Just a little walk

Did you know that, that just a little walk goes a long way? We can't always get out to take a walk
in the neighborhood, or at the local mall, so take a walk at home!  You don't have time???Just 15 minutes can really help a lot!
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Meatless Mondays Recipe

Roasted Mushroom Medley

Roasting mushrooms brings out their natural earthiness, enhancing their flavor.

• Serves	Cook Time	Prep Time
  Serves 4 - 6	40 minutes	15 minutes

   Ingredients 
• • 2 Pounds Mixed Fresh Mushrooms
  • 2 Garlic Cloves, Chopped
  • 1/2 Cup Olive Oil
  • Salt & Pepper
  • 1 Teaspoon Chopped Fresh Rosemary
  • 1 Teaspoon Chopped Fresh Sage
  • 1/4 Cup Chopped Fresh Parsley
  • 1 Teaspoon Balsamic Vinegar

• Directions:

  Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  Wipe the mushrooms with a clean, damp cloth and trim stems.
  Slice the mushrooms into pieces no larger than 2 inches in size.
  Mix the olive oil with the garlic, herbs and seasonings in an ovenproof casserole dish large enough to fit all of the mushrooms.
  Add the mushrooms, and mix well, coating the mushrooms with the flavored oil.
  Bake for about 30 to 40 minutes, or until cooked through.
  Remove from the heat, and drizzle with the balsamic vinegar.
  

   

10 Things You Can Do to Become More Positive

Have you ever thought about the connection between being positive and achieving success? In order the achieve success, you must be positive. Being positive keeps good ideas in your head, attracts people to you and makes you feel more confident; these factors increase your chances of success. Think about your own preferences for a minute; would you rather be around someone who is always saying negative things or always saying positive things? Most people would rather be around the positive person. Make yourself that positive person that everybody wants to be around. The more people you encounter who like you, the more doors open to you.
10 Positive Things You Can Do:
1. Let only kind, positive works escape your lips. Avoid saying anything negative. NO complaining, no gossip, no blaming, no criticizing, no judging, no condemning. If you slip up, put yourself on the receiving end of your comments. Would you want to listen to you? Would you want to be talked about like that?
2. Smile. A genuine, open, happy smile is powerfully attractive. You will find people magnetically drawn to you if you smile.
3. Walk tall. Your posture conveys what’s going on inside. Downcast eyes and slumped shoulders scream negativity so straighten up. Eyes forward, chin up, back straight… walk like you OWN the place. Walk with confidence, even if you don’t feel it… yet. Walk with prosperity, even if you don’t have it yet. Walk with open willingness, even if you’re scared and shy. Walk with self-esteem, even if you don’t feel it yet. Your mind influences your body and the reverse is true as well. You can improve your mood and become more positive by smiling and walking tall.
4. Ride the wave of emotions. When you’re on an emotional roller coaster, your ‘vibe’ is not very attractive to people. So here’s how to get control of yourself in 90 seconds flat. Yes. No joke. It takes 90 seconds from the time a thought generates a physiological response (the emotion) in your limbic system… to the time that electrochemical reaction is reabsorbed in the body. 90 seconds. During that minute and a half, focus ONLY on the emotion, NOT on the thought that caused it. Feel the emotion. And it will pass. Then immediately think about something happier. It works!
5. Focus on what you want. Most people focus on what they don’t want. “I want to lose 25 pounds.” “I want to quit smoking.” “I don’t want to struggle paying my bills.” What you focus on, gains power. Focus on what you want: “I want to weigh (your ideal).” “I am healthy and happy.” “I am financially secure.” Don’t give a moment’s mental or emotional energy to the stuff you want to get away from. Give your energy to what you want.
6. Create a habit of action. Procrastination is the real reason things don’t get done and why you may stay frustrated and unfulfilled. It’s not lack of time. Not lack of ability. Procrastination is fear, wearing the disguise of “I can do this later.” The only way to overcome it is to create a habit of action. First thing in the morning, before the day gets rolling, do one thing you’ve been procrastinating on or are tempted to put off. DO IT. Get it out of your face. You’ll feel so much better and you’ll be moving ahead with your dreams.
7. Pay it forward. Even the little niceties don’t go unnoticed. Every day, do some nice thing for someone. Even if you have nothing to give or do, you can give a compliment and a smile, and that’s a LOT.
8. Say affirmations. Every day as you go to sleep, set the tone for your mind’s night-time musings. An affirmation is a command to your subconscious, if you do it right: always in the present tense, with the end in mind, and with feeling. For example, “I am a successful photographer.” (NOT “I will be a successful photographer”). Repeat, repeat, repeat. This will sink into your subconscious and your mind will start searching for ways to make it happen.
9. Be bold. Action vaporizes fear and gives you amazing confidence. Dare. As the zen saying goes, “leap, and the net will appear.” Every challenge you face is an opportunity to grow, NOT a reason to retreat back to your comfort zone. Try, learn, try again and see the result on your attitude! Say “yes” to challenges and gain confidence along the way.
10. Be thankful. Be thankful for everything in your life: for the experience, for the lessons in every situation, every relationship. Everything is a gift (wrapped in unexpected and sometimes difficult ways) given to you to help you grow.
Use Tapping to reinforce your positive mental state as you use these tips to become more positive. Positivity is a habit, just like negativity. Any habit can be change with consistent and persistent practice; Tapping speeds up the process and entrenches these new habits very firmly. And then, happiness and success are yours!
Positivity is just a thought away. You can choose, right now, to release negativity from your life and be happy!

