tools and resources for self improvement
for health and self improvement
Pyramid
How do you find the time and place for physical practice and healthy cooking?
Some daily activities has a high priority like family and duties but during a typical day you should make room for your health. Look at this as an investment for your future. We at unhealthy beings have a strong belief that a daily strict plan is NOT good for you and will most likely induce stress and negative feelings when failing. To find or make time to start your journey on health improvements we can prioritize daily activities and use this as a tool for including new healthy practice and cooking. This way you know when you can set aside a small part of the day without thinking about all other activities that will stress you out. The feeling of accomplishment is important for motivation and can be stress reducing. Also when there is less thoughts to maintain you can have increased focus in the moment a sort of mindfulness.
After typing down the main activities during a day try to prioritize them in a pyramid where high priority is at the top. Whole food cooking could be a bit time consuming and should be a high priority if possible. Find a lower priority where you feel there is time and room for a healthy practice with a minimum of thoughts and disturbance.
We at unhealthy beings believe that physical things and products will create a increased sense of obligation especially when paying for something. And this is why we recommend you print out a pyramid or sketch the pyramid on a piece of paper. Fill in the pyramid as best as possible and do not worry or overthink about the priorities. You can update the pyramid along your journey. It is NOT a strict or perfect pyramid and it should fit your daily life and at the same time not induce stress.
For personal development there are good books for guidance on your journey. Look in the marketing section for links.
- Habit Formation: “Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones” by James Clear
- Goal Setting: “Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want – Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible” by Brian Tracy
- Productivity: “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” by David Allen
- Time Management: “The Time Trap: The Classic Book on Time Management” by Alec Mackenzie and Pat Nickerson
for meal preparation
Plan
Is it possible for everybody to cook and eat healthy?
It is manageable for all of us to prepare meals with minimum processed ingredients if we prioritize time for both shopping and cooking? Choosing whole food should be easy without any misconception but finding and choosing ingredients and food that is minimum processed can be a challenge. It is a bit time consuming learning, planning and prepare good healthy food but you can use this a way of forming habits and for self development.
What is minimum processed food and how to find it? If food has ingredients that is NOT possible to buy at a grocery shop consider this a heavily processed food. Often these ingredients are added to prolong shelf life and this is why we at unhealthy beings believe frozen food is a good and easy choice for finding minimum processed food.
We all have obligations and daily activities but if we prioritize these as discussed in Pyramid section we can put off time for both shopping and cooking. But it requires more detail planning as each day and week has a new menu this is why unhealthy beings recommends a weekly meal plan. This way each day and week can be more efficient with less thoughts and stress that is not interfering with other activities and goals.
Do not overthink a meal plan just create a sketch on a piece of paper for a week and even better include a ingredient list for weekly shopping. Let this plan be easily available for example at kitchen and use this a tool to form a new habit.
For further guidance good books and planning pads can be acquired. Look in the market section for links.
- The Healthy Meal Prep Cookbook: Easy and Wholesome Meals to Cook, Prep, Grab, and Go" by Toby Amidor
- Skinnytaste Meal Prep: Healthy Make-Ahead Meals and Freezer Recipes to Simplify Your Life" by Gina Homolka.
- The Ultimate Meal-Prep Cookbook: One Grocery List. A Week of Meals. No Waste. by America’s Test Kitchen.
- Meal Planning Pad - "What's for Dinner?" Weekly Meal Planner and Grocery List with Tear off Shopping List and fridge magnet - Family Dinner Menu & Meal Prep Plan - 6 x 9” - 50 sheets
on biomedical literature
resources
Do you know where to find public information about biomedical information?
PubMed in the National Library of Medicine is a large database of public citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals and online books.
On PubMed you can search on topics related to your health journey. The results are documented and proven citations and can be a good source for your self development.
