| | Hi Friend!
The Avengers Endgame has been getting a ton of press lately (have you seen it) and it should since it's the last movie in a cool movie series with lots of fun and talented actors with very creative story lines. It's doing so well, that it's grossed over $2 Billion so far and in fewer days than the previous record holder Avatar did.
One of the things that draws many people to Marvel's comic book stories are the super powers the characters possess. Strength, speed, power, flying, x-ray vision, freezing, lightning bolts, flame throwing, disappearing, time travel, mind control, etc... all cool skills that would make most people's lives a little more interesting.
Like many things in life and in history, fantasy and stories entertain us, inspire us and sometimes even lead to reality. Artificial Intelligence like Siri and Alexa are the beginning. One day, maybe we'll plug into a computer through a USB / lightning bolt connector when we need to learn something (like solve a medical case, legal challenge or a math problem), improve our business skills (sales, marketing, negotiations, strategy) or upgrade / update our parenting / dating / relationship skills to super. Or maybe we'll wear robotic suits like Ironman when we build stuff. Or maybe we'll just outsource all our laundry, cleaning, cooking, yard work to our robots so we can do something else, whatever that may be.
Wouldn't that all be amazing? Don't you feel like we're going to see and experience it in our lifetime? I do.
In the meantime, while we're waiting for fantasy to catch up to reality, what can we do?
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| | Develop Our Super Powers Why not make the commitment to continually pursue the best version of ourselves. TuPac told Biggie Smalls (in some movie I can't remember), that the journey was better than reaching the top. Isn't that usually the case. Tom Brady's won 6 super bowls, but his favorite is the next one. It's the pursuit, that often times is better than the end result because sometimes you don't win the super bowl or reach the stars. Sometimes you only get to the big dance or have to settle for second prize and you don't win. The journey and pursuit are the big rewards because you get to take those with you.
Hunger & Fullness - Physical Cues This is a super power. I thought it was boring when Vanessa used to talk about this, but when she said it was a super power, that's all the hook I needed to want to learn more about it and master it. If you read my last newsletter, "Betcha Can't Out Eat Me", you learned that I used to eat a lot of food without trying, but that's because I was hungry. I needed that much food. Now, currently, I'm not as active as I was then, but when you're used to eating a lot of food and eating off plates with piles of food on it and going back for 2nds, 3rds and sometimes 4ths, there's a bit of a habit there, that needs to get re-visited.
When you try do things you used to do, but you have a different activity level lifestyle and/or metabolism then you might get food coma, gain weight, reduce your performance, feel tired and overall become different than what you remember.
So practicing and learning hunger & fullness will help. - I usually practice eating until I'm not hungry anymore and stopping (this is made harder when there's something really awesome you want to eat a lot of).
- If I feel my stomach against my pants, that's the next cue.
- If I'm not sure if I'm still hungry or not, I wait. I wait, 5, 10, 15 minutes... I wait until everyone is done and the table is starting to get cleared and if I'm still hungry, I eat more. If not, I wait until the next meal or the morning.
- I aim to eat until I feel content and I'm no longer hungry. Usually this is 80% full, but on this scale below, it'd be a 7, and an 8 would be feeling my stomach against my pants.
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| | | Hunger & Fullness - Emotional Cues The scale below helps you check in with how you're feeling emotionally. Sometimes food gets used for emotional reasons (stress, tired, bored) and this helps you view your hunger in a different way. Say you feel full (8) on the physical scale, then you should be experiencing some satiety. On the emotional scale an (8) would correspond with feeling a decreased or no desire to continue eating. If you feel that way, you're probably right, but if you're not sure if you're full or content or if you've eaten enough these emotional cues can come in real handy. Are you still interested in eating more, then you're not full. Are you not interested in eating anymore, then you're full. |
| | | Reframing We ALL have to do self-care. We ALL have to eat & nourish ourselves. Why not find physical activity we enjoy so we can learn cool skills to do amazing things with our bodies and participate in experiences worth sharing. Why not also develop our own super powers so we can live it in real time vs. only watching others on a screen.
The journey and the pursuit are often times more worthwhile and rewarding than the end result.
Feeling hungry (4: slight hints of interest in food)
Mike Alves |
| | p.s. when you're ready, here are 3 ways I may be able to help you or someone you know.
Guest Days. The 1st two weeks of every phase are teaching weeks, in which we go a little slower while we teach the new program. In 2019, I decided to make these guest weeks, so new people could easily learn at the same time and at the same speed as our existing members. If you know someone who might like what we do, please do an email introduction with subject line "guest day".
Appreciation for Teachers & Professors. I sure appreciate everything Vivi's teachers do for her and our family, so in addition to doing something special for her teachers, I thought I'd make something available for all educators as a thank you for their extremely valuable service. If you know an educator who's not currently a member that might like what we do and be desiring to work on their self-care and self-renewal this summer, email introduce us with subject line "appreciation", or email me directly if you want to gift a phase or summer of self-care.
Program Design & Private Training. Are you feeling a little bored with your cardio routine? Is your treadmill, elliptical, rower or bike, becoming a clothing rack? Is your gym membership going unused? Do you have pain? Do you have an event coming up? Do you need more support & accountability? Do you need a plan, to get stronger, transform your body, perform better at sports, get faster or eat better? Reply with a subject line of "program design" if you need a "program" and/or "private training" if you need support and accountability. |
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