Recently, after extensive dental work, my dentist suggested that I follow a liquid diet. Being a southern girl, I refused to drink only broth and water. Reluctantly, I went to the grocery store and bought the best soup on the shelves. I got home, opened the can, and added my freshly ground pepper. Between the drool from the Novocaine and the Motrin, I thought the soup was pretty good. After 2 days of soup, the soup started to taste bland. On the third day, I added cayenne pepper to spice it up. However, all I could try was the cayenne pepper in the mild soup. My little mom decided to make me some of her homemade chicken soup. In all my years, I could never remember my mom making homemade chicken soup. I guess it’s been a while since I’ve been home and I had a chance to experience my mom’s home cooking.
It started with organic chicken, added spices, and boiled the chicken. He let the boiled chicken broth cool overnight and removed the fat from the broth the next morning. Then he added fresh corn that he cut off the cob and diced carrots, onions, green onions, potatoes, and diced chicken pieces to perfection. It seems like it takes a long time, but hmm, if you could just try it. After trying my mother’s homemade soup, I could no longer tolerate the canned soup. The difference between canned soup and homemade soup is inexplicable. For the next 3 days, my mom made fresh homemade soup. Did it take longer to prepare? If he did. The wait was worth it? I can give a resounding, unequivocal YES.
Often times, our approach to fitness and any major life change is a lot like soup on the shelves. It is convenient to obtain and therefore becomes our source of comfort.
To get to a new destination or goals, TRIMMING and STRIPPING the fat is worth the extra time and preparation.
Trimming and skimming fat requires:
1. Faith: Faith is a belief that is not based on logical or material proofs. You must have faith that you can and will achieve whatever goal you set out to do. See yourself as a happy, successful, and healthy individual. Poor diet and nutrition is often a reflection of an area of our lives that suffers from neglect. Neglect begins to manifest itself in overeating, drinking excessively, sleeping too much, and in habits that do not lead to a better, healthier person.
2. Acceptance: It means that you are valuable just as you are. Have you ever thought about the stages of growth and development of a newborn baby? From conception, each element was predetermined before birth. The color and shape of your eyes with the shape and angle of your toenails were predetermined to make YOU. Examine yourself and create a plan to change in order to create the happiness you deserve.
3. Patience: The definition of patience is being consistent or the ability to endure delay without getting angry or upset – to preserve calm in the face of adversity – Being consistent in the midst of a storm. In a fast-paced environment where things can be achieved without work, we often tire of achieving our goals and ambitions.
4. Skill: Skill is the ability to perform or do something successfully to a high degree of skill or general competence. If you breathe and are healthy, your abilities are endless. The only disabilities that exist are those that we impose on ourselves.
5. Preparation: procrastination is murder to your final destination. Procrastination can be our worst enemy. It can stifle our progress and limit our possibilities. Start by planning every hour of every day to get your tasks done.
6. Attitude: Your attitude can be a general opinion / feeling. Attitude is a choice. Every morning when you wake up, you have a choice. You can choose to be happy or miserable. Being miserable and negative is useless. Negativity depresses those around you and wastes energy. Channel negative energy into things that can turn situations toward a positive outcome.
7. Habit: Research shows that if you do something consistently for 21 days in a row, it will become a habit. Today, start by evaluating your good and bad habits. Evaluate positive and negative self-talk. Make a list of good and bad habits.
8. Healing: Letting go of the past and moving into the future. To heal physically and emotionally, you must first admit that there is a problem. Once you are ready to deal with the symptoms,
the healing process can begin.
To make positive changes in your life, start with an assessment of your daily life and your goals. Cut out and eliminate negative energy and people from your daily life. Know that every day will be different. And every new day you have the opportunity to improve it. Be the best you can … Every day.