Hi Christina! Love this video. I just started back up tracking my macros. I have been lifting for...over 25 years now, but I feel like upping the protein and eating more frequently (I was IF'ing too) has made me a lot stronger! It is so fun!!! Thx for sharing.
☕ Non-negotiables: Make-up and clean clothes everyday. This might seem a little too baseline to most people, but being a full time gardener these can easily slip away when all I see are plants all day. I do it for me and have learned that rose bushes like my lipstick. 🌿💚
When my 2.5-year-old woke me up at 5:30 this morning, I was miserable. But the quote you shared at the beginning of this video was so worth it! I often get lost on the whirlwind that is raising a toddler and a baby, having a dog and leading a good relationship with my partner, whilst also trying to keep up with household, friends, family.... But I have to remind myself that there are these little ways I can invest in myself and that those nightly wake ups are a part of my life and I will probably miss snuggling him back to sleep one day! And they are a part of my son's life too ❤ and I would rather him remember how cuddly I was than how cranky😢
☕my non negotiables: praying first thing in the morning and right before I sleep, drinking a lot of water, skincare for my hands (chronic cuticle picker in recovery), and several hugs a day!
I love the calm, healthy, self love energy of this video! 😌 I would love to see a gym/what you eat in the day. Maybe what habits help keep you grounded in this insane world
☕️ I like to start my day drinking a 12 oz glass of water, then drinking that first magical cup of coffee and spending the first 15-30 minutes listening to some music. I am trying to break the habit of grabbing my phone and reading work email, which can spike my feelings of stress and is not a good way to start the day. I also workout in the morning which helps boost my energy. Yes to daily sunscreen and simple skin care too!! Great video!!❤
Christina Yay!!!!! I too was massively under eating / intermittent fasting for FIVE YEARS during perimenopause. Sure at first I lost a few pounds - but then - since fasting is only one tool to use strategically - it stopped working. My trainer told me I’d have to hit certain macro goals if I wanted to build lean muscle. I’m eating breakfast again and LOVE it! Thanks for modelling this for women as an alternate to intermittent fasting ❤🎉
Hi, I am post-menopause and just started following Stacy Sims, who has great info on exercise and nutrition for WOMEN!! I was trying to follow Peter Attia and Handsome Huberman and hating life. Now I'm using Stacy Sims type protocol and so much more energy, less hip pain, less stress.
☕ I simply love reminder videos for good habbits. They also play as a pointer of the good things I'm doing for myself. Investing is something I'd like to get the grip of in the coming year. ❤
I love this! I have recently adopted the get dressed every day habit as well. As someone who works from home for about half of each week, sometimes I lack the motivation to wear anything other than sweats. I’ve found it to be energizing and fun to actually get dressed for each day, regardless of the day ahead! ❤☕️
☕️ loved this video! My non negotiable are my morning coffee, daily workouts, smoothies, skincare and walking my dogs 🖤 it really is the little things in life 🖤
☕️ There are so many great points in this video. It serves as a great reminder to make the best of our waking hours and find those moments of joy in our daily routine. A few of my non-negotiables: coffee, water, sunscreen, moving my body even if its just the few walks a day with my dog, and feeding that creative bug through my clothes/fashion is one of those simple things that do help boost my mood and how I carry myself through the day. I truly enjoy your content ❤
I just try not to beat myself up and make it up later in the week if I can ❤ I find I try not to go 2 days in a row of skipping anything, bc mentally it’s hard for me to get back into the routine. So knowing that fact keeps me consistent too.
the more accustomed & excited about your routine, you get to know when you're actually 'too tired' rather than just kind of tired. it does more harm than good to strain your body just for the sake of consistency. i, personally, don't even have 'make up' days.
I'd love to hear a bit more about why you ditched intermittent fasting. I've been doing it for a while as I thought it was supposed to be incredibly good for the body (more repair time etc.). Now wondering if I'm doing the right thing!!
Intermittent fasting along with going plant based reversed pre diabetes, got my cholesterol and triglycerides into normal range, and lost weight to where I have normal BMI. And that’s without changing exercising patterns. You decide if the intermittent fasting works for you. Everyone’s body is different :)
Would love to hear your IF story. And most of all how you figured out it wasn’t working. I am older than you but am trying to find a good window to not eat. When I your start and stop times usually? For instance we all sleep so many get 12 hours without even trying.
Great video! I agree with all of your non-negotiables. Water, breakfast, exercise, food quality, 'getting dressed', and really savoring the morning coffee. Honestly all of these things, if we do them, lead to a happy healthy daily life. Not just living for the next big moment.
