Spring Cleaning: Body, Mind & Spirit

ITS  SPRING!!!  Are you feeling READY for a FRESH START??

If there is one thing I have learned on my FITNESS JOURNEY…it's that to have TRUE SUCCESS you have to a have BALANCE!  You cant JUST workout…you have to EAT well.  And even if you take care of your BODY….you wont feel FULFILLED without NOURISHING your SOUL.  

Are you READY  for SPRING CLEANING>>  MIND, BODY, SPIRIT??

Here are MY TOP 5 TIPS to SPRING into a FRESH NEW START!

1.  PUT YOUR BEST FRIDGE FORWARD!!

START by taking a good hard look at your fridge!!!  Throw out all the processed food you can find and FILL IT with FRESH HEALTHY FOODS!!!  Not only are FRESH FOODS BEAUTIFUL  but you CANT have a FRESH START stuck in your OLD EATING HABITS. 

This goes for your PANTRY too!!!  Throw out sugar cereal and replace it with oatmeal.  Throw out white bread and bagels and fill it with WHOLE grain bread and English muffins. 

2. Life is better with a BOWL OF CHERRIES!!!   TRY IT!!!   Instead of buying fresh flowers to brighten your mood  TRY FRUIT!!!  Buy a CUTE fruit basket and FILL it with FRESH FRUIT.  LEAVE IT OUT where you can see it!!  It wont just help you EAT better…but it will brighten your MOOD to look at it everyday.   Make a HABIT of ALWAYS having a FULL fruit basket

3.  Put some SPRING in your STEP.  Spring Fever is a REAL THING!!  We’ve been COOOPED up all winter and our BODIES NEED to MOVE!!  TRY SOMETHING NEW with your fitness routine.  The excitement of something NEW is motivating.  Go to a new class, walk a different route….GET OUT of your exercise box and  DO something FUN!!  SKIP !!  Swing on the swings between laps at the park, go SWIMMING at the local pool.     Just GET MOVING!!

4.  Grow you MIND!!  We feed our bodies….but we often forget to CULTIVATE OUR MINDS.   Take 5 minutes each morning to meditate and count your blessings.  Listen to an audio book while you drive to and from work or fold laundry at home.   There are thousands of free audiobooks on You-tube!!!   Turn one on while you make dinner or even when you work out!!   My favorite book right now is “The Power” by Rhonda Byrne.  It has taught me to walk each step with gratitude and love.  When we fill our minds with goof positive things……it changes our entire outlook on how we see everything. 

Choose a book on a topic YOU are interested…and find a few minutes each day to give yourself the gift of learning something NEW!!

5.  Wake up and Smell the Roses!!  Spring is FULL of new life and your SPIRIT will be lifted the more you find time to experience it.   GET OUTSIDE everyday.  Get up and watch the sunrise and listen to the birds….or make an effort to go out each night and just SIT and watch the sun go Down.   Take a blanket and eat your lunch out on the lawn or bench outside your office…Just SIT.  Close your eyes and just let the sun warm your face for a few minutes.  Or, if you are a night owl….before you go to bed each night go out and take 10 minutes to look at the moon and the stars.   A little bit of nature goes a long way in raising your level of happiness.  Spring is SO BEAUTIFUL…take time to experience it!!