12 Weeks of Wellness: Excite

We've made it, it's the final week of wellness. Congratulate yourself because you just spent the last twelve weeks investing in your health. I'm so proud of you! The last order of business is to focus on your external appearance. Your self-confidence runs deep and, believe it or not, promotes your health. Go forth and project this into the world.

This week excite: update your closet to suit your personal style and make an impression

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12 Weeks of Wellness: Practice

The 10th week of wellness is upon us. It's important to remember to have fun in life. If you have a hobby already great keep at it, keep practicing! If you don't, I am giving you permission to give yourself time to relax and do something you enjoy. I will even send signed notes that you can give to your boss. That probably won't do anything but I am willing to do that for you anyway. Just shoot me an email.

PHYSICAL & SOCIAL

• Any team sport
• yoga
• Extreme sports
• Contemporary dance
• Boxing
• Martial arts
• Volunteering
• Traveling
• Bodybuilding

ARTISTIC

• Taking up an instrument
• Pottery
• Photography
• Learning graphic design
• Watercolor painting
• Wood-working
• Sculpting
• Building models

INTELLECTUALLY STIMULATING

• Learning a new language
• Researching a topic
• Blogging
• Playing simulation games
• Creating a comic book
• Writing poetry
• Songwriting
• Completing word games and puzzles
• Becoming a chess master

COLLECTIONS

• Wine
• Shot glasses
• Postcards
• Comic books
• Memorabilia
• LPs
• Sports cards and paraphernalia
• Beanie babies
• Beer bottles
• Antique lighters
• Cigars
• Pulp literature
• License plates
• Decks of cards
• Stamps

This week practice: take up a new hobby

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Vegetarianize Your Meal

This will be a quick post for Food Fun Friday. If you're trying to cut back on your meat consumption for whatever reason (you love animals, your health or the environment) you might want to know how to substitute tofu for ground beef or turkey in a recipe. Here's how...

Freeze one package of firm tofu. Open package, dump block into a colander in the sink. Use you hand to crumble the tofu into pieces. 

Heat two tablespoons of oil over medium heat. Add tofu crumbles. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of brewer's yeast. Stir until heated through.

Use in any recipe as you would ground meat. Like in Chili.

12 Weeks of Wellness: Balance

Food companies have us hooked by strategically including choice ingredients in their food: sugar, salt and fat. These three ingredients offer instantaneous bliss that causes us to continue to pursue happiness by overindulging. You really can't eat just one. Be sure to pay attention to the amount of sugar and salt you are consuming to avoid some serious health problems in the present and in the future.

This week balance: limit your overall sugar and salt intake

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