I’ve focused on my health recently too. I’ve always chosen healthier but I didn’t workout. Now I’m really focusing on my diet choices (with obvious cheat days and letting myself indulge appropriately) and exercise. I’ve also noticed my sleep is so much better!
☕Thanks for sharing Christina! I agree, exercise/going to the gym makes you feel great. If I skip it, I can really feel my energy level drop. Another daily habit that has helped me is ending the day with gratitude. Have a fabulous week!
☕️ Christina, thank you for your videos! My husband and I started using the Dave Ramsey app daily about a year ago thanks to you and it has brought so much freedom! Non negotiable for me include a moment of Bible or prayer in the morning, afternoon tea moment with quiet, getting outside/sunshine once a day, snuggling my babies (stay at home parent over here). Thanks for the work you put into your content!
This is lovely. I started following the Bible in a Year curriculum on the Hallow app & it’s really interesting how differently I think/feel when I miss it.
Excellent vid as always. I would love to see your gym and food routine/budget if you have one. I’m trying to lower food waste/budget by planning more home made meals and could use the inspo. Also obviously ☕️☕️☕️ because a good cup of coffee is also my non negotiable 🩷
I like the daily budgeting non-negotiable. I will have to try it out. Sounds more manageable by intentionally confronting it rather than when your bank account forces you to deal with it. I have been focusing on my nutrition and fitness again after prolonged lockdowns so I was happy to see you mention daily movement. Pros are improved sleep and eating more for me. The con is increased laundry days. 😂 Would love to see a video on what you eat in a day when you train for ideas!
☕dont usually ave coffee, i usually make a cup of chai on the weekends, but my husband LOVES coffee. I found your channel right in the thick of your battle with your finances and low/no buys. As a shopaholic i find it so inspiring to watch your videos and know that i can get a hold of my spending and impulses also.:)
☕️ Christina, thank you so much for including strength training in your gym routine and sharing it with us. I too feel so strong when I go to the gym and am able to lift heavier weights and then it makes things around the house easier too. Your video was really informative and helpful. Have a great day. 💪🏻✨💕
My nonnegotiable (also just had this conversation with a coworker) is having a daily yoga practice. I’ve been practicing for about 6 years now and it’s completely changed me as a person. 🙏🦋 Also I need a family day during the weekend with a nice hike in nature !!
☕️: I love all of your videos so much. My non-negotiables (with a wild toddler and finally getting ahold of some brutal post partum anxiety) are: coffee, skincare, gym 3-4 times/week, romanticized and luxurious long shower once/week. Next step is working on my personal style and finding clothes that feel amazing and are also functional for me as a physical therapist - and also budgeting - going to that video of yours now!
I have been working on establishing a few new habits. It’s tough. What do the experts say, it takes 3 wks to form a habit? After many failures at trying intermittent fasting, I have realized that I am a breakfast person. I have been ever since I was a little kid. So I made my new habit no eating after 6 pm, but I tea and keep it to 5 pm. I’m also upping my water game, and have the same ginormous water bottle that you have. I have also struggled with terrible acid reflux, and started drinking 2 TBS of apple cider vinegar in a cup of water everyday. It has changed my gut life!! It’s taken me much longer than 3 weeks to get that habit to stick but it’s made me feel like a new person.
☕️ I already had 2 cups! Love, love my coffee! I like cooking, so I am making lunch and dinner every day. That's something I enjoy - from food planning, shopping, and storing groceries.
So many positive, substantive comments that are great! I want to jump in the shallow end of the pool and say that you are Jeff exercising together are so cute--it helps when both halves of a couple are moving in the same direction, health and goals wise. Also, you are gaining a booty! This was inspirational and just what I needed. Love to you and Jeff.
☕☕ i like videos like this b/c every few months I'm like, ok reset, and i go thru my mental checklist very similar to this, imo, it's really a lot simpler than we make it seem.
Hey! I am an older viewer and so enjoy your videos! What app do you use for budgeting?? How I wish I had started this a long time ago! So proud of you and other younger who are learning how important budgeting is!
Really nice video! Would love to see one with what you eat in a day and maybe also some comments on your experience with intermittent fasting - I have been trying it for a while, but just decided to stop, because I have just been feeling sooo tired all the time, even though I tried to eat healthy and balanced in my eating window
Great video ☕️ these are good habits. Drinking more water literally has changed the game along with setting (and maintaining) a proper sleep schedule 😮💨
☕ My daily non negotiables are similar to yours, Coffee and water are top of the list! Yoga (the fist thing I do with a large bottle of water.) I'm also trying to either walk or do a short work out each day. Breakfast & Vitamins. Shower inc Cold shower I'm at about 45 seconds now working up to 3 minutes. Then my skin care inc sun cream, make up only when I want to. journaling
☕️ I had two of these lovely things today!😅 I definitely needed it! These are fantastic tips, and thank you for sharing. Working out/exercising consistently has changed my life as well and right now at the end of pregnancy it’s been harder, but I really feel a difference lightning up, so I’m going to keep doing what I can!
