My husband and I were doing a little financial planning, since I am mostly a stay at home Mom, our family of 5 survives on basically 1 income. Which I need to make note... my husband brings home an average wage. He is not a highly paid manager or executive, so we go without a few things.
But the whole process got me thinking about financial wellness, and how so many people do not have financial wellness. The stats for how many people are in serious debt is staggering!! Not only is it stressful to be in debt, but it takes a toll on relationships. Many many divorces are because the stress of finances is to much, and breaks the family appart.
Do we all really need to "keep up with the Jones's"? Can we not all live a little more simply? Can with not live without all the expensive devices that everyone seems to have these days? My opinion is it is more important to raise a family with good morals and good quality time with each other, rather than everybody texting to everyone else... and the social situation is all online.
Lets just go without ALL the toys (yes everyone needs some toys) - we just don't need EVERYTHING. Let us all try to live within our means, we don't need to live in mansions, we don't need to drive SUV BMW's. If we all did some financial planning and lived within our expenses... I think we would all be healthier and happier.... certainly a lot less stressed out.
Happy Financial Planning!
Tuesday, 19 February 2013
Friday, 8 February 2013
Sleep and Weightloss
Sleep is a funny thing. You just don't realize how it can affect you, unless you don't get enough for a long period of time. My youngest son is a terrible sleeper. So far in his young life he has suffered colic for a marathon period of 8 months, then after the colic passed, then night terrors started and lasted about a year on and off. Night terrors are now a thing of the passed but he still has very vivid dreams and is often yelling out in the night, in his sleep... which still wakes me up several times a night.
The point is... I'm tired!!! Now how this all relates to Weightloss..... I have read many books on weight loss, and if you pay attention, just about all of them talk about getting a good nights sleep and making sure you get at least 7 hours sleep per night. Now most people probably don't even pay attention to that... but when I was trying to lose weight, I certainly noticed it.
I weigh myself everyday, not because I'm obsesive about my weight, but if you've been heavy and lost weight... you know how easily it can creep back up on you, so I am diligent to make sure I don't slip up to much. Anyways, I can tell immediately on the scale if I've had a really rough night with my youngest. There is almost always a weight gain of a lb or two when I've had a bad night and very little sleep. As well as I had noticed when I was working on losing weight. When I was getting good nights sleep, the weight loss was a little easier.
Sleep has many other important qualities which I'll dive into further detail at a later date. But for now, it is important to know that when they are talking about weight loss and getting enough sleep... they are right on the money!!
The point is... I'm tired!!! Now how this all relates to Weightloss..... I have read many books on weight loss, and if you pay attention, just about all of them talk about getting a good nights sleep and making sure you get at least 7 hours sleep per night. Now most people probably don't even pay attention to that... but when I was trying to lose weight, I certainly noticed it.
I weigh myself everyday, not because I'm obsesive about my weight, but if you've been heavy and lost weight... you know how easily it can creep back up on you, so I am diligent to make sure I don't slip up to much. Anyways, I can tell immediately on the scale if I've had a really rough night with my youngest. There is almost always a weight gain of a lb or two when I've had a bad night and very little sleep. As well as I had noticed when I was working on losing weight. When I was getting good nights sleep, the weight loss was a little easier.
Sleep has many other important qualities which I'll dive into further detail at a later date. But for now, it is important to know that when they are talking about weight loss and getting enough sleep... they are right on the money!!
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Milk Good or Bad
I have done a little milk research in my spare time (LOL - of which I have very little). But when it is in the interest of Wellness... then I make time.
There are milk interolerance and milk allergies. Which cause very different reactions. To sum very briefly milk intolerances are very common, and cause problems with digestion, and make cause behaviour problems as well. Milk allergies, usually cause a person to throw up. Now when it comes to children it is actually a very low percentage that ever have milk allergies, and generally out grow it by the time they are 5 or 6 years old. And would be extremely rare to develop the allergy later (but not impossible). But with my son, he seems to be doing okay again, long as he drinks his milk when he is eating food, and not drinking it on a empty stomach.
Anyways with that said I found a couple of interesting articles which I have included links below:
There are milk interolerance and milk allergies. Which cause very different reactions. To sum very briefly milk intolerances are very common, and cause problems with digestion, and make cause behaviour problems as well. Milk allergies, usually cause a person to throw up. Now when it comes to children it is actually a very low percentage that ever have milk allergies, and generally out grow it by the time they are 5 or 6 years old. And would be extremely rare to develop the allergy later (but not impossible). But with my son, he seems to be doing okay again, long as he drinks his milk when he is eating food, and not drinking it on a empty stomach.
Anyways with that said I found a couple of interesting articles which I have included links below:
Sunday, 3 February 2013
I am mostly stay at home Mom, and my life basically revolves around looking after my 3 kids... Which along the way, I had somehow let myself go. I gained weight with each child and it just did not come off. I found I had no time for me, and my eating went down the toilet looking for energy to keep me going. My "Wellness" was gone. So I started little by little to get "ME" back. Little by little I eek out time for me to eat better, exercise some, and I am starting to find my own life again!! During this process I have discovered how important Wellness is to EVERYTHING - Self esteem, self worth, health, and just generally feeling well. When you have Wellness in your life you feel better, you look better, you like your job better, everything in your life feels better. So I am now on a mission to discover more Wellness and help others find Wellness too. Wellness means different things to different people. For some Wellness is just being able to take time to smell the flowers.
I would like to hear what Wellness is to you?
I would like to hear what Wellness is to you?
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