{"id":1724,"date":"2018-08-15T07:30:25","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T12:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.tops.org\/wellness-wednesday\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2018-08-14T15:57:09","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T20:57:09","slug":"live-your-best-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.tops.org\/wellness-wednesday\/live-your-best-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Your Best Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1726\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1726\" src=\"\/wellness-wednesday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/live-your-best-life-375x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tops.org\/wellness-wednesday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/live-your-best-life-375x197.jpg 375w, https:\/\/blogs.tops.org\/wellness-wednesday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/live-your-best-life-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.tops.org\/wellness-wednesday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/live-your-best-life-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.tops.org\/wellness-wednesday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/live-your-best-life-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.tops.org\/wellness-wednesday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/live-your-best-life.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GUSTAVOFRAZAO\/ISTOCK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"first-paragraph\">Lately, it seems that there\u2019s been lots of talk about \u201cliving your best life.\u201d Since the meaning of this phrase is unique to everyone, I wanted to see what it means to some our members. Here\u2019s what they had to say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing the best healthy me that I can be.\u201d <strong>Bernadette N.R.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing in tune to all the life around me, sights, sensations, scents, connecting to my &#8220;now&#8221; and environment in a visceral way.\u201d <strong>Karen M.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot letting not being at goal keep me from living a fulfilling life.\u201d <strong>Cecile T.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemembering that just because I have a bad day doesn\u2019t mean I have a bad life.\u201d <strong>Debbi K.B.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing able to enjoy my family and keep up without losing my breath.\u201d <strong>Cindy K.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiving my best life is trying to maintain my weight for medical reasons.\u201d <strong>Margaret S.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemembering the words of the pledge* during the week\u2014not just at our chapter meeting!\u201d <strong>Lori D.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuality of life\u201d <strong>Teresa T.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFeeling young again without struggling under 100 pounds.\u201d <strong>Meg H.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cStaying accountable in all aspects is sometimes hard to do but it keeps me on track!\u201d <strong>Elaine K.E.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing able to move freely and pursue activities without weight interfering.\u201d <strong>Christine T.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFeeling good about myself, keeping a positive attitude and knowing that I as long as I keep focused on my goal I can do this.\u201d <strong>Konnie M.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to your health and wellness goals, are you living your best life? Tell me about it in the comments section!<\/p>\n<p>*<small><em>Many chapters choose to recite the official TOPS pledges at the start or close of their meetings each week as a way to build community and remind all of the reason members gather each week. Use of the pledges is a matter of preference and is not a required part of weekly chapter meetings.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately, it seems that there\u2019s been lots of talk about \u201cliving your best life.\u201d Since the meaning of this phrase is unique to everyone, I wanted to see what it means to some our members. Here\u2019s what they had to say. \u201cBeing the best healthy me that I can be.\u201d Bernadette N.R. \u201cBeing in tune [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-wellness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Live Your Best Life - Wellness Wednesday<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.tops.org\/wellness-wednesday\/live-your-best-life\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Live Your Best Life\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lately, it seems that there\u2019s been lots of talk about \u201cliving your best life.\u201d Since the meaning of this phrase is unique to everyone, I wanted to see what it means to some our members. 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