107. 80/20 While Traveling

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everybody.

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Welcome back to the elemental oven show.

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Thank you all so much for tuning in on this beautiful day on this episode

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where we are going to cover some of my favorite health practices while traveling.

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So if you didn't, if you did not already here, the last episode, I

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spoke a little bit about how I am here in Portugal traveling, and I

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decided to release some episodes on my favorite health tips while traveling.

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So that for all of you who travel.

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Will you can have some of these, a little tools in your pocket to use.

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And, uh, even if you're not traveling, if you're just at home or maybe just

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visiting a new city or something like that for the evening, or maybe for a work

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trip, these are also going to be some really great tips and tricks for you to

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use while you're out and about traveling.

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So if you know a traveler in your life, go ahead and send them one of these episodes.

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Now today's episode is going to be on the 80 20 rule and travel.

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So for those of you who have been following me for a while, you probably

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already know what the 80 20 rule is.

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The 80 20 rule is very simple, 80.

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Uh, 80% of the time you should be eating as clean as possible.

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And then 20% of the time, well life happens and it's

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okay to enjoy life, right.

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Go out there and, uh, you know, have a beer, have a slice

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of cake, whatever it may be.

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Um, don't get carried over.

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Uh, don't.

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You know, don't go overboard with it and get really carried away.

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But obviously 20% of the time it's okay to go ahead and do so.

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Now while I'm traveling.

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It can be a little bit more difficult to really stick to this 80 20 rule.

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It starts to feel like it's almost being reversed and 80%

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of the time you're eating.

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Very, uh, you know, unhealthy meals while 20% of the time you

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are only having, you know, your healthy little meals here and there.

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So what I wanted to talk a bit about is how you should navigate this and if it's

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okay or bad or whatever, and you know, to start this off, I will say most people.

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Do not travel 20% of the year.

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So already right there.

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If you were traveling for a week and you know, you are kind of going overboard

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in having, you know, a lot of food that you, maybe you shouldn't be having.

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Well, this can definitely be just your 20% and you know what,

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just go ahead and enjoy because.

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Part of this whole health, uh, Practice and lifestyle is understanding that

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life happens and it is okay to enjoy it.

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Right.

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I mean, when you're traveling.

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You are hopefully in good company and enjoying your time, which is really

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great for your stress levels and also plays a massive role in your health.

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So if you are out there stressing about trying to eat healthy, then drop it.

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Go ahead and enjoy some of the meals out there because it might

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be difficult to find super healthy meals depending on where you're at.

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So that is to start this off.

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However, if you are traveling and you travel a lot, maybe.

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And you want to make sure that you are able to still

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stay healthy while traveling.

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Then there are a few tips that you can use while traveling to kind of help

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stick to this 80 20 rule, or at least do a little better than, uh, maybe having

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the reverse of 80% bad and 20% good.

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So the five tips I'm going to share today is going to start off with

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just skipping breakfast, right?

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Uh, for a lot of people who listen to the show, you might already

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practice intermittent fasting.

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And for me, one of my favorite ways of practicing that is

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to simply skip breakfast.

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Now, if you are a female and you are on your moon days, Then go ahead and

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skip this one and do not do any form of fasting while you're on your moon days.

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Go ahead and just eat and enjoy and be intuitive with what

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it is that you are eating.

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However, if that is not the case and you are able to do some intermittent

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fasting, then I love to personally just skip breakfast and try to get in at

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least a minimum of 12 hours, if not even 16 hours fasted so that I am limiting.

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Cutting the amount of food that I'm intaking, which is overall just

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going to benefit your health and get you back on to that 80 20 rule.

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Uh, at least you are skipping a meal and allowing your body to.

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Receive some of those benefits of, you know, going into intermittent fasting.

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So, what I'll typically do is I'll go ahead and opt for a coffee or a tea.

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And of course that is without any milk and without any sugar or anything added

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in it, just black coffee or plain tea.

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And this way you can still have something in the morning.

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And I love to have a nice little horn drink in the morning.

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So this is perfect for me.

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And you just skip your breakfast and before you know it, it's already

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lunchtime and you can get back to eating.

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The second thing is going to be to avoid fried and sugary foods.

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Now this can be very difficult, difficult while traveling, and I will admit I

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have had quite a difficulty avoiding sugary foods on this specific travel.

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Uh, fried foods have been pretty easy to avoid.

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Um, I would say mainly French fries would be the main thing

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that are fried and that's pretty easy to avoid personally for me.

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But it's the sugary foods.

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There's a lot of really good pastries out here.

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And there's just a lot of sugar in a lot of the different

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food out here in Portugal.

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So such as the Than not though, which is very, very tasty pastry.

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Uh, so it has been difficult to avoid these, however, if you are

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able to, and this is something you want to do, then go ahead and really

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avoid the sugary and fried foods.

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And the reason I'm saying this is because these are the two

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things that are going to really.

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Affect your gut health while you're out traveling.

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And we already know that your gut health is so, so important.

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70% of your immune system physically resides in your gut.

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And of course you already know I am all about the gut health.

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That is my main focus, uh, aside from connecting to the elements.

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So definitely if you are able to avoid fried foods and

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sugary foods when possible.

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Now, if you heard the last episode, then you definitely heard me talk

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about walking, which is a great way of staying in shape and, you know,

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keeping some of that excess weight off of you in terms of, you know,

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probably eating some, not so good foods.

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Now I like to walk or even ride a bike anytime that I can, when

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I'm in a new city, I found that it is the best way of seeing a city

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while getting to your destination.

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It is also a, just a great way of lowering your blood sugar levels and

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making sure that you are staying in a healthy weight without having to get

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out there and do a lot of exercise.

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Okay.

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Now, moving on to number four.

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Eat light meals as often as possible.

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So typically when you travel to a new place that there's all these

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new dishes that you want to try.

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And I totally understand that there are a ton of dishes that I have

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tried that were extremely heavy.

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And they were tasty, but they were heavy.

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So it eventually gets to a point where you actually start to really

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just crave a light meal, maybe a salad or a fruit salad, or a soup

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or something of that kind of nature.

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And so what I like to do is when I am out eating, if I have already had a

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heavy meal for that day, then I will make sure that the next meal I have

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is hopefully a little bit lighter.

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So this might mean, you know, my lunch can, uh, be just some fruit

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and a salad or maybe just a soup.

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Like I had stated.

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Something very light so that you're not eating, you know,

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these two heavy meals a day.

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If you're doing the intermittent fasting or even three heavy meals a day, if you're

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not, uh, so trying to get something that's light and very rich in whole foods, right?

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So these are one ingredient foods such as, you know, apples bananas.

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Um, You know, crucifer, uh, cruciferous vegetables like broccoli

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or cauliflower or something like that.

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So trying to make sure we're getting a lot of veggies and fruit

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in there is a really great idea.

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And then number five is going to bring me to alcohol.

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So alcohol while traveling is one of the few times that I

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will actually drink alcohol.

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So while I'm at home, I personally never really buy any alcohol for the house.

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If I do it's for a very rare occasion.

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And that is not because I'm completely against alcohol, but honestly it

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is just doing way more harm for the body than it is doing good.

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So I tend to just not drink it while I'm at home, but when I'm traveling.

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I do make exceptions, right?

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Uh, you go out with people and, you know, you meet new people, maybe

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you're visiting friends and family, and they might want to have a glass

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of wine or something of that nature.

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Or maybe there's even just a very specific type of alcohol to that region

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that you might not find anywhere else.

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And of course, having that kind of an experience is something that I like to do.

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So I will go ahead and enjoy the special wine or whatever it may be.

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But while I am traveling, if I am at a restaurant and you know, there's a.

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Uh, offering where the plate comes with an alcoholic beverage.

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I will typically go ahead and opt out of drinking the alcoholic

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beverage, especially if it is just a typical glass of wine or beer,

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like some, you know, I don't know.

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Equivalent of a Budweiser.

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In America or bud light, something like that.

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Uh, I will go ahead and just skip on that and instead drink water.

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I like to get, um, water with some gas in it, so carbonated water.

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And that to me is perfect.

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It keeps me hydrated and still makes me feel comfortable making

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something that's not just plain water.

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Um, and so that way I'm not drinking excess alcohol.

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Uh, because over time the alcohol can take a bit of a toll, especially

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if you're eating heavy meals and then your TA, uh, putting on

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top of that, an additional beer.

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So those are the five ways or five little tips that I try to follow

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while I'm traveling to make sure that I'm not overindulging and, you know,

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Putting this 80 20 rule too far out of balance.

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So feel free to use these tools to your benefit.

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Uh, however you see fit, whichever ones you enjoy, or maybe you, uh, feel are

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reasonable, then go ahead and use those.

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And the ones that you don't feel are reasonable, then feel free to skip them.

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I will go ahead and just mention all five of these one more time.

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So that is number one, skip breakfast.

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Number two, avoid fried and sugary foods.

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Number three, walk or ride a bike when possible.

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Number four, eat.

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Light meals as possible as often as possible.

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Meaning with whole foods and number five, usually do not drink alcohol.

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Uh, in less, it is for a very special occasion.

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Alrighty, all that is going to do it for today's episode.

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I hope you enjoyed this, and I hope this brings you benefit to your life while

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you guys are traveling or even while you were at home, because these can

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also be applied to home life as well.

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All right, everyone.

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Well, much love to all of you.

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I hope you are all having a beautiful week and just enjoying the day.

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And I hope this brought you all a lot of benefit to your life.

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Much.

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Love everyone.