Beauty & Wellness Tips
I started feeling comfortable with my own body and within my own skin when I finally accepted and started living a very simple truth: “We are what we think we are.” Everything we appear to be from the outside is a projection of our thoughts and feelings on the inside. My personal ‘secrets of the flesh’ are: As important as what we feed our body, are the thoughts that we feed our mind.
I started my own business, because I am always looking for exceptional quality in everything that touches or enters my body and it is important to me to share my findings with as many women as possible. I am very curious about life and our planet in general and I would like to stay as strong and healthy, both mentally and physically, good looking, vibrant and energetic as long as possible and be able to overcome the challenges of life without fear. And I wish that everyone who reads this article will be able to do the same.
Gaining more wisdom, aging with grace, touching people’s minds, hearts and souls, helping wherever possible and passing on experience and knowledge to the next generation is what I consider a meaningful and beautiful life. How could and would that not reflect on my overall beauty and body image and quality of life?
I love to eat, and if you love to eat, it helps immensely if you make it your business to know what you put in your body. I was fortunate to grow up in Austria where eating healthy wholegrain/multigrain and organic food has been part of daily life for as long as I can remember, and long before it became “in” here domestically.
My daily guide lines for maintaining a healthy weight and physical appearance are: Don’t overindulge, eat everything your body desires, but eat everything in moderation. Excess is not in my vocabulary. I don’t recommend picking between meals and if there is no time for the gym or any other sport activity, a daily brisk walk after lunch and/or dinner will do the job. And yes, I do enjoy quality wine, preferably red and look forward to a nice glass of it usually with dinner. I am trying to avoid processed foods and any kind of food products with antibiotics, hormones and pesticides. And as naïve as it might sound I don’t believe in strict diets and I am always amazed about the many diet books with the so called ‘latest diet’ that are selling and are being advertised. I try to listen to my body and when my body tells me that it is on overcharge and needs to either lose some weight or needs to rest and cleanse I have come to like the idea of fasting, instead of starving myself to death and being all grumpy and in bad mood and dreaming of a good meal at night.
Here are my two favorite fasting diets, which I am usually on regularly in spring and in fall to jumpstart my metabolism, cleanse my body and as result achieve a very cleansed, rejuvenated and youthful looking skin:
Apple Fasting: Eat 3 days apples only (preferably organic). Drink a small cup of olive oil (preferably extra virgin olive oil) at the end of the third day. Drink only water, unsweetened tea or black coffee. Rest a lot.
Grape Fasting: Eat 3 days seedless grapes only (preferably organic). Drink only water, unsweetened tea or black coffee. Rest a lot.
You will be amazed what the above will do for you!
Something I have so far not been able to master yet, but would like to adapt as part of my regular routine for maintaining a healthy body and in the process a healthy skin is to fast one day every week. Many people who practice or teach Yoga fast once a week. Some of them don’t eat anything at all. Some abstain from certain foods only. It requires some discipline and change in one’s mind set to implement and make weekly fasting part of our life and I have to admit that I am still working on it. But I intend to get there and will be more than happy to share this experience with all of you in the future.
My body responds very well to having fruits (enzymes) only and unsweetened black tea or coffee for breakfast and applied over time, this kind of breakfast routine is usually helping me maintain or even reduce weight. Not to mention that getting into this kind of breakfast habit does wonders for our skin complexion.
Recently I came across a book that goes deeper into the issue of our personal relationship with our body and I would like to suggest: “Women Food And God” – by Geneen Roth.
Just remember: God has not created all women equal! We come all in different forms, shapes and sizes and that’s o.k. All we need to do is accept what was given to each and every one of us, learn to love it, treasure and maintain it and enjoy and live life to its fullest!
Posted on March 30, 2010 to Beauty & Wellness Tips