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Hope you’re doing great and enjoying this cooler weather!
This past weekend my wife and I were driving around looking at houses and my 3-yr old
daughter in the back seat spotted some geese out in a field eating. She loves animals
and got all excited and wanted to go pet them!
This got me thinking and I bet you haven’t realized what we can learn from a goose!
There’s power in a group of geese that you just don’t find in a lone, single goose.
For example…
Did you know…
As each goose flaps its wings, it creates lift for the bird following. By flying in a “V” formation,
the whole flock adds 71% greater flying range than if one goose flew alone.
The lesson here…
Those who share a common direction or goal and sense of unity can get where they’re going
quicker and easier because they’re drawing strength from each other.
Fact…
When a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to fly alone,
and quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird in front.
The lesson here…
Stay in formation with those who are headed where you want to go; be willing to accept help
and give help to others when possible.
Fact…
When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back into the formation and another goose flies at the
point position.
The lesson here…
It pays to do your part and also share leadership. People, just like geese, are co-dependent
on each other.
Fact…
Geese look after each other. If one gets sick or wounded, two geese follow it down to protect and feed it until it either recovers or dies.
The lesson here…
Stand by each other in difficult times as well in good times and show support.
And when you hear those geese honking… they’re offering encouragement to their leader, something everyone needs!
The big takeaway here is to make sure you’ve got a good positive support system around you and you’re not trying to reach your goals alone! Success is achieved through numbers!
To your health & fitness success,
Clint Howard
P.S. If you’d like more information about how we can help you with your own personal health and fitness, request a free-week trial at www.TulsaBootCampForWomen.com or call us at 918-527-9584 to find out more.
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I know I’m not the only person who doesn’t seem to get enough sleep. According to the CDC and a National Health Interview Survey it’s shown that over 30% of Americans who are 30-64 years of age sleep less than 6 hours per night.
Whether it’s because you get up at 4:00 am like me, have children that keep you up at night, you’re too stressed, or you just stay up too late watching talk shows and re-runs on the tv. Whatever it is, sleep deprivation seems to be pretty common.
Chronic sleep loss can be troubling in many ways, especially if you’re looking to lose weight. Research is showing that long term sleep loss is related to an increase in obesity and diabetes.
Partial sleep deprivation can manipulate key hormones that impact weight loss and weight gain. Lack of sleep can also affect insulin sensitivity, your appetite control, and the amount of energy you expend when at rest. Sleep loss may also increase your cravings for high carbohydrates food. And obviously, not sleeping enough provides the opportunity to eat more times throughout the day. If you’re awake longer you are more likely to eat an extra meal or two.
Now in the movies, if you awake in the middle of the night it’s probably because a chainsaw-wielding madman or Freddy Krueger is lurking in the shadows. In real life, interrupted sleep can also be somewhat of a horror show.
Finding yourself wide awake after a few hours of sleep or waking often during the night is called parasomnia or sleep-maintenance insomnia. It’s been shown that 75 percent of adults frequently have symptoms of sleep problems.
Just as the victims in the slasher flicks make fatal errors (like running up the stairs or continuing to look back and fall down while running very slow!), we are often our own worst enemies when it comes to a solid night of sleep.
“The root of most sleep problems is stress,” says Jeffrey Thompson, director of the Center for Neuroacoustic Research in Encinitas, California. “Our nervous system is built for a sprint, but we’re living in a stress marathon,” he says. “If you go to bed worried, you’re probably going to wake up in the middle of the night.” When that happens, as you probably know, the next day is pretty much shot.
But a new generation of sleep scientists say that with a few simple changes in your routine and perhaps an attitude adjustment, a peaceful night can be yours.
First throw away your definition of a good night’s sleep. Even waking every 60 to 90 minutes can be part of a healthy sleep pattern. The deeper stages of sleep, or REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, occur about every 90 minutes and get longer as the night goes on, so your brain might become more alert between those cycles.
Since we’re conditioned to think that waking during the night is a problem, we panic when it happens causing our brains to awaken even further. If you wake up in predawn hours, check your physical state. Do you have an ache, a cramp, or need to go to the bathroom? If so, take care of it. If you don’t have a physical complaint, chances are you’re experiencing a normal stage of the sleep cycle. Knowing this “helps replace worries that you’ll be useless without solid sleep with more neutral thoughts and allows you to go back to sleep easier,” says Sat-Bir Khalsa, Ph.D., instructor at Harvard Medical School.
If you know you lack sleep then start taking steps to improve your sleeping habits such as sticking to a regular bedtime, avoid alcohol and caffeine before bed, try to keep your bedroom around 65-70 degrees, and turn off the television when lying in bed.
It’s also probably not a great idea to watch any horror flicks such as Paranormal Activity before going to bed either!
Sleep tight and sweet dreams!
Clint
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A big congrats to Tulsa Adventure Boot Campers Lisa Rhinehart & daughter Jessi on their health & fitness successes and being featured in the recent Tulsa Kids Magazine! You can see their story below!
http://www.tulsakids.com/?q=mom-and-daughter-do-healthy-lifestyle-makeover
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Tulsa Fitness Results Insider Reveals the Key to a Successful Weight Loss Fitness Program…
Take a quick second and let these words from Jim Rohn sink in…
“Success is neither magical or mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.”
Do you know the most fundamental aspect of successful weight loss and body transformation?
It’s the creation and implementation of a proper plan and staying consistent with it.
But I’m willing to bet dollars to donuts most everyone doesn’t have this. And therefore you’re doomed for failure before ever starting a fitness program.
Or if you do have a plan, it’s probably generic at best, a mere hint of what it should be, and not being implemented properly. I’ve seen it many times with someone first starting my Tulsa Boot Camp for Women.
It’s been said thousands of times, but bears repeating…
Read the rest of Welcome to My Blog! »
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