Cómo mantener un estilo de vida saludable y no morir en el intento

¿Alguna vez te has encontrado a ti mismo poniendo excusas por las cuales no cuidas tu salud? Frases tales como:
-"Es muy caro"
-"No tengo tiempo"
-"Me muero de hambre"
-"¿No pizza?
-"Qué aburrido comer puras ramas" (esta es mi favorita)

There's a party in my tummy

Hello dear readers
Not very much to say this time but I just want to share with you an amazing juice I have been making these days.
Ok, there is NO gram of no natural stuff in it, you just have to mix it all and you will get delicious results.
For a 500ml porcion you need:

-A Juicer (mine is a cheap brand one)
-3 oranges
-1 piece of celery
-1 beet
- 3 or 4 carrots
-1 green apple

Let the juicer make the magic and you will get this energizing and yummy juice. Just don't do that when everyone at home still sleeping, haha.

So then you have a great source of A, C, K, Iron, Potassium and more vitamins to strengthen your defenses against flu and cold weather :)

Hope you enjoy it.
Warm regards,
J.

Fall

Hello dear readers,

Today I decided to stay at home. I know I know, I should've gone to school but instead I wanted to skip it and clean up my little cottage (it was a mess!!)  and update you guys of what is going on these days in my head.

I always like to share my readings although these last weeks has been basically about economy and global problems, I recently got borrowed this book "Organic Manifesto" that I highly recommend for everybody. You will discover how important is to keep our life away from the Big Markets and its unhealthy products and choose to live better without them. IT IS POSSIBLE!!

I also loved this week NYT Magazine The Body Issue. Fast Company has become a great source of news to me too. I am a designer student, so this kind of magazines inspire me to make great things.
And well, I plan to make myself an herbs oils moisturizing cream and scented candles, so wish me luck!!

I am becoming a little obsessed with natural things, then I though, well I can do that by myself.
I recently read that most of scented candles you find at stores are very toxic and and releases so many pollution. I heard about this some years ago, but I just realized it until now.


So, I know that there is nothing more relaxing and cozy than a cup a coffee, a nice book and a scented candle, but try to avoid those cheap candles from the dollar store, and pick a beewax with cotton wicks.
I leave you this link so you can check alternative options.

Hope you have a great and enjoyable season.
Lots of warm hugs
J.

What is Yoga?

In words of my guru Tara Stiles:

 What is Yoga?

Yoga means union.
The sanskrit word yoga has many meanings: to unite, to join, to contemplate, and to be absorbed. When we practice it regularly, we unite our mind, body an spirit. We connect with ourselves, and we are able to connect more meaningfully with other and the world we are in. 

       Yoga is the ultimate act of self study. It is a daily dive deep into ourselves, where we come back refreshed and ready for all comers. Yoga goes much deeper than streching. How you live in your body, how you experience it, is how you live in your mind is tense your body is tense, and it dominos through the rest of your life. If your mind is out of balance, your body is out of balance, and your life can spiral out of control. If your mind is calm, open, and focused, your body and life also reflect and expand acordingly.

Breath, run, sweat, live

I can sum up my summer so far in a few words: Organic-Healthy-Bright-New Thoughts.

Enjoy the rest of the sunny days.

Colorful summer

  

I realized that for the first time, I'm enjoying the summer. I decided to change some bad habits and started to enjoy a simpler and healthier life. 

Now I can see changes much faster compared when I worried too much about them. My new motto for the summer is "Good has not be complicated".

 I've never been a big fan of high temperatures, but I think my reward is the delicious and exotic fruits of the season and see how it all begins to have a different vibe,  the flavors are citrus and people bathe in the sun. 

I hope you enjoy it as much i do. :)

Jeovanna

Goal in progress

I am starting to work out again after almost 6 months. This time, I expect too much of myself, and I know that if I'm constant and strong I can exceed my own expectations.
Fingers crossed. :)

J.

My Dinner menu

• Asparagus soup, Garlic crouton and chives.
• Arugula fennel and Orange Salad with toasted seeds Dressing.
• Florentine Lasagna with Putanesca sauce, grilled yellow Squash.
• Tiramisu with Dark Chocolate and coffee Gele.

Aprox. calories : 800 <3

Friday

Here is again another menu of my daily life.

7:00 am: Granola

1:00 pm: 2 ham sandwich

7:00 pm: Four Cheese Spaguetti with Sautéed Potatoes.

Water: 1 jar :D (1.5 litters)

This was not a great day since I had no enough fiber and real food. But at least I had more water than usual. I have to include salads in my menu :)

What kind of food do you usually eat a day? Have you thouhgt if they are the best option? 

One tip I may share with you is to NEVER avoid breakfast (and I really have to take it for myself too)

Even a banana or some granola is fine, but remember that an empty stomach is like a car without gasoline. So, how do you pretend to start your day full of energy? Think about it.

Today BTW

Hello everyone!

As I promised, I'm back. Unfortunalety, I don't have enough time to post very often, but I hope whatever I share, you can enjoy it.

So that's why I'm introducing  a new topic in my all renewed (but not finished yet) blog. Health. At this moment of my life, I have made a commitment about having better and healthier habits.

This is the first menu I want to share in order to see the next results. Hopefully they're be much better and balanced every time.

Hope this interest you, and help you to realize how important is to make and keep better eating habits.

Love, Jeovanna.

Soundtrack:  Florence and the Machine "Lover to Lover"

Menu I had today

05:00a.m.: Oatmeal w/milk


07:00a.m.: Double shot Mocha Coffee w/cream 


12:30p.m.: Cheese and ham roll


02:00p.m.: Vegetable soup and 2 corn tortillas


07:00p.m.: Fetuccini w/greens


08:00p.m.: 2 vegetarian mediterranean pizza slices


Glasses of water: 5 :(




Red light no.1 : Not enough water a day
Red light no.2 : Trans fats in cream and cheese




I think it's too much for a day. What do you think? I'm starting to think it's because of anxiety.