What do you see?
Submitted by David Weaver on Wed, 04/07/2010 - 9:04am
Perspective.
What do you see when looking at this picture?
The concept of looking at something differently is so simple and fundamental. Yet how often do we keep looking at things exactly the same way? How often do we get stuck in a rut of negative thoughts? It's easy to do. Do we see that piece of cake and think, "I'm missing out on the enjoyment of life if I don't eat this...?" Or do we look at that cake and see an opportunity to treat our bodies well and live a long healthy life? Instead saying, "I gladly choose the fruit over the cake because I know it gives me life!"
This idea applies to just about anything. What about work? What about life struggles? What about setbacks? When we change our perspective, we grow. A terrible, unfulfilling job becomes an opportunity to improve everyone's life you come in contact with at that job. A life struggle becomes a determined will to push through and come out better for it. A setback opens a whole different thing you never would have seen had it not happened.
I had a fantastic weekend at OPT in Calgary and my perspective was definitely changed. Before the weekend I would've seen a couple benches in a park. A nice place to relax or hang out for a while. After some knowledge this picture became anaerobic lactic power training...
What do YOU see?
What do you see when looking at this picture?
The concept of looking at something differently is so simple and fundamental. Yet how often do we keep looking at things exactly the same way? How often do we get stuck in a rut of negative thoughts? It's easy to do. Do we see that piece of cake and think, "I'm missing out on the enjoyment of life if I don't eat this...?" Or do we look at that cake and see an opportunity to treat our bodies well and live a long healthy life? Instead saying, "I gladly choose the fruit over the cake because I know it gives me life!"
This idea applies to just about anything. What about work? What about life struggles? What about setbacks? When we change our perspective, we grow. A terrible, unfulfilling job becomes an opportunity to improve everyone's life you come in contact with at that job. A life struggle becomes a determined will to push through and come out better for it. A setback opens a whole different thing you never would have seen had it not happened.
I had a fantastic weekend at OPT in Calgary and my perspective was definitely changed. Before the weekend I would've seen a couple benches in a park. A nice place to relax or hang out for a while. After some knowledge this picture became anaerobic lactic power training...
What do YOU see?
Recipes
Coconut Pecan Crusted Mahi Mahi
Recipe for two 4 oz filets
Marinate Mahi Mahi in 1 cup of Coconut milk for a couple hours then rub with your choice of spices...I chose
Dry Mustard
Cayenne Pepper
Sea Salt
Then in a food processor combine
1/4 cup pecans
1/4 cup unsweetened dried coconut
Coat the filets with the chopped up mixture
Drizzle Coconut oil over the top of the filets! YUMMY
Cook at 400 for 10-12 min!
Health Tips
Buy Organic
Foods that were once thought to be very good for your health, are still good for your health. BUT, many of them also have added problems and dangers associated with them that they never had before.
There are some more commonly known problems such as the use of pesticides, toxins and other dangerous chemicals that now exist in non-organic foods. These can lead to various health problems and conditions. Just do a search for "side effects of pesticides" and see what you come up with.
But aside from these issues, there is a very big problem even worse than pesticides; Genetically Modified Foods. The US does NOT require labeling of GMO foods. Fruits and vegetables are some of the most commonly modified foods. They are created in labs and then patented as something the said company owns. There are no laws about the safety of these foods being put into distribution. They are only required to have a patent. Some foods that are VERY likely genetically modified are soy, corn and it's products (canola oil, high fructose corn syrup, etc.) and wheat.
So just by eating the way our pre-agricultural ancestors ate, we can avoid some of our present day dangers all together. We already know that grainfed animals are the "protein equivilant of cardboard." We also now know that there are some potentially dangerous effects of the other foods we are eating as well. So if we are trying to live as healthy and disease-free as possible, let's think more carefully about what we put in our bodies. Buying organic, grassfed, local products is good for the local community, good for your health, and good for future generations.
"A plant, fruit, or animal grown without the administration of artificial pesticides, herbicides, or insecticides, chemical fertilizers, antibiotics or growth hormones (in the case of animal products), most closely replicates wild or untampered-with growing conditions" - Mark Sisson
“The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.” ~ Thomas Edison
