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Here's another great edition of the FRESH! Wellness Newsletter. This week, we have a tasty Breakfast Hash recipe for you to try. Plus, be sure to read our article on Creative Visualization. Dive in, enjoy, and please let us know what you think about the information.
Yours in Health and Happiness,
Tim Borys
CEO FRESH!
Wellness Group
Visualization Leads to Actualization
Visualization, done right, can be extremely powerful in achieving any goal.
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Article Title
Visualization, done right, can be extremely powerful in achieving any goal. As you think about your goals for the New Year, take into consideration the following…
Using your intellectual factor of imagination see yourself already in possession of your goal. Picture yourself with the healthy and fit body you desire, and literally feel what it is like to have it. You cannot achieve anything in your “outer world” until you first see it in your “inner world.”
Is Visualization for Real?
In one of the most well known studies on Creative Visualization in sports, Russian scientists compared four groups of Olympic athletes in terms of their training schedules:
- Group 1 had 100% physical training
- Group 2 had 75% physical training with 25% mental training
- Group 3 had 50% physical training with 50% mental training
- Group 4 had 25% physical training with 75% mental training
The results showed that Group 4, with 75% of their time devoted to mental training, performed the best. "The Soviets had discovered that mental images can act as a prelude to muscular impulses." [1]
Creative Visualization is distinguished from normal daydreaming in that Creative Visualization is done in the first person and the present tense – as if the visualized scene were unfolding all around you; whereas normal daydreaming is done in the third person and the future tense. Using affirmations that begin with “I am so happy and grateful now that…” is an excellent way to begin programming your subconscious mind to move towards your goal.
Visualization is another tool that Olympic athletes use to get their minds in shape for competition. In this technique, athletes mentally rehearse exactly what they have to do to win. Sports psychologists say that visualization boosts athletes' confidence by forcing them to picture themselves winning. It also helps them concentrate on their physical moves, rather than on distractions around them. [2]
Visualize to Actualize
Remember, all things are created twice – first in the imagination and then second in the physical world. Study this excerpt from Napoleon Hill’s famous book, Think & Grow Rich:
The law of autosuggestion, through which any person may rise to altitudes of achievement which stagger the imagination, is well described in the following verse:
“If you think you are beaten, you are,
If you think you dare not, you don’t
If you like to win, but you think you can’t,
It is almost certain you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost
For out of the world we find,
Success begins with a fellow’s will—
It’s all in the state of mind.
If you think you are outclassed, you are,
You’ve got to think high to rise,
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.
Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man,
But soon or late the man who wins
Is the man WHO THINKS HE CAN!”
Observe the words which have been emphasized, and you will catch the deep meaning which the poet had in mind. Somewhere in your makeup there lies, sleeping, the seed of achievement which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights such as you may never have hoped to attain.
Just as a master musician may cause the most beautiful strains of music to pour forth from the strings of a violin, so may you arouse the genius who lies asleep in your brain, and cause it to drive you upward to whatever goal you may wish to achieve.
Tips for Success
- Create an affirmation statement and visualize yourself with your goal achieved.
- Put your affirmation statement in places you’ll see it often like your bathroom mirror, car and desk. Put it on a card and keep it in your pocket at all times.
- Create a Vision Board – cut out pictures of your goal (i.e., fit bodies, athletes, etc.) and make a collage that you can view often. Get emotionally involved when you look at it.
Sources
- Robert Scaglione, William Cummins, Karate of Okinawa: Building Warrior Spirit, Tuttle Publishing, 1993, ISBN 096264840X.
- Fiona McCormack, "Mind games," Scholastic Scope, Vol. 54, Iss. 10, New York: Jan 23, 2006.
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Breakfast Hash
Ingredients
- 1 lb. Brussels sprouts, shredded
- 1 small butternut squash, peeled & diced
- 1 rutabaga, peeled & shredded
- 5-6 slices of bacon
- Bacon fat
- Sea salt & pepper to taste
Directions
Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees. Prepare squash by peeling off the outer skin and dicing it into 1-inch pieces. Add 1-2 TBSP of bacon fat to oven-safe skillet over medium heat. Add diced squash and cook for 10 minutes.
Prepare Brussel sprouts by cutting off bottoms, taking off outer leaves, and slicing them in half. Then add them to your food processor and pulse several times until they appear shredded. Add shredded Brussels sprouts to squash mixture and stir well. Add skillet to oven and bake for 20 minutes. Place bacon on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. When squash and Brussel sprout mixture has 15 minutes left add the bacon to the oven.
While squash and Brussel sprouts are baking, peel & shred rutabaga. Use the shredding attachment on your food processor is easiest. Add another 1 TBSP of bacon fat to a skillet over medium heat and add rutabaga. Flatten with a spatula, and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side or until browned. Finally, make eggs over easy. When bacon is done cooking, chop into 1-2 inch pieces. Assemble by mixing the rutabaga, bacon, and squash/Brussel sprout mixture and top with eggs over easy.
ENJOY!! :-D
Tip of the Week: Break the Fast
Maybe you just don’t feel hungry when you first wake up, you’re trying to cut back on calories, or mornings are already too hectic to take the time to fix something to eat. Whatever your excuse for skipping breakfast, you’re missing out on a lot of valuable health benefits.
Numerous studies prove and experts agree that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Here are a few reasons why:
- Weight Control
- Energy
- Nutrition
- Memory
- Health Risks
Made for Mornings
Eggs are one of nature’s best sources of nutrients and protein making them the perfect breakfast food for most people. Eat them hard-boiled, scrambled, or sunny side up. Either way, your good health will thank you!
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