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Button Bird 30 Day Reset Week 1

July 28, 2012

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Almost 7 days down, 23 to go.

If you don’t know what I am talking about, take a second to read about the Button Bird 30 Day Reset.  I made it though the first week with flying colors.  That doesn’t mean it wasn’t hard, It was very hard.  I can tell I am already feeling better and already have more energy due to the exercise, better diet, no alcohol, which all leads to better sleep.  However, cutting out so many things and adding in some discipline and some good ole PMS, I must admit I was a bit cranky this past week!

This is what I have learned the past seven days.

1.  I love to walk.  I haven’t been doing it this summer and have missed it.  Not only does it make me feel better physically, but it makes me feel better mentally.  I got my 5 days of walking in this week.  Two mornings I got up super early 5:45, walked and then spent 30 minutes with God.  By 7:30 I had my exercise out of the way and felt peaceful after some good praying and reading.  My kids came down the stairs and I was wide awake and happy.  I felt good because of what I had already accomplished.  Sure the walk was good for my body but what it did for my head the rest of the day was amazing.  I was extra happy, extra smiley, and felt better about myself which made me a little bit more outgoing.  exercise=boost in self esteem.

2.  I am an absent minded eater and someone who eats when they are bored.  I had no idea the amount of food I was stuffing in my mouth.  Eating off my kids plates, finishing their snacks, grabbing something when I walked by the pantry, snacking all day at the pool because we all know that laying around a hole with water in it causes you to be famished, I was packing in a lot of extra calories.  I do nottttttttttttt believe in diets.  However watching your calories will show you just how much extra food you are taking in.  There were so many times this past week that I grabbed a handful of something and almost put it in my mouth.

3.  Combine lesson 1 and lesson 2 learned this week and you get lesson 3.  If I am exercising for 45 minutes I am not going to eat a pile of fries.  If I am sweating in this heat, I am not going to ruin it or cancel it out by eating garbage.

4.  Drinking that much water makes me pee.  A LOT.

5.  I associate relaxing with drinking wine.  Nothing wrong with drinking some wine unless it is the only way you know how to relax.  I have a really hard time sitting down.  I can’t stop.  My neighbor joked once that they would have to nail my feet to the ground to get me to sit still.  However if I have a glass of wine I will sit.  So not having wine this week, every evening around dinner time I got a tad bit crabby.  It was my normal glass of wine time.  Again nothing wrong with drinking, but for me I want to learn to relax other ways.  Another reason I gave up alcohol for 30 days is that it totally affects my sleep.  If I have 2 glasses of wine, I will not have a good nights sleep.  The next day will be wasted.  I am sick of wasting days.  One evening instead of grabbing a glass of wine, I grabbed my daughter.  It was just us in the house.  I grabbed her almost 10 year old body and made her sit on my lap.  Before I knew it 30 minutes had gone by and we were snuggled under a blanket, laying on the couch, no t.v., no iphone totally relaxed.  Best evening I have had in a while and it didn’t involve wine.

6.  Exercise, eating better, spending time with God, and not drinking equals greattttttttttttttttttt sleep.  The past few nights I have been sleeping like a baby.  I have even been having dreamssss.  I haven’t had dreams in so long but every morning I’m waking up and I remember my dreams.  I don’t know what that means but I feel refreshed and full of energy in the mornings.  I’m a such a morning person and love to get up before my kids to get a few things done.  Aside from exercising and time with God I am also getting some extra work time in.  Granted I am going to bed at like 6:00pm!!

 

I know this isn’t rocket science.  We read this stuff over and over.  However it’s amazing how quickly we forget.  Starting the reset this week has reminded me of some important ways to take care of myself.  Ok so now that I have completely bored you with the lessons I’ve learned this first week of the Button Bird 30 Day Reset, let me know what you think.

Are you doing the reset too?

How did the first week go?

Love to know your thoughts!

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The Button Bird 30 Day Reset

July 21, 2012

As some of you know, I lost a dear friend a couple of weeks ago.  Losing Chrissy who was only 38 years old has rocked my world.  I can’t stop thinking about her, her daughter, her mother, or her husband.  I am sad beyond words, and my brain can’t rest.  I am looking at my own life and realizing just how short it all is.  Am I really living the life that I want to be living?   Am I taking care of myself the best way that I can?  I guess it’s normal after losing someone so young to examine your own health and life.

I haven’t been living that healthy lately.  I know it’s summer and the kids are home and schedules fall apart. I’m way off my normal healthy living routine.  I usually take pretty good care of myself, but lately I feel flat out lazy and sluggish.  I have been eating anything and everything that I want.  I have gained about 6 pounds and my clothes are all fitting a little snug.  Yuck.  I haven’t been exercising at all because it is much easier to slide on the couch with the kiddos instead of slide on those tennis shoes.  When I exercise (I am a brisk walker), I have so much more energy and it helps relieve stress.  I haven’t been doing my daily morning prayer/quiet time either.  Sleeping in with the kids has affected my relationship with God.  I am not turning to him as much or praying like I use to.  I have been drinking wine to help me relax at the end of the long kid pack summer days.  Two glasses of wine and I can’t sleep a wink.  I go to sleep just fine but wake up in the middle of the night and lay awake for 2-3 hours.  Of course the next morning I am exhausted and not my normal peppy clear headed self.  When you are tired and your mind is foggy everything and everyone suffers.  I am nooooo good on bad sleep. 

It’s so easy to get in a rut, to fall off your healthy living wagon, But I have the desire to wake up and reset.  I want to feel good not only for myself but for these guys. 

Who wants to join me for a my 30 day clear your head/get back on track reset??  I have done this reset in the past.  It’s really easy, but it’s easier if you have someone to do it with.  What if we all did it together??  In the past after the 30 day reset, I lost an average of 5-8 pounds, had more energy, felt closer to God, and my head was clear.  I slept better which we all know is the key to everything good! I was more positive, productive, more creative and my outlook on life was totally different.  At the end of the thirty days I jumped out of the bed in the mornings excited to start my day.  I was happier and my kids, husband, and friends were happier because of it.  I am ready to get back on track.  Who’s in??

The Button Bird 30 Day Reset incorporates these 7 factors into your day:

Prayer/mediation/quiet time:  30 minutes sometime during the day.  Most of the time I get up first thing in the morning and do this.  I pray for others and pray for the path God wants me on, not the one I want to be on.  I read my bible and a couple devotionals.  Sometimes I sit and try to be quiet and just listen.

Water:  Drink 70 ounces of water a day

Vitamin:  A multivitamin every morning with breakfast.

Food:  1500 calories a day.  200 for breakfast, 150 mid morning snack, 500 lunch, 150 mid afternoon snack, 500 dinner.  Coffee doesn’t count.  This is my reset and I get to set the rules.

Exercise:  30-45 minutes a day, 5 times a week.  I’m not talking about killing it at the gym.  A run or brisk walk, swimming laps while your kids play at the pool, going on a bike ride with the family, you get the picture.

Alcohol:  none, zero, zelch, zip, nada

Reading:  Read the book Seven, by Jen Hatmaker.  This book was recommended to me by my friend The Nester.  It is so good, I am going to read it again.

That’s it!!!  It’s soooooooo easy and the end of thirty days you feel like a different person.  So my question to you is……  Does anyone else feel the need to reset?  Could we somehow do it together here on this blog?  Is there a way we could encourage and inspire each other while we reset?
“Jesus gets a fresh platform in the empty space where indulgence resided”.
-Jen Hatmaker, Seven
 
Let me know what you think!!!!!!
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