Let's take small steps towards tackling our physical health.  Simple things like moving more and getting outside make a difference.  And even though they are small steps, if done consistently over time you will see results.  

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Hello, my name is Tiffany, and welcome to the podcast, Working on Amazing.

This is a podcast where we talk about the work that it takes to rebuild an amazing life.

And I say rebuild because we're specifically designed for women who feel like they're starting over in the middle of their life.

Maybe it was divorce, maybe it was loss.

All kinds of things can lead you to that point where it feels like you're just having to start over again.

All your plans for the future have been scrapped.

Life didn't go the way you planned.

Something major happened, and now it feels like you're starting over.

If that's you, first of all, I'm really sorry, but you are in the right place.

Welcome.

I am so glad you're here.

So if you'll remember, in the very first episode, I talked about the areas that I focused on as I rebuilt my life because I wanted to rebuild a life that was amazing.

If I was gonna have to rebuild anyway, I might as well take the time to rebuild something that I was proud of, that was good, and that wouldn't fall apart as easily as it did the last time.

So I focused on five areas.

I focused on my spiritual health, my mental health, my physical health, my financial health, and I focused on growth and goals, right?

So today's episode, we're gonna talk about physical health.

We've talked about physical health before, and we talked about just eliminating one thing from your diet.

Like, we're starting really simple and small, because I feel like if your life has blown up so much that you feel like you're starting over, you're going through enough emotional and mental turmoil that you don't need to make big sweeping changes at first.

You need to make small changes.

So for your health, I said just eliminate one negative thing from your diet.

Most people have one thing that they really don't want to let go of.

Like, don't make me give up soda, don't make me give up potato chips, whatever it is, sweets.

Eliminate that one thing.

Let's just start simple.

Let's not make sweeping diet changes one thing.

So today, we're going to talk about another simple thing, and that's just move more.

Well, really two things.

Move more and get outside.

And those things can go together a lot.

You can walk outside, right?

How do you know to move more?

What does moving more look like?

Well, let's start with how much you moved last month, like average step count.

So a lot of people have a digital watch that monitors their step count every day.

So if you have that, great.

Look at that.

See what your step count was.

If you don't have a watch like a Fitbit or an Apple watch, a lot of phones come equipped, like pre-downloaded, like a help app.

So I have an iPhone.

It comes with a help app, and it tells me my steps, even if I'm not wearing my watch.

The caveat is you have to carry your phone with you all the time for it to consistently track your steps.

And I often leave my phone on the couch or on the counter or somewhere else.

But it should give you an idea, right?

So let's just get an idea of what our movement was maybe over the last month or so.

How much am I really moving?

Let's figure it out, right?

And then the goal is to just increase that.

So a lot of jobs are fairly sedentary.

Almost all my jobs have always been like nine to five, Monday through Friday desk jobs I've sat at a desk.