Getting Healthy with Sadie

 Fixing your Relationship with Exercise I broke up with exercise in 2017. I kicked it to the curb and was done with the abuse and torment. It really felt like a bad relationship and I was done feeling like it was a one sided gig. I spent the next year ignoring the fact that it existed and would even bad mouth it if I had the chance. Secretly I felt guilty and knew that I had been the monster in the relationship.  Taking ownership.  I found myself after that year in a place where I knew it was time to fix this and I had one idea in mind. Go right back where I left off and pretend like it never happened. This was awful of course. I was out of shape! I couldn't breath! My joints hurt and everything felt like an uphill battle. I wanted to quit again and leave this for the cardio bunnies and gym rats. I was neither. And yet there was a voice in my head that kept whispering that this was my key to a better life. I just need to find a way to enjoy it.  I took a step back and thought about

Your Second Brain 🧠 You have a second brain and it lives where the sun don't shine! Let me paint a prettier picture for you. Imagine your digestive system (from your entrance to your exit) is a beautiful garden! There are gorgeous flowers, trees, bushes, chirping birds and lots of wildlife! You absolutely want to live here and enjoy all the lovely sights and sounds!!  Then one day a fire breaks out! It terrorizes part of your garden! Some of the birds left and others are scarred! How in the world do you rebuild this part! Just like one rotten apple can spread to others, slowly the garden begins to wilt and smell and there are all sorts of issues you cannot fix at once! This will take years to rebuild.  That is what happens to our guts and it sends direct signals to your brain -making it depressed, anxious, sad and other unease. It lowers the bodies immune system and cannot rid the toxins that come as we are exposed to viruses and bacteria. It can cause so many other long lasting i

 Snack Attack -Help I'm trapped!  Do you feel like you are a slave to snacking? Whether it's late night, mindless snacking throughout the day or a fixation to always munch on something, you are not alone and there is hope to work on this!  Let's break this down first and foremost to identify what your areas you'd like to work on are and where do they stem from.  As a kid, did you have similar habits or is this is this a new formed habit?  Do you tend to go towards a certain taste like sweet or salty?  Is there a texture you are after or a feeling like a crunch or liquid? How often are you feeling the actual hunger pang in your body and how often are you feeling the fullness stretch in your body?  Once you have identified these areas we can move forward to work on each of them to slowly (not abrupt cold turkey) work on changing these.  Here are 10 strategies to reduce snacking: 1.) Invest in quality vitamins to take each day. You may be going after snacks because you are

10 Healthy Habits that take little effort to do by Sadie Tollberg 1.) Make it a habit to only eat while sitting at a table. This is a mental trigger that can help you to know when its appropriate to eat and when it's not. Sometimes we have mindless snacking when we are places like our desk or car. This will help to retrain that habit.  2.) Drink a glass of water when you first wake up. If you struggle with water this will help greatly. It wakes up the digestive tract and will make all of your first food and drinks of the day go much smoother.  3.) Park your car towards the back of the parking lot. Give yourself a few extra steps in each day this way!  4.) Use smaller plate and bowls when you eat. It tricks your brain into thinking there is much more food than there is!  5.) Place your goals and dreams on sticky notes and place them around your home. In the bathroom or in the kitchen are great places to start. They can be inside cabinets or somewhere guests wont see them. But expert