The Friday Five: Taking My Own Advice
It was a fast week. Then again, they’re all fast lately. Instead of wondering why Friday isn’t coming faster, I’m pretty much always wishing for just a little more time each day.
That said, I need to learn to slow down and accept that many things are not going to go as planned (especially now, with a one year old) and that I can’t be perfect, or even close. I need to be better at taking my own advice – embracing change and going with the flow.
1. After writing a post earlier this week about being consistently better, which I swear was straight from the heart, I barely prayed this week. I also didn’t eat as consistently as I normally do. Go figure. Hopefully my post inspired someone else to be better because I guess I had a hard time taking my own advice here.
2. I’m a workaholic at heart. I always want to be better (usually a good thing, right?), but often to a fault. I need to learn to just chill out sometimes and be a mom instead of speeding through life. I still feel like a failure if I don’t get my to-do list done each day.
3. I really wouldn’t ever tell a client to turn to spray butter as something to put on their steamed broccoli, but honestly I do it. I love spray butter.
4. Do you workout when you’re stressed? I have to admit this is one area where I don’t struggle. I pretty much always find a way to get my workouts in, but I know many people don’t. Here’s a quickie article by the folks over at Precision Nutrition on how to plan your fitness for stressful times. (I’m not saying I’m perfect over here… I usually workout, but eat like crap and drink too much wine when I’m stressed out.)
5. I tried a new-to-me pre-workout on Wednesday and it made me really crazy. I felt like I had really low blood sugar all day, regardless of how much I ate. I was grumpy, wanted to fall asleep and had the worst headache. I’ve yelled at my husband for taking pre-workouts that make him feel that way before. Whoops.
Do you have a hard time taking your own advice? About what?
I am bad at taking my own advice too, like simplifying and saying no more! I am working on it too! For balance! which I know you need and want more of too! What pre-workout did you take? that sounds awful, I hate reactions like that! I kinda like spray butter too – confession
XO, hope you get some downtime between busy-ness this weekend!
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I actually think most people are bad at taking their own advice. Must practice what we preach, right? Maybe I’ll have you over for some spray butter sometime. haha
Amanda Perry recently posted..The Friday Five: Taking My Own Advice
Man, I HATE feeling like my own worst enemy in the advice department. I can give the BEST darn advice around, but take my own words and use them in my OWN life? I am AWFUL at it. SO bad. I often need to be reminded of my own words…by my sister (ahem, hehe), who in turn gives me the smack upside the head I need to come back to reality and chill out just a little bit more. It’s very hard for me to do…must be the Type A in ALL of us, huh?? Hang in there and I hope your weekend is SIMPLE!!
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Awww I just love you ladies. I’m so glad that your sister is such an inspiration to you. I know she feels the same way.
I don’t think everyone is Type A, but I know I am…and so are you. 
Amanda Perry recently posted..The Friday Five: Taking My Own Advice