Are You Looking After Yourself?

I recently had an eye opening experience in regards to my health.

It was nothing serious - thankfully. But enough for me to realise something had to change. I HAD to change.

Do you remember that old Aussie TV ad, where the parents call the daughter and say "are you looking after yourself?" To which she would reply "yes, I'm looking after myself" as she tucked into a frozen meal (if I remember correctly)?

If YOU asked yourself that question today, and answered it truthfully, what would your answer be?

I was not honest with myself for a long time. Believing that 5-7 hours of broken sleep every night was okay. That 5 espressos a day was par for the course with my job. That I truly was far too busy to exercise. (Lets save the stop being busy for the sake of being busy for another day)

None of this is true.

Over a short period of time after a foot injury, I gained some weight, enough to go up a clothing size. Prior to that I had maintained the same relative size for many months. I was having excessive trouble sleeping, I was exhausted ALL-THE-TIME. I thought I was eating well as I didn't overeat, included lots of fruit and vegetables and I've never been a big junk food eater regardless.

Turns out, I just wasn't looking after myself.

You need to sleep.
You need to eat well.
You need to move.
You need to laugh.
You need to live.
And you need to love.

Give a hug today, take a nap, eat an apple, sit in the garden, go for a walk...hell climb a tree.

You'll feel better for it.