Comments on: Living Your Life Like an Amish Quilt http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/ Natural medicine info. Naturopathic physician, Dr. Nicole Sundene, answers your natural medicine health questions at the kitchen table! Diet, weight loss, herbal medicine, exercise, fat burning, health, nutrition, and preventative medicine research! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:24:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Doc KC http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-755 Doc KC Thu, 01 May 2008 19:35:19 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-755 What an amazing post! And a beautiful quilt analogy! You are correct, not one single person on Earth is perfect, but I believe that the 80/20 rule IS perfect! If someone were to live life without any “guilty pleasures” at all, how boring would that be? What quality of life would they really have? I mean, I must admit that I do feel guilty if there is something recyclable that I just throw away, but sometimes it just has to be done! LOL! So, that 20% of the time, I’ll deal with it, knowing that 80% of the time (at least), I’m helping our environment. Eating well…that’s another story for ME! LOL! I’m working on that! Thanks Doc for your fantastic insights as always! Doc KC www.DOCintheBiz.com What an amazing post! And a beautiful quilt analogy!

You are correct, not one single person on Earth is perfect, but I believe that the 80/20 rule IS perfect!

If someone were to live life without any “guilty pleasures” at all, how boring would that be? What quality of life would they really have? I mean, I must admit that I do feel guilty if there is something recyclable that I just throw away, but sometimes it just has to be done! LOL! So, that 20% of the time, I’ll deal with it, knowing that 80% of the time (at least), I’m helping our environment. Eating well…that’s another story for ME! LOL! I’m working on that!

Thanks Doc for your fantastic insights as always!
Doc KC
http://www.DOCintheBiz.com

]]> By: Dr. Nicole http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-754 Dr. Nicole Thu, 01 May 2008 18:01:49 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-754 Hi JJ- glad you liked it. Thanks for stopping by :D Hi JJ- glad you liked it. Thanks for stopping by :D

]]> By: JJ Loch http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-753 JJ Loch Thu, 01 May 2008 11:16:49 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-753 Fantastic post with great imagery. I'll remember that imperfect Amish quilt patch and smile when I'm stressing over a mistake. :D Super blog!!! Hugs, JJ Fantastic post with great imagery. I’ll remember that imperfect Amish quilt patch and smile when I’m stressing over a mistake. :D

Super blog!!!

Hugs, JJ

]]> By: Dr. Nicole http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-752 Dr. Nicole Thu, 01 May 2008 03:38:40 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-752 Thanks Heidi :D Thanks Heidi :D

]]> By: heidi http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-750 heidi Thu, 01 May 2008 03:16:53 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-750 That was perfectly put! I feel the same way because all we need to do is our best and it is never going to be perfect. Great analogy. That was perfectly put! I feel the same way because all we need to do is our best and it is never going to be perfect. Great analogy.

]]> By: Erin Happycamper http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-749 Erin Happycamper Thu, 01 May 2008 03:15:04 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-749 Aww, shucks! Thanks. I'm more proud of you! *blushes* Aww, shucks! Thanks. I’m more proud of you!
*blushes*

]]> By: Dr. Nicole http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-742 Dr. Nicole Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:02:18 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-742 Hi Erin- you are destined to be the most beautiful quilt of them all. I am so proud of you!!! Hi Erin- you are destined to be the most beautiful quilt of them all. I am so proud of you!!!

]]> By: Dr. Nicole http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-741 Dr. Nicole Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:01:41 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-741 Hi Timothy- I'm so glad we can stick together and work to shift some paradigms about how people perceive their health and wellness! Hi Timothy- I’m so glad we can stick together and work to shift some paradigms about how people perceive their health and wellness!

]]> By: Dr. Nicole http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-740 Dr. Nicole Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:00:28 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-740 Hi Justin- I've missed seeing you around, but understand what it is like when work gets crazy. It is just eat, sleep, work and not much else. Remember progress not perfection. Stick with me and we'll bump that 10/90 to a 15/85 and then go from there... ;) Hi Justin- I’ve missed seeing you around, but understand what it is like when work gets crazy. It is just eat, sleep, work and not much else.

Remember progress not perfection. Stick with me and we’ll bump that 10/90 to a 15/85 and then go from there… ;)

]]> By: Dr. Nicole http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-739 Dr. Nicole Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:59:16 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-739 Hi Barbara- Thanks so much! As always I appreciate your support with my website and writings. Yes, some could say 80/20 is a cop-out, but then if you read Justin's comment below you that serves as strong evidence to me that even 50/50 might be better than nothing! Hi Barbara- Thanks so much! As always I appreciate your support with my website and writings. Yes, some could say 80/20 is a cop-out, but then if you read Justin’s comment below you that serves as strong evidence to me that even 50/50 might be better than nothing!

]]> By: Erin Happycamper http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-736 Erin Happycamper Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:52:06 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-736 LOVE IT DOC!!!!!!!! Your analogy of the quilt is...perfect! I'm working on it, but every step in the right direction of life always puts you further away from the incorrect, ya know? Rome wasn't built in a day. Neither were these quilts that are so beautiful..... LOVE IT DOC!!!!!!!! Your analogy of the quilt is…perfect!

I’m working on it, but every step in the right direction of life always puts you further away from the incorrect, ya know?

Rome wasn’t built in a day. Neither were these quilts that are so beautiful…..

]]> By: Timothy Carter http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-733 Timothy Carter Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:12:03 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-733 Nicole great post! Your tips are always fantastic...I'm glad we met and I can start reading them and stumbling & bookmarking them. I too, "follow the “80/20? rule in life. Eighty percent of the time I eat right and exercise, sleep well and take care of myself; so that the other twenty percent of the time I just don’t have to worry about things." We're human and sometimes a Ben & Jerry's sounds really good. LOL It used to not be that easy, before I assisted my eating lifestyle with The Feast & Beyond Berries. LIVE whole food nutrient dense nutrition has given me the ability to be able to consume 10-14 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Far above the minimums that government set at 5-9 servings. I believe we "resonate". :-) Do they still call it, "great minds think alike?" Nicole great post!

Your tips are always fantastic…I’m glad we met and I can start reading them and stumbling & bookmarking them.

I too, “follow the “80/20? rule in life. Eighty percent of the time I eat right and exercise, sleep well and take care of myself; so that the other twenty percent of the time I just don’t have to worry about things.” We’re human and sometimes a Ben & Jerry’s sounds really good. LOL

It used to not be that easy, before I assisted my eating lifestyle with The Feast & Beyond Berries. LIVE whole food nutrient dense nutrition has given me the ability to be able to consume 10-14 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Far above the minimums that government set at 5-9 servings.

I believe we “resonate”. :-) Do they still call it, “great minds think alike?”

]]> By: Justin http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-730 Justin Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:03:35 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-730 Hey Dr Nicole. Sorry I've missed the last few blogs =( Mad busy at work. I love this image of an Amish quilt. Regretably I'm not up to that 80/20 level yet; more a sort of 10/90 =(. Pathetic. I guess I have fallen into the trap of working too much, getting home late, grabbing a drink before I take my shoes off and then thinking, duh I don't have any food, and bunging something in the microwave. Will Power is what I lack. Help!! Hey Dr Nicole. Sorry I’ve missed the last few blogs =( Mad busy at work.
I love this image of an Amish quilt. Regretably I’m not up to that 80/20 level yet; more a sort of 10/90 =(. Pathetic.
I guess I have fallen into the trap of working too much, getting home late, grabbing a drink before I take my shoes off and then thinking, duh I don’t have any food, and bunging something in the microwave. Will Power is what I lack. Help!!

]]> By: Barbara Swafford http://www.kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-729 Barbara Swafford Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:34:34 +0000 http://kitchentablemedicine.com/living-your-life-like-an-amish-quilt/#comment-729 Dr. Nicole, What a beautifully written article. I've heard that story of the Amish quilts, and found it quite fascinating. They do have the right idea. We are not perfect, and no matter how hard we try, we never will be. I like your idea of using the 80/20 rule for diet/health/exercise. Although it may seem like a cop out, it does give us a chance to not be so strict with ourselves that we can't keep up. Dr. Nicole,

What a beautifully written article.

I’ve heard that story of the Amish quilts, and found it quite fascinating. They do have the right idea. We are not perfect, and