Heart Healthy

Raise Your Heart Rate with a Brisk Walk

Ever arrive at a meeting huffing and puffing because you race-walked across the parking lot to get there on time? Bravo! Tiny workouts like these have a big payback: They make your heart healthier.
Is stress hurting your heart?
In fact, 20% of your fitness level may come from these micro bursts of activity. So don't overlook a chance to do some zooming around. All it takes: being sure that what you do makes you breathe a little faster and raises your heart rate some. That's what tones your heart and lungs.
The best workouts to help your heart
Of course, we want you to do more than tiny workouts (we don't cut ourselves any slack, either). Take a walk, pedal an exercise bike, or do a turn on the elliptical for 30 minutes. And aim for consistency: 30 minutes a day trumps a 90-minute killer workout once a week (though we like adding one of those). Then, throw yourself into bits of extra movement (Dr. Mike runs the stairs at the Cleveland Clinic; and good luck keeping up with Dr. Oz as he zooms from his office to the TV studio!). It could add an extra 10 or 20 minutes of heart-friendly exercise a day without your even scheduling it. That's no small potatoes.
Try leaving your office a little late for that walking-distance lunch date, then hustle so you're on time. Pick up the pace when you're running mall errands. Give the dog a real walk. Dust, sweep, fold the laundry, and vacuum at speed. Then, give yourself a pat on the back for harnessing the "zoom" factor.

Truliving: Staying on Task

Truliving: Staying on Task:  Why is it so challenging to stay focused, on something that will bring positive results? It can be difficult to stay on task because ....

Daily Recipe

 

Meatless Mondays!

OK, so I am not a vegetarin, by any means, but I do try to make healthy choices, so I'm going for the meatless Mondays! Stay tune every Monday.

 

 

 

Ingredients

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• 3 Tbs olive oil
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 eggplant (~12 oz.) peeled and diced
• 1 to 2 Tbs water
• 1 1/4 cup fresh bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup minced fresh Italian parsley leaves
• 1/2 tsp fine sea salt
• 1 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 2 large eggs slightly beaten
• 1/2 cupfreshly grated Pecorino (Romano) cheese
• 1/4 cupvegetable oil
• 3 cup tomato pasta sauce, warmed through
• 1 lb. pasta
• Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet or saucepan and slowly cook the garlic over medium heat until golden. Add the eggplant and 1 T of the water, cover, and steam the eggplant over low heat until very soft, about 10 minutes. Add the remaining water only if the eggplant begins to stick to the skillet. Stir the eggplant occasionally while it cooks. Set the eggplant aside and let it cool.
• Combine the bread crumbs, parsley, salt, oregano, eggs and cheese in a large bowl. Stir in the eggplant, mix well, and let it stand for 20 minutes. Scoop small amounts of the mixture into your hands and form meatballs the size of a small egg. There should be enough to make about eighteen. Heat the vegetable oil in a large sauté pan over medium high heat, then fry the meatballs, turning them occasionally so they brown evenly, or bake them in an oiled casserole dish in a preheated oven until browned, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer meatballs to the tomato sauce and keep hot.
• Prepare pasta according to package directions. Drain and place pasta in a serving dish. Mix with some of the tomato sauce, then arrange the meatballs and sauce on top of the pasta, and serve immediately. Pass additional cheese for sprinkling on top.
• NOTE: When forming the meatballs, wet your hands occasionally to prevent the mixture from sticking.

How to make it

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• Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet or saucepan and slowly cook the garlic over medium heat until golden. Add the eggplant and 1 T of the water, cover, and steam the eggplant over low heat until very soft, about 10 minutes. Add the remaining water only if the eggplant begins to stick to the skillet. Stir the eggplant occasionally while it cooks. Set the eggplant aside and let it cool.

Staying on Task

 Why is it so challenging to stay focused, on something that will bring positive results?
It can be difficult to stay on task because of life's, simple distractions.

Whether you work for yourself or for an employer, spending hours surfing the net and updating your Facebook profile won’t get you any closer to your goals ... yet you find it hard to keep on-task.

Even when you do try to concentrate, you might get to 5pm and feel like you’ve not accomplished anything.

Here’s how to stay focused and get more done – every day.

Minimize Interruptions
If you live alone and work from home, interruptions are unlikely to be a big problem. If you work in a busy office and your job involves a lot of reactive tasks, like answering phone calls or emails from clients, you might be getting interrupted every few minutes.

Your target isn’t to cut out interruptions altogether – that’s not realistic – but to get rid of as many as you can. Some good ways to start are:

• Close your email program – if necessary, check it once every 30 minutes to ensure there’s nothing genuinely urgent


• Let your phone go to voicemail – or ask a colleague to cover it for an hour or two. (You can always return the favor at a later point.)


• Shut your office door. If you work in an open-plan office with other colleagues, putting on headphones will make others think twice about interrupting you to chat: it doesn’t matter whether you’re actually listening to music or not.

Get Prepared
Some tasks need a lot of concentration – like writing a report, coming up with a plan, or analyzing some complex data. If you’re tackling one of those, you don’t want to be breaking off every few minutes to find the right file. You definitely don’t want to be re-opening your email program to search for a crucial bit of information.

Before you get started on a big task, take a few minutes to make sure:

• You’ve got the information you’ll need (e.g. pull up relevant documents, make a quick phone call or print out emails)