Getting back on track!

Hey everyone! It's been a while since I wrote so here is an update!

"Its not how many times you fail at something, its how many times you choose to get up and try again." 

That is one of my life's motto and, come to think of it it, applies to almost everything including health and exercise. Since before school was over I started gaining some weight. I was very stressed out, working overtime with little or no time to cook properly or to exercise. Plus there were too many extracurricular activities with great food, that of course needed to be eaten very cautiously which I did not do. Guilty as charged!

Well, as soon as school was over I started or tried to get back on track and it was working until we had to go. Since my husband and I are teachers we get this marvelous summer vacations. First we had a road trip to Atlanta to visit my cousin and her children. Later we hopped on an airplane and flew to see our family in Puerto Rico. If you are puertorrican or latino you know how much you eat when you are back home. Then we had a lovely boat trip to the British Virgin Islands where we kept eating and, then we returned to Atlanta. After a few day we started another road trip to Indianapolis to visit my husband's uncle. Last time we were here we ate a lot, and when I say a lot I mean a lot. So we were expecting the same thing this time around. We did warned them that we were a little bit overweight, but that we will start to work on it when we returned to Texas. Thank God they did not take it seriously, cause every since we got here (two days ago) they have helped us watch what we were eating and encourage us to get some workout done. It was a shocker! My vacation was not finish and I was already starting to get back on track, how awesome is that?

So we got serious about it, we need to loose some serious weight! I will like to share with you our marvelous plan. We will stay in Indy for a few more days so we are watching out portions, walking and doing some of the 21 Day Fix workouts. We also ordered the new 3 Day Refresh system from Beachbody which will help us cleanse and energize our body so we can have a great back to school. After that we will start the 21 Dax Fix program. I think it is a great plan don't you agree? I hope you do. Bottom line we all struggle to keep up with our health and exercises during special occasions like holidays or vacations. If you have done so, you are not alone in that road! The important thing is to get back on track as soon as you can. I know it will get to the point were this issues will minimize and we will be able to enjoy our vacations in a healthy but fun way. I will keep you posted on our progress and experience with this new 3 Day Refresh system or if you want to join us please visit my coach page so we can gets you set up. Until next time...

Remember to be a healthier version of yourself!

Why I wanted to be a healthier teacher!

I have been trying to live a healthier lifestyle for a few months now. So you have a better idea of what I am going to expose let me tell you a little bit about my health issues as a teacher.

Everyone in the World acknowledges teaching as one of the highest stress jobs. As teachers we are expected to do numerous things and on top of it attend to our students and lessons. We are constantly exposed to illnesses and stress. My health issues got worse since a started teaching. My first two years as a teacher were very hard on my health. I was constantly absent because I either had to go to a doctor (generalists, urologists, gastroenterologist, obgyn) you name it I had to go to it. After a while I got better but whenever stress raised up again I will start getting sick. I was not sleeping enough, skipping meals or eating junk. This reflected in my teaching why? I did not have enough energy, I had to be absent a lot, I was cranky and I did not have the strength to plan good lessons plus my tolerance was lower.

When I moved to Texas a few months ago a familiar illness pattern started to appear. It was a new experience all the way, new education system, alternative certification program and newly wed! Plus allergies came to a start which I never had! I used all my sick and personal day on the first semester and off course parents started to complain and I do not blame them but at the same time my health is important. In all of it I started to get a little depressed and overwhelmed, so I had to do something about it.

I went to a doctor and he explain that I was under lots of stress and my immune system was not responding well. He recommended a low dose anti depressant, workout, vitamins and healthier eating. In my head I was like what???? I do not have time for none of that! But I had to, so I accepted the anti-depressant as something short term and it actually helped. I was more focused and not so worried as I was before so I could actually started to have better night sleep. I organized my schedule so I could try and get at least a 7 to 8 hour sleep. Just by doing that I notice more energy during the day and a better mood. To that I added workouts, a very healthy shake as breakfast which I usually skipped and a healthier meal planning.
I saw the difference right away and my students and co-workers too. I only do a 30 minute (21dayfix) workout after I get home and it makes me have more energy to finish all the school work or other chores that I have left for the day. This helps me relax and throw all the frustration or stress that the day has put on me. The shakeology helps out greatly with all the vitamins, minerals that I am doing has 70 super nutrition ingredients which boost your digestive and immune system and lots of vitamins, mineral and proteins.

In conclusion what I want to stress out is that our job is very stressful and it exposes ourselves to many illnesses. Do research about it, I have and all coincide in the same things and that is that we need to take care of ourselves and look for healthy ways to deal with all that stress. As much as our students need intention teaching, aligned lesson plans and engaging lessons, they also need their teachers in the classroom, healthy teachers for that matter. We are there role models for our students and for that we need to model that being healthy is a very important part of being successful and a great person. If you need help in this area, motivation or some info please let me know. I want to help teacher become healthier teacher. I host a facebook group where we encourage and motivate each other to achieve this important goal. Hope this help and stay healthy!