Concerned parent!

I am continuously fighting germs it seems. First one child gets ill then the next. I honestly try to crank up their little immune systems with vitamin c and, as best I can, with healthy food.

The uphill battle I seem to face is a lack of hygiene when they are away from home and in the care of their schools.

I understand lack of funding and so many issues our public schools face, but seriously, simple hand soap?!?

My kids tell me there isn't any in the bathrooms. I said there must be hand cleaner somewhere? They say no.
I honestly don't understand when hand soap and hand sanitizer was on their school supply shopping list.

Assuming every student brought their school supplies, there should be more than enough hand soap for the entire school. So where did it go? And why is there no soap in the bathrooms?

Flu, colds, pink eye and I don't even want to consider the horrors of hepatitis! And worse, my son says some kids don't even wash their hands! Ewwwww!!! My inner girl is screaming germy coodies!

I have so much respect for our teachers and schools, we can't let our teachers get sick to.

Solutions?!? I have no idea where to even start, except to insist my kids keep hand sanitizer with them at all times.

I don't remember having these kinds of issues when I was a kid at school. Yes, broken bathrooms, which is still an issue. I won't even tell you how much my older son complains that bathrooms are often closed and there are no available facilities at all.

It's a basic need. We all need bathrooms, we all need clean water, and please can we have hand soap in the bathrooms. And for those kids that don't wash their hands, I hope they don't spread illness in their own families.

Wishing you and your family to be healthy always.

Love and Aloha,
Maile

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Set backs suck!

I hate when the scale moves in the up direction! But I can't blame the scale. It was just a lack of discipline and I took my time getting myself back to my routine.

Life is full of ups and downs, and although I'm back on track again, the scale will eventually reflect the effort I've put in to get myself where I want to be.

In fact I was surprised at how quickly it began to minus again. I love my scale. I can only chalk up quick weight loss due to all the muscle I have added to my body. It has lovingly remembered that weight loss is the goal and went right back to cranking up my metabolism to handle the extra influx of calories.

I remember this quote all the time, "you didn't gain the weight in a day, so don't expect to lose it in a day."

For this time period, it was about five pounds that jumped up my weight over the past week. And although I thought I was just gaining more muscle, my jeans told me the truth.

Happy my jeans were looking great today and I feel better. When I'm off my exercise routine, I easily get distracted and forget all my good habits. I could say that I was under the influence of the weekend, but I knew better. I can't go back in time to fix anything, but I can increase my workout now and get myself moving faster and more energized to my goal of optimal health.

Wishing you a wonderful healthy life.

Aloha,
Maile

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@hilegacybuilder
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Sweet dreams

I've stayed up too late again and by my calculations, I'm not sure I can squeeze in as many hours as I want to sleep before the alarm is set to wake me :( ugh...oh well, it's almost the weekend again...halfway there in just a few hours.

Precious sleeping hours...

Sweetest dreams,
Maile

What's for dinner?

Oh, dinnertime again! I've just finished my workout and my dinner plans are just a nice salad. Of course that is not what my family wants to eat.

Here we go, proper portion size servings of last nights BBQ feast. Fingers crossed I don't get any complaints.

Aloha,
Maile

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@hilegacybuilder
http://foreveryoungandfithawaii.blogspot.com/
http://www.hawaiilegacybuilders.com/mailemitchellakita.html

It's never to early to learn healthy eating habits.

It's been a wonderful weekend and after a couple days off our normal routine, I realize how easily my family ditches all the good eating habits of the week and does whatever they want on the weekends.

As they are getting older and more than capable of cooking and feeding themselves, the choices they make now can easily become good habits or bad habits.

In an attempt to nicely convince them to make better choices, on their own, I hope to appeal to their curious reasoning and logic by educating them in nutrition.

I don't know all there is about it either and I look forward to the journey of good eating as a family. I want them to be healthy and I want to be healthy for them.

So, on this topic, I had a wonderful discussion with my overly busy mom sister-in-law Tabitha, who has agreed to share in my vlogging episodes on this topic.

If you have questions about healthy eating you can email us at foreverfitandhealthy@gmail.com.
We look forward to this new adventure. As mom's, our family's health is our greatest concern. We wish you and your family good health always.

Me ke aloha pumehana,
Maile

@mailemmm
@hilegacybuilder
http://foreveryoungandfithawaii.blogspot.com/
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Release

Clearing out the old and allow the new you to shine through! No doubt you've heard that before, but have you truly understood the power of clearing?

I spent a day just being lost in thought, searching for answers and solutions and where do any of us need to begin?

In the middle of the night, (it's always the middle of the night 0.0) I got my answer and it was to do more clearing. This time energy clearing.

We all have baggage, and sadly it can manifest in so many ways. Physically on our bodies, it's fat, or premature aging. I realized I was carrying so much of other people's energy on my body.

Opinions and judgements are energy and store easily as fat. Kindness for taking on other people's burdens is energy that can store on our bodies as fat. Fat is dangerous because it can cause illness.

I sat quietly and asked all this energy to be released out of my body and my life. I sent back all energy of those that I was carrying and with it healing. I felt so much lighter and happier after I did this, and I will probably have to do it everyday until I learn to no longer take on the weight of the world.

Prayer, meditation, angels, whatever higher power you believe in, or just empowering yourself, please release any negative energy from your beautiful body and stop carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders.

Eventually I know it will reflect on the scale, but feeling lighter, is a beginning to my own healing and I wish it for all my loved ones. I wish it for you.

I wish you optimal health and wellness always. You are a beautiful being and I wish you to be the best version of you and the most amazing life. You are blessed.

Sending loving and healing energy always.

Aloha,
Maile

@mailemmm
@hilegacybuilder
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So true!

I can wish as much as I want, and believe me I do! I never stop wishing, dreaming and hoping for miracles! It's in my DNA to always have hope.

I am an incurable optimist and I like me that way. My goals and dreams manifest easily and effortlessly because I program my beliefs that way. I surround myself with images and positive people and my own journey isn't easier than anyone else's, I just don't give up.

You will get to wherever your mind focuses your attention and I have to thank every person, every situation and every moment that has shaped my life and continues to mold me into the person I am becoming.

I will never stop changing, learning and achieving my goals and dreams! Our journeys are never one giant step, just a first step followed by a million more.

You are never alone, and I will cheer for your success always! I know you are cheering for mine.

Sending love always <3

Aloha,
Maile

@mailemmm
@hilegacybuilder
http://foreveryoungandfithawaii.blogspot.com/
http://www.hawaiilegacybuilders.com/mailemitchellakita.html