8 WEEKS TO OPTIMUM HEALTH: WEEK 8

"The eight-week program consists of small steps that build on each other until, by the time you complete it, you have laid the foundation for healthy living. You can then decide how much of the program you want to maintain on a permanent basis. It's all about changing behavior." -Andrew Weil, author of 8 Weeks To Optimum Health

I found this book on my mothers bookshelf... or it found me. - M-Z

WEEK EIGHT (of Andrew Weil's Eight-Week program)

CONGRATULATIONs! YOU HAVE ALMOST MADE IT TO THE END OF THE EIGHT WEEK PROGRAM.

Projects:
-Review the changes you have made in your lifestyle in the the program so far and think about how many of them you wish to make permanent. Develop a realistic plan that you can stick to over the next eight weeks. The question this week is how can you carry this plan forward. Following all the instructions and then going back to your old ways of living is not the point.


Diet:
-Think about how you can continue the dietary changes of this program in coming weeks.

Supplements:
-Start taking your tonic. Make a commitment to give it a two-month trial to see what it does for your energy level, resistance, and outlook. All you have to do here is remember to take your antioxidant formula every day. That means having a daily routine for taking three vitamins and selenuium and making sure you do not run out of any of them. You can and should take them for the rest of your life.

Exercise:
-Reach your goal of a forty-five minute walk, five days of the week.

Mental/Spiritual:  The prescriptions I gave you under this heading are the most distinctive elements of the eight-week program, and they are absolutely essential to it.
-Continue the breathing exercises. Start using the relaxing breath whenever you feel anxious or upset, and be sure to do it at least twice a day.
-Maintain your news fast for the whole week. At the end of the week, think about how much news you want to let back into your life in coming weeks.
-Think of people who have hurt you or made you angry. Try to bring yourself to understand their actions and forgive them. Can you express forgiveness to at least one of them?
-Reward yourself with especially beautiful flowers for completing this program. Why not also buy flowers for someone else?

Optional (but highly recommended)
 -Try a one-day water fast this week. You can have herbal tea with lemon if you like, but nothing caloric.
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Good luck, have fun, see ya next week !


Love,

Maryam