So far, sooooo good! How are you feeling? Here’s what I’ve been doing to shift gears…
Eating
I had a delicious dinner last night (Sunday) to prepare for the launch of my “life reset week” – baked salmon and salad with the freshest, yummiest rocket (from the Farmers Markets), raw broccoli, cherry tomatos, red onion and raw mushrooms. I marinated the salmon in tamari (the healthier sister of soy sauce!) and put a drop of sesame oil on it to bake as I didn’t have any olive oil and it went well with the tamari. The piece de resistance was my favourite Asian-style salad dressing, as per the below recipe. I get asked about this one a bit, highly recommend you give it a go!
+ 1 tsp white miso paste
+ 1 tsp organic honey
+ dash of tamari
+ mirin seasoning
+ rice wine vinegar
Exercise
Thank god I found my yellow leg warmers over the weekend because when I woke up at 5:30am this morning, there was no way I was going to aerobics without them. HA!
You know I love my early starts so after waking up a leeeeetle groggy from a night time cold and flu tablet, I donned my finest workout gear (yellow leotard/ legwarmers), teased up my permed mullet and took myself out for a 40 minute run along the beach. Thanks for the outfit inspiration Jazzy Jane, everyone really appreciated it. Haha!
I have to tell you, I felt amaaaaaazing when I got home – super invigorated and ALIVE! It was a gorgeous morning, and I took my camera to capture it for you all to see. Best start to the day! When I got home, I did a mini-exercise circuit (as below) followed by some stretching:
+ 50 sit ups
+ 30 jump squats
+ 20 lunges (each leg)
+ 20 push ups
Breakfast was a bowl of organic muesli with fresh strawberries and chopped up apple. YUM.
Positive Power!
My gorgeous friend Emma from Sweden sent me a link to the below by Robin Sharma. So many truths, and a whole lotta wisdom right there.
- Do important work vs merely offering opinions.
- Lift people up vs tear others down.
- Use the words of leadership vs the language of victimhood.
- Don’t worry about getting the credit for getting things done.
- Become part of the solution rather than part of the problem.
- Take your health to a level called superfit.
- Commit to mastery of your craft instead of accepting mediocrity in your work.
- Associate with people whose lives you want to be living.
- Study for an hour a day. Double your learning and you’ll triple your success.
- Run your own race. “No one can possibly achieve real and lasting success by being a conformist,” wrote billionaire J Paul Getty
- Do something small yet scary every single day.
- Lead Without a Title.
- Focus on people’s strengths vs obsessing around their weaknesses.
- Remember that potential unused turns into pain. So dedicate yourself to expressing your best.
- Smile more.
- Listen more.
- Read the autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
- Reflect on the words of Eleanor Roosevelt who said: “Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.”
- Persist longer than the critics suggest you should.
- Say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’.
- Love your loved ones.
- Do work that matters.
+ In a survey of 22,000 business people ranking top leadership gurus, Robin Sharma was #2, with Jack Welch. Sharma’s books have sold millions of copies in over 60 countries.Visit his blog for more inspired wisdom – I particularly love his “Random Insights on Exceptionalism.”
+ I’d love to hear how you’re going so far – I know we’re only halfway into Day One but sharing our experiences publicly keeps us accountable and on track. My dream is for In Spaces Between to become a little community of like-minded souls who chat excitedly about living a better life… so, with that in mind…
+ Did you get up early this morning? Have you set any goals for the week or made a commitment to treat your body better, to stop putting so much pressure on yourself, to doing something that makes you tremendouly happy? Share away in the comments!
Image: via Etsy
Thankyou for my little giggle Rach, Im sure you looked a treat with your leg warmers and mullet (teased of course!) xxx
The only problem was, I left my sweatband at home! Oh well, there’s always tomorrow….. ;) xx
I’ve slowly converted most of my food, fruit & vege, facial products and even toothpaste (fluoride is really nasty) to organic and in the last 2 weeks cut out all sugar, wheat and grains… I feel like a million bucks! And I’m starting boxing again tomorrow. Can’t wait!
Actually, I just thought I would share a blog I’ve been loving at the moment http://www.marksdailyapple.com/ they have some yummy recipes on there too!
Olivia: That is SO inspiring! Would love to hear more about the organic products (brands) you are using… Definitely something I’m interested looking at as well. You might like these articles by Sarah Wilson http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2011/05/toxin-free-cosmetics/ and http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2011/06/the-best-toxin-free-cosmetics-a-listicle-part-ll/ — super interesting! x
Oh & thanks for the link – is this the guy that advocates the Paleo diet/ way of eating? Have heard of him before if it is but need to look through the site properly so thanks for the reminder! x
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amazing women taking control of their own health, relationships and everything else in between
You are a true inspiration – thank-you for sharing and getting me all revved up for the BEST week!
Sam x
Sam: Thank you SO much for your incredible comment! YOU ARE AMAZING… and you’ve made my day with your positive energy! Thank you xx
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