Mindset & Self Care

​This is where physical Lifestyle begins. Your Mindset is the foundation for your physical lifestyle. If your mindset is similar to others, then your lifestyle will be similar as well. If your mindset is focused on your own health and fitness, regardless of others or your environment, then you can CYOL.  I know what you’re thinking. “Why is he using acronyms that I don’t even recognize?”

​Sorry, you’re right. It is second nature to me because I have been using it with my clients for years. CYOL is Control Your Own Lifestyle. CYOL is basically bringing together what you know is right and doing it. With lifestyle basics, most people know what is right, but they don’t do it anyway. This relates to another saying I have been using for years. Adults become children when it comes to lifestyle. They generally know what is right, but continue to choose wrong. Most bad decisions have consequences that force people to change. Touching a hot stove or petting a wild coyote for example. Lifestyle behavior is viewed differently for many reasons, which I will address in future communications.

There is no time more important than right now for proper Mindset and Self-Care as lives continue to be altered by Corona Chaos. Many of you have done a really good job applying the basics promoted by public health officials. Social distancing, sanitation, and other preventive measures. By contrast, traditional self-care has gone in the opposite direction. In reality, this is when everyone should be applying greater self-care with basic lifestyle behaviors. You know them. Sleep habits, physical activity, nutrition, fluid intake, supplementation, mindfulness etc.... You may be asking yourself, “If I am avoiding infection, why does my lifestyle matter so much?” Good question. Thanks for asking!

Immune Function & Symptom Severity
A few reasons why...

1. Everyone has some level of risk of contracting infectious diseases from colds to Corona.
   
2. If your lifestyle is good, your body and immune system are better equipped to prevent an infection from taking hold.
   
3. A good lifestyle will almost certainly reduce the severity and duration of any illness.
   
4. You are reducing your basic risk factors for diseases like obesity, heart disease, cancer, diabetes etc....You know the list. These conditions have clearly shown that they are linked to more severe symptoms for those who have contracted Covid-19.
   
5. There are many more but you get the point.
   

​Mindset & Self Care
Wait, didn’t I start with this? Yes! That is how important mindset is in successfully applying self-care and lifestyle permanently. For now, just recognize this and consider whether or not making any effort to change self-care behavior is worth it to you. If so, think about the following words and phrases as you prepare mentally to improve your lifestyle. Permanent Lifestyle, Consistency, Controlled Flexibility, and CYOL (you know what this means). When you make lifestyle decisions, just ask yourself one question. “How will my BODY feel about my choice?” Let’s see how you do with that for now.

More LifestyleforY0U to come...
Scott