Category: Healthy Movement

Do you think you have to always push through a workout when you are exhausted? Let me show you another perspective on healthy and fun movement while listening to your body! Hey there, Happy Tuesday. I am so glad that you’re here. Today we are going to talk about fun movements to boost your energy because are you tired? I mean, I gotta say honestly, I am really tired today. I am draggy butt. I am dragging but do you push yourself to work out even though you are really exhausted? We’ve all been there, right? I know I’ve done that many times and I’ve just really learned over the course of the years that you know well that is not the best thing for me. And I want to share what I’ve learned with you today. Okay, so we are going to be talking about stopping the exercise guilt, beginning fun, healthy movement and watching your energy improve, which sounds amazing, I am sure if you are feeling exhausted, drained, completely worn out.  And if this is kind of your norm, right, if you feel like you are always tired, you’re always exhausted, you’re always dragging yourself through the day just to fall into bed and do it again the next day, this is going to be really, I hope encouraging to you. And I want to go over some tips to help you see what that could look like for you. Okay, so I really want to basically flip the switch on the topic of exercise, I just want to bring you another perspective on that topic. So if you are really struggling, before we get started, don’t forget I have that foggy and fatigue blueprint that I created based off of my own journey with fatigue. And in that blueprint, I give you three days of actionable steps that are going to help you to regain your energy, but doing it in a natural way that really you can continue doing daily. You’ll also be getting some email support from me for the first few days just to check in on you. So if you haven’t gotten that, go ahead and click the link below for that foggy and fatigue blueprint. And I know it’s really going to be helpful for you.  Okay, let’s get going with today’s show. Find movement to boost your energy. Okay, we are going to flip the switch on exercise. I want to bring you another perspective on this topic. So I want you to think about why your exercise could be draining you even more. You know, you may love your exercise routine but it could be draining you even more and changing your thought process about your exercise routine, what you do, just the way you approach your routine can actually give you more energy. So you know that you need to be exercising you know that you need to be working out you know, you need to be moving your body every single day but when you are in a state of exhaustion and just fatigue and it just feels like it’s never ending that this is the new normal for you that this is your lot in life you are going to always feel tired because of the demands that are on you.  This episode might really give you peace and I really hope it does because I want to give you five tips to successful fun healthy movement and within these tips, I think this will really speak to you. So number one is listen to your body, now you’ve heard this phrase before I am sure but are you really listening to your body? I don’t want you to put your body into that impossible box right? Stop treating it like a machine, your body is not a machine and it’s okay, it’s okay my friend to slow down. Give yourself permission to slow down. Especially if you are struggling with fatigue and just total exhaustion, maybe sometimes that fatigue that you have just feels debilitating. tating, right that walking through quicksand feeling where you just feel like you can barely keep your head up, you can barely keep your eyes open, telling you that.  So pushing through training your body like a machine is not the best idea, this is actually going to drain your energy instead of boosting your energy. So even if you get that quick burst of, okay, I feel okay, I did that, I did that workout, I did that 45 minute bootcamp and I feel much better, it’s going to be short lived, and it’s taxing your adrenals. And it’s actually going to cause more problems days after, because you pushed your body when it wasn’t ready for that. So it’s really important to listen to your body, if you are feeling drained, then you need to do something a little bit more gentle, like stretching, going for a mild walk, maybe even a simple meditation routine, right? Just getting your Bible out and meditating on God’s word, or listening to a meditation app or some calming music on YouTube, I realized that’s not moving your body but you have to understand if you are in that debilitating chronic fatigue state, then a big time hitt workout is not going to be your friend. So that’s why I threw that one out there but the most important thing is to listen to your body.  And then number two, understand your personal mind body connection, because everyone has you know, everybody has that mind body connection but what is it for you. So there’s a verse in Matthew, Matthew 26:41, where Jesus is in the garden, and it’s before his crucifixion and his disciples are sleeping, and he comes back and he finds them sleeping three times. And he says the first time he finds them sleeping, he says the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Well, even