☕ I'm more of a homebody so my daily basics centre more around keeping the house clean and tidy. I walk or ride my bike around the neighbourhood a few times a week after dinner so I don't wear sunscreen but I do take supplements like vitamin D. Since I don't leave the home to work, keeping up on personal care like brushing my hair every day is something I have to make a conscious daily habit.
Thank you so so much Christina for sharing this video and my sister really really needed this video you are my inspiration and I wish you have a beautiful beautiful weekend💕💕💕
☕️ for sure!! I haven’t found a ton of truth in the “must eat breakfast before coffee” but I also find that if I don’t eat breakfast at all the caffeine spikes my anxiety.
Beautiful, well done video, Christina!! It's funny how we undervalue the little things.... that compound effect that each of our tiny decisions create in making the bigger picture happening!😊
☕️ My one daily non-negotiable is quality time with my dog. Paling around with him and doing the things he likes to do is very rewarding ❤ But I would do well to add some of yours especially the sunscreen!!!
☕I get migraines and am supposed to have little to no coffee. My neurologist told me though that the best time is from sleep to wake, and I treasure my single daily morning cup (250 mL)
☕️ My non-negotiable daily tasks are skincare, morning/evening tidy, 1 load of laundry per day, and coffee is a given! I love to spend extra time making mine on the weekends too! I’d enjoy working out regularly, that’s my next goal! Thanks for your tips!
☕️ those habits have also clearly brought you more joy and contentment in your daily life. I need more of that. My habits are also :water, workouts, walking, praying, Bible reading... gotta get in that daily budget.
☕️. You are always an inspiration for me and we are on similar life paths…moving to a smaller place, staying healthy, budgeting and fashion. Thank you!
Hi christina! i´ve following you since a couple of years and i really enjoy this kind of videos. Can i make you a suggestion? Im form Spain and here the most common thing is to eat in the table. Try to eat in a proper table and not in the sofa (the most of the people usually eats in the sofa watching the tv),eat in a proper table, makes you eat with a good posture, which leads into a better digestion, apart from eat in a table without tv or internet allows you to eat in a more mindfully way and if you eat with people you can focus more in the social part of the meal, it´s one of the bases of the cultural gastronomy in mediterranean places. Try it! you will not regret it.
I loved, loved, loved this video. Your style of filmography is such a vibe! If you please create another video detailing your nutrition and fitness routine-especially how it pertains to your macros, protein intake, and balancing hormones. Please please please. 🙏❤❤
Hello hello, watching your videos for around two years. Would like to know more about how "Intermittent Fasting has messed up your metabolism and hormones." Please share it (of course if you are open to sharing) if you happen to make a video on your diet and movement goals. Cheers!
☕️ Seems like it should be obvious, but one of my non-negotiables is taking my prescription medication. It can be really easy to get caught up in the chaos of the day or feel too comfortable to get off the couch to get my meds. I'll justify it to myself in that I feel fine, but honestly, if I don't take them, I'll be a mess and it'll be days before I'm back to normal. So for those of you in a similar place, take your damn pills! Your life might actually depend on it
☕ I recently started 'getting dressed' based on your suggestion and I love it so much! Definitely makes me feel a lot better especially on those work from home days and means I'm wearing my favourite clothes more often 😊
☕ coffee, three hours alone very early in the morning with my smartphone (to watch some videos RU-vid on a bunch of topics... Beauty, history, sciences, news, clothes, organize a pantry, build a solar stove, chinese lesson and chinese series, music... Gigantic library in self-service), cook rice for breakfast, go to sleep at 9PM. And my new skincare routine.
☕ Happy Tuesday! My non negotiables are 20 minute walks, one good cup of coffee per day (recently started replacing my morning coffee with green tea, and then I have a goood cup of coffee later in the day), yoga or going to the gym at least 5 times per week ( 3-4 days of working out in the gym, and when I can't make it, I substitute it with a at home yoga sesion)
Thanks for the much needed inspiration ! I’m starting today on hydrating before coffee and getting a bigger water cup with a straw! I am probably under-eating as well and now finding it harder to build muscle. Gonna make a plan for and achieving healthy daily macros. Would love to see a what you eat in a day video and how you made your plan.
