REVIEW - Eat, Move, Sleep

While I don’t know Tom Rath, I think he has a passion for helping people be the best version of themselves that they can be.  His books “How Full is Your Bucket”, “”Strengthsfinder 2.0”, “Strengths Based Leadership”, “Vital Friends”, and “Well-Being” all offer challenges to grow and understand ourselves better and maximize who we are.

Tom has a new book coming out in October this year called “Eat, Move, Sleep” to challenge people to make small choices that can lead to big changes in their health.  He has taken his research and writing skills and applied them to a topic that that is front of mind with many people – being healthy. We all want to be able to do the things we are passionate about for as long as we can.  Unfortunately, the choices we make along the way in our eating habits, activity levels, and sleeping habits contribute to the obstacles we encounter along the way.  

"Eat, Move, Sleep" captures the research from the medical, psychology, and nutrition communities and packages it in 30 quick read chapters (think a chapter a day for a month) that each conclude with 3 action steps around eating, moving, and sleeping for you to consider implementing in your own life.  It is about making little changes in our habits and lifestyle that will have a ripple effect across the quality of life we experience as we become healthier. 

Have you heard some pieces of the information before?  Probably.
Have you ignored some of things you have been told?  Most Likely.

So what makes this different?  “Eat, Move, Sleep” will challenge you to rethink what you are doing in small steps rather than overwhelming you.

1. It shows the cause and effect relationship between the three areas of our lives.  Many people focus on just diet or exercise to change their life.
• Did you know that good sleep increases a digestive hormone that keeps you from eating too much and decreases another that boosts appetite?
2. Tom gives you just enough research in plain and simple terms to support his action steps at the end of each chapter.  
• A simple check-in with another person around activity levels nearly doubles a participant’s activity levels over the span of a year.
• A Harvard study with 100,000 people showed the quality of what you eat will influence your health more than calories.
3. Challenges are realistic.  You are challenged to do one of the three action steps each day for a month and try it to see what the result will be for you.  It’s doable.
• Identify a few healthy food options – buy them automatically so good choices are always available at home.
• When your brain is filled with new information to remember or when you need a burst of creativity, go for a walk.
• Eat the healthiest things on your plate first and end with the least healthy.

If you need a little inspiration, a nudge in the right direction, simple steps toward a goal, or some conversation starters to share with friends who you have health concerns for, this will be a great book to read.  Don't overlook this topic - or this book.  You will think differently about what you eat, how you move, and how you sleep – and if you implement just a handful of the action steps, you will be healthier and better prepared to lead. 

You can pre-order the book now at http://www.tomrath.org/exclusive-offer-for-early-adopters/ and get an electronic copy to read ahead of time!