This week we are back on the movement train! How can we meet you where you are at the level of activity that you are willing to perform? By promoting walking! Walking is simple, it is free, it is available everywhere, it is low impact, it is controlled by you, and it is a great way to get your body moving each and every day!

Research is identifying "sitting" as the next disease that is more detrimental than daily smoking. Even when we are exercising 30 minutes per day, it's not enough to keep our bodies in physical shape. We have become so sedentary in every other aspect of our lives, that we can't make up for it by simply exercising for 30 or even 60 minutes per day. We have to move our bodies throughout the day.

Listen in as we discuss how to make the most of our movement and make those steps count!

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Always finding excuses for you,

Kitty & Kyla

This week's episode covers a few aspects that we have experienced in raising our children. We are not experts in parenting, but rather, feel like most days are spent faking it until we make it. Just hoping that we somehow manage to raise respectful, loving, caring, kind children who bring something positive to the world.

So for starters, when kids say things without a filter, this just might be a direct reflection of something they have heard from you...eek! If you talk down about your body, they will likely feel that it is completely normal to also talk down about their bodies. When in reality the last thing we want our children to hear is us talking about how fat our stomach is, how this roll or squishy area is something that we don't like about ourselves. How about changing the script to words of empowerment and confidence?

There is enough hate and bullying outside of our homes in schools, at playgrounds, on sports teams, etc, we don't need to expose our kids to our bullying of ourselves!! Be kind to yourself and show this same kindness to your children when they are experiencing things that make them question their strengths and highlight their weaknesses.

Of course, this wouldn't be a parenting episode if we didn't' mention how much our children are convinced that we don't' allow them to have sugar. Let's just say that our kids are not sheltered or deprived of sugar, they are simply educated and frequently reminded that the quality of fuel that we are putting into our bodies is what makes our bodies and minds perform well for us. If we want to be healthy, happy, strong, fast, powerful, etc. then we need to fuel with fruits, veggies, protein, grains, etc...not sugar. If it were up to our kids, sugar would be its own food group.

That was a lot of information, but we hope that you found this insightful on how our parenting directly correlates to the health of our families!

Welcome back to another riveting episode of Leave Your EXCUSES After The Beep with Kitty & Kyla.

We are thrilled to be attacking all things negative today! What does that even mean?
The topic of negative thoughts is not a new one. We have discussed this at length on a few previous episodes but today we want to focus more on the specific component of how we are able to affect our input to create the output we desire.

What in the world are we talking about?!

Let's face it, we have control over very little in our life. We have control over the surroundings that we put ourselves in and we can control our response to those surroundings. That's about it. So when we want to create a positive outcome, we have to have a positive input to start with. This is where a lot of us get tripped up. We are so hung up on the fear of the negative, that it becomes what we focus on. We have to start taking control and responsibility for how we are showing up in the world. Who are we hanging out with? How are we showing up at work, at home, behind closed doors, in public, etc? We are not here to tell you that you have to fake it and pretend that life is all butterflies and rainbows. But if you don't at least make a conscious effort to find the positive or at least consider the positive you will forever be sucked into the negative cycle.

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Kitty Clements
Kyla McComas