? If not, do not do this. It doesn't make sense to invest in a coach if you don't invest yourself in the process.

Getting the support of those closest to you is extremely important, as they will be most affected by your progress. If you're ready to make a change, and willing to accept what the change brings, then using a life coach might be just right for you.

Article Source: http://www.bodyformind.com/db

About the author:
Kurt Schmitt teaches people how to get motivated and recommends using a life coach. In addition, he offers the average person a way to become successful through internet marketing.

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Body Mind Spirit Play

By: Alan Davidson

The stained-glass windows in my Houston studio were flung open on a crisp spring day. I was dressing the massage table for my next client when I heard the faint sound of laughter.  My third-story walk-up studio was near Woodrow Wilson
Elementary School, and I had a bird's-eye view of the playground from my bathroom window. It sprawled over an entire half block along Fairview Street. Kids were out for recess doing what kids have done for recess since the Dark
Ages, or at least since I was a kid in the 1960s. I paused at the window to enjoy the sights and sounds of kids playing and having fun.

Two teams of kids scampered across the grass playing kick ball. Three girls added giggles of delight to their cartwheels. Phys-ed teams leaped like frogs, racing each other to a finish line; the winning team let loose a whoop. A gang of girls practiced cheers, stacking themselves into a human pyramid and laughing when it fell down. The playground could have been any circus, with the acrobats wearing red or blue school uniforms instead of colorful sequins and feathers. The breeze carried the sounds of squealing, happy children.

I pondered a mystery of life. Sometimes I still wonder why I was in such a hurry to grow up. Somewhere along the way the carefree play of children shifted to the march of adulthood.  We traded running, jumping and tumbling for walking,
standing, and sitting. Instead of crawling through bushes like kids, as grown-ups we lean against water-coolers.  Rather than stomp around the great outdoors, we sit at our desks for too-long hours. We trade glee for the safety of our paychecks.

At a certain age we began to really slow down. The normal movements of our every day suddenly caused a dull ache that often, over time, spasmed into full-blown pain. We attributed these accumulating aches and pains to "getting
old." We resigned ourselves to the march of time without ever asking, "Does it have to be this way?"

The answer is, "No. It doesn't." I don't believe in "getting old," per se. I believe that with our minds focused on the daily rat race, our bodies simply forget how to feel vital and free: a classic case of "You lose what you don't use." Those once young and limber bodies have become tired and brittle.

One natural antidote to the ravages of time is to realize consciousness throughout the body's five essential intelligences. A somatic life (body, mind, spirit in harmony) empowers a man or woman to live with a relaxed and concentrated mind; a strong, flexible body, and with sparkling, mature emotions that enables that person to share their love with others. It is a life that is dynamic, creative and harmonious. The bedrock of this vital life is our physical intelligence, the first layer of consciousness. The physical IQ is the densest of the five layers so that it
can provide a stable foundation. It includes our muscles, joints, and bones, as well as the connective tissues: the tendons, ligaments, and fascia.

The four aspects of physical intelligence are Strength, Flexibility, Grace and Bearing. I think of them as the four pillars of our body's foundation. Our professional and Olympic athletes have these qualities in spades. But each of
us can peak these proficiencies to our best abilities and grow this layer of intelligence.

The coastal soil along this stretch of the Gulf of Mexico near Houston is reclaimed swampland: layers of wet clay, rocks and dirt. Here in the Montrose, a neighborhood near downtown, many of the old houses are built on pier-and-beam
foundations. Large pillars are sunk deep into the earth and rise vertically above the ground's surface. Beams are fastened horizontally to the pillars to create a stable
foundation, one that can provide equal stability during long, hot summers and cold, wet winters. The house is then built on top of the pier-and-beam structure.

Like the old foundations in Houston, the four pillars of Strength, Flexibility, Grace and Bearing, working in harmony, create a dynamic platform for our body's physical, emotional, mental, moral, and spiritual health. "Strength," covers the importance of building our muscles.  "Flexibility," explains the importance of stretching and the body's full range of motion. "Grace" covers our joints, balance and coordination. And "Bearing," explores good posture and the natural position of our bones and how the muscles and connective tissue supports or distorts them.  "Bearing" also explores the effects of touch and deep-tissue bodywork on this layer of intelligence.

So live a little; move your body, run, play, stretch, feel...and grow younger. Begin to peak your physical IQ today. Use it, don't loose it.

Article Source: http://www.bodyformind.com/db

About the author:
Why do some people never manage to get their life together; whether it's their health, relationships, happiness, work, or money? Alan Davidson is the author of the free report "Body Breakthroughs for Life Breakthroughs: How to Peak Your Physical, Emotional, Mental, Moral, and Spiritual IQs for a Sensational Life"  and the author of "Body Brilliance: Mastering Your Five Vital Intelligences", the #1 Health and Wellness book and Winner of Two 2007 Book-of-the-Year Awards.

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Wishing you happiness and joy always,

Ainsley & Dave