Embracing Wellbeing - Intending Wellbeing

In the previous Blog I talked about using Wellbeing as the criteria for indicating the state of our body and the idea of creating a "Designer Body". So, how do you measure the wellbeing of your body? There are many indicators that give us a snapshot of certain aspects of our body. They include:

Weight.

 BMI.

Resting heart rate.

Your recovery rate.

The inch measurement around your chest and biceps.

The pinch test for body fa.

Dress size. 

The BEEP test. 

Vertical leap.

Suicide sprints.

Maximum power lift.

There a myriad of ways that you measure the state or performance of our bodies, but none of these give holistic method and skew our understanding of body down a narrow path, particularly as many of these measurements are related to  an athletic performance. Those that indicate size can also be unhelpful. When I was young, all women wanted to be a dress size 10. Now it seems that dress size 6 is the most desired. But of course many, if not most women cannot attain this and of course there are some characteristics of our body size that we can never change

If we are going to use Wellbeing as the criteria for where our body is at, it is a far more subjective criteria, but it has the potential to give a more holistic interpretation of the state of our bodies. These days we tend to demand "hard data' so that we can make rational, objective decisions. What I am suggesting is using some subjectivity in deciding what is the optimal condition our body. Our "Designer Body".

As discussed in early blogs, not all of us need an athlete's bodies, with specialised muscles and very low fat and I think this perception that we must get in the gym and hit the training track, is a barrier for many to improving the condition of their bodies. What are some criteria we can use to evaluate our "Designer Bodies"? Could they include things like:

How refreshed do feel after cleaning the house or mowing the lawn?

How many hours gardening can you do?

Can you shop till you drop?

How much energy do you have at the end of the day?

Do you dance all night?

Do you walk the dog or do you make the kids do it?

How do you look in the mirror?

How many medications do you use?

Do you buy the clothes you want or the clothes you have to?

Do you feel pride or shame about yourself when you meet people?

The answers to these questions will give you a fair indicator to your level wellbeing. If you still feel good after cleaning the house, can garden for 5 hours, breeze through a days shopping, still have pep at the end of the day, are the first on the dance floor and the last off, enjoy walking the dog, like what you see when you look in the mirror, after a check up do you walk out of the doctor's surgery with no prescriptions, have a great new wardrobe that shows off your best features and have confidence when meeting people, I'm guessing you're in a pretty good place. All these things add to your self-esteem. Good self-esteem has to be a key indicator of your well being. Feeling good! Are good!

 Or do you:

Collapse on the couch gasping and weazing. when the cleaning is all done, spent for the day.

Choose the easiest jobs in the garden and still give up after an hour.

Look for refuge of the benches in the shopping mall, as your shopping companion leaves to hunt for the latest shoes.

Feel exhausted at the end of each day.

Sit out most dances, picking only the slow ones.

Pay the kids extra pocket money to walk the dog so you don't have to.

Avoid all mirrors and ensure you're never around when someone pulls out a camera.

Rattle because you take so many different medications.

Head to the plus size stores because they're the only ones that fit.

Hide around the corner when you spy someone you know at the mall.

If this is where you're at, you're hardly living life to the fullest and probably not feeling good about yourself or your body. It's probably time to make some changes to improve your wellbeing.

So instead of numbered measurements these answers give us a picture of how we are managing things in the world. Do the answers to these question give you a desire to make changes for the better?

The normal reaction of people would be write of a string of goals which would like this.

1. Run your first full or half-marathon

2. Run a 40-yard dash in five seconds

3. Perform 50 pushups

4. Reduce your waist size by two inches

5. Participate in a triathlon

6. Go a week without eating any processed foods

7. Aim to consume a fruit or vegetable with every meal for a whole month

8. Learn a new sport

9. Perform five full single-leg standing squats

10. Decrease your body fat percent by 5 percent

It's a pretty daunting list isn't it and the issue with creating a set of goals like this is that it can set you for failure. To achieve this kind of change requires and immense effort and although there is a small number of people that achieve this kind of goal list, most people get tripped by demands of other elements of their life. Often then, they will be discouraged and ultimately give up.

So we've chosen our "Designer Body" and we're "making friends with food" and we're "Embracing Wellbeing" as the optimal condition for our bodies. How do we bring the necessary change to our lives and how do we measure or recognise we've achieved wellbeing?

In my Blog, "The 3 Phases of Creation - A "How To" On Creating With The Law Of Attraction" which you can find at: 

http://lawofattractionhandbook.blogspot.com.au/

I discuss using "The Three Phases of Creation" to harness The Law of Attraction. The first phase is intention. In this blog I write:

"Intentions are a superior form of framing our desires than setting goals, as they announce an action, unlike goals which  have duality, that is, there can be success or failure. Intentions have an implied obligation to take action. You can hold a desire in your thoughts, but in setting goals, there can be a negative aspect to them as well as a positive aspect.  So if you focus on money it may well be your lack of it that holds your attention. This means that you will continue to experience the lack of money. Holding an intention only embraces only a positive aspect of our desires and enhances you ability to manifest your desire. "

So as an example, I've decided to call my "Designer Body" "The All-Rounder"!

The "All-Rounder":

Does chores around the house for the whole day. No Sweat. No collapsing!

Can bend and touch my toes and do my shoe laces easily and comfortably.

Can walk briskly for an hour easily and comfortably.

Feels comfortably tired and ready for sleep at the end of the day.

Eats a broad and balanced range of foods which are nutritious and delicious.

Feels hungry before meals and comfortably sated, no bloated, at the end of meals.

Is positive and energetic and doesn't avoid tasks that may require physical effort.

Dresses smart in stylish clothes when going out.

Is healthy.

At parties is outgoing and energetic.

Is happy and full of wellbeing.

From this we can form our "Intentions".

I intend to be a little more active everyday.

I intend to use the car less and walk more.

I intend to go for a walk on my days off.

I intend to do an extra house chore every week.

I intend to eat more fresh and raw food, and less processed food.

I intend to eat until I feel sated and not until I feel bloated.

I intend to buy great new clothes.

I intend to be positive and outgoing.

I intend to be happy and well. 

This is not nearly as daunting as the string of goals and the beauty of intentions is that there is no failure. They point you in a positive direction and as you are able to do more , you can intend to do more. The idea is to be able to fit the changes the intentions bring, into your regular so you don't have to contort you life to make things fit in. Integrated changes are easier to achieve and more likely to be lasting and bring permanent change. It's good to repeat your intentions at the start of the day. iImagine how it would feel to complete your intention and this will keep you on purpose.

So think about it. What are going to call your "Designer Body"? Here are some ideas you might able to use.

The Overworked Business Man. The Frantic Mother. Full On For Life. The Groovy Gardener. The Wild Walker. Trim Taut and Terrific. Young and Wild. Trendy and Twenty. Dirty and Thirty. Fit and Forty. Fabulous and Fifty. Sexy and Sixty. Savvy and Seventy. Great and Eighty. Fit and Firm. Sports Mad.

Have fun with this and next Blog "I Intend" to play with this a bit more.

Yours in wellness.

Gray


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