Posts by Coach Shelly
New Year’s Resolutions You’ll Enjoy and Achieve
At the closing of the old year and rising of the new, many of us think about what to resolve doing differently than we have been doing. January 1st, after the holiday excess, it’s natural to want to pour ourselves into a new you. Restarting our engines. So we set a high bar and make…
Read MoreWorkout for a busy life and Black Friday
Your workout doesn’t have to be perfect. Modify your schedule. Modify your workout itself so it fits into your busy life. This becomes more important with holiday weeks like Thanksgiving and Black Friday. If you miss a workout, remind yourself this happens to everyone. Just reschedule it with a firm deadline again. Look over your…
Read MoreGoals and Motivation Pinterest Boards
If you’re looking for goals, motivation, and general ways to black belt your life, peruse my new Pinterest boards and let me know what you found useful and what I should cull. https://in.pinterest.com/baur0944/ There are specifics that can inspire you in some of the general categories listed in the image below. I’d suggest picking three…
Read MoreHoliday Stress Busting
As the holidays gear up, it’s a time many people stress out trying to live up to the expectations. You deserve to enjoy the season, and those around you will enjoy it better if you do too. Here are 5 tips: Budget. Both your time and your money. Overspending now…pay for it later. Rethink your…
Read MoreGratitude: What 3 Things are You Grateful For Today?
A friend regularly posts 3 items he’s grateful for that are low-key but important to his well-being. Playing with the cats, for example. Grading papers. Finishing a presentation. Not things to be competitive about. Others like me reply with our own lists. It does get you to reflect about what is going right even if…
Read MoreDiet Derailments
So my overall feeling is going on a diet doesn’t really work for me or for many, because when it’s over you go back to how you were eating before. So I try to stay within a certain range for eating food. However, with the stress of the divorce I gained weight, which means I…
Read MoreFinding Humor
Having a great attitude especially when things are hard is tough. That’s when it’s especially important to find something amusing. And of course as a black belt, I find ninja gingerbread men amusing. No I am not getting a kickback from anyone promoting this. In fact, I’m not buying it myself because my kids and…
Read MoreGoals
Goals must be set if you’re to achieve the most. And they have to be the right goals to get you where you want to be. Preferably goals you care about. Right now I went through the my weekly sheet I create each Sunday night to see what I’ve been meeting. Since my work is…
Read MoreUsing Credit Card Rewards
If you pay your credit cards off every month, you can earn bonus money from credit card rewards. Because of the difficulty of black out dates and other exclusions, I don’t bother with travel cards. Instead, I go for pure cash back. For favorite is Discover credit card rewards, which normally give me 1% back.…
Read MoreCore Workout with Balance ball/Exercise ball
Here I’m lifting a balance ball/exercise ball with my legs and transferring it to my arms. After this, I’ll put the ball on the ground behind my head with my arms as my legs slowly drop to the ground. Repeating to build core strength in my abs again. This would be a great addition to…
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