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Hi! My name is Korrin and I'm a Dietitian and self proclaimed foodie.
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It's April! One of my favorite months out of the year for many reasons. Primarily because it signifies spring time and the natural world is budding and blooming, but also it is my birthday month! This year I am turning the big THIRTY! When I look back on all that I have accomplished during the last decade, there are so many things to be proud of. On the other hand it also helps motivate me to work towards a few goals that have been challenging over the last ten years. One of my goals, as you can probably guess, is to consistently integrate exercise, or as I will refer to it, joyful movement into my life to build health. There are so many different pieces to building health! The following are just a few important parts: a positive relationship with food, joyful movement, normal eating, stress management, positive mental health, self acceptance, and oral health (perhaps those can be a focus in coming months?). While I believe that I am constantly, and usually subconsciously, working on my relationship with food and normal eating, I have struggled over the last decade to integrate movement into my life everyday. This is in part due to the attitude I had around exercise. I always looked at it as a way to control my weight rather than an activity that contributes to my health and well being, helps me feel strong and fueled for the day and improves my mood and attitude. In my college years, I was a bit more sedentary as I wasn't participating in gymnastics in college like I had in high school. But, I was walking to and from class everyday and on a larger campus, those steps certainly add up. During the last couple years of my bachelors program, I really stepped up my efforts motivated primarily by weight loss. I went to the little workout room in my apartment building every morning and spent at least 45 minutes on the elliptical while watching TV. At the same time, I was on an elimination diet to heal my leaky gut, so naturally I did experience some weight loss and garnered attention from my peers. Once my gut had healed and I had more energy from exercising, life sort of took over and my original motivations didn't keep me going. I dropped my daily exercise routine, but I did learn valuable tools that I can use at this point in my life.
These goals will naturally shift the focus from exercise to joyful movement. Running five miles does not sound like a good time to me. I haven't ever been a long distance runner (cross country just about killed me in middle school), but I have always enjoyed running sprints. I did gymnastics in my youth and really miss it, so I will integrate some of the movement exercises that I used to do regularly. I enjoyed taking Barre classes in the past and doing some Yoga. I also really like lifting weights and jump roping. These are examples of what joyful movement looks like for me. It will look different for everyone depending on their previous experiences, what feels good in their body and their own movement goals. Having that said, here are my goals and ideas to incorporate joyful movement for the month of April:
That looks like a great list to get started! I will keep you all updated at the midway point in the month so look for that post in the future. Today, I plan on taking a nice walk with my son on my back at Manito Park and playing on the jungle gym and swings with my daughter. Until next time, eat well and enjoy moving your body! ;) Questions for comments: Do you enjoy exercising or do you incorporate some form of joyful movement into your routine? What are examples of joyful movement for you? How have you been successful, or what have you struggled, with moving your body in the past?
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