I’m not advocating today to turn your whole life organic, what I am digging into is the idea of picking the lowest hanging fruit. What are the small choices you could be making today that will multiple over time? That will ripple into bigger change and more healthy decisions? What are the habits that can provide momentum into the next big change?
I believe that we all get stuck in our own examples and we revert to the same things we have tried in the past… sooooo I thought it could be useful to pick the brains in my Power House Membership group for their examples of low hanging fruit as well as give you my examples and after listening to these examples, I highly recommend you start your own list of “low hanging fruit” goals!!!
Again after speaking with my members here are the top 14 examples:
1. Water intake seemed to make a lot of the lists… keep it in your car, start with water before coffee in the morning, have your special cup that keeps it the exact temperature you like it!
2. Yearly Labs – I had asked my inlaws while we were heading to hike the other day for some of their examples of low hanging fruit and yearly labs and doctor visits came right out of both of their mouths! The are pre-set appointments (walk out of an appointment and get it right back on the calendar for the next visit)… when the appointments are visual on the calendar you can plan around them or reschedule them as needed BUT they don’t get missed and they are highly advantages to our long term health! Loved this example!
3. Breathing – those of you who have ever used breathing techniques to quiet your brain or reduce stress or anxiety may appreciate this low hanging fruit. It feels so simple to say BREATHE, but a lot of us forget to utilize this tool! My chiropractor introduced our group to a technique of 4, 4, 8 breathing… inhale for 4, hold for 4, exhale for 8 … repeat around 10x.
4. Walking with friends, podcast, book on tape, walking for dog purposes… surfaced a lot as well. When we can make our workouts enjoyable (maybe to where we even have a purpose to get back out their to finish our book or conversation or wear our dog out… now we have different motivation than walking to burn calories.)
5. Adding vegetables to a meal to add fullness and a bigger visual - if you feel like your portions are not filling you up or you are feeling deprived from believing that you need to adhere to a certain calorie goal… ADD vegetables! You can really bulk your plate, so now you feel visually full and the fiber content and extra water is filling with minimal calorie increase! (look into volumetric eating, it’s interesting and a great way of thinking for those who are feeling visually deprived!)
6. 10 minute goals – I have a member who commits to 10 minutes of yoga a day and it’s such a realistic goal she is able to meet it! She’ll do her yoga while her kiddo is in the bath or where ever else she can squeeze. I have another member commits to 10 minutes on the treadmill with the hope that the time will accidently grow once she gets started, but also willing to give herself credit for the 10 minutes if that is what was feasible for the day! Sometimes it’s just about getting moving before we want more… or about lacing up the tennis shoes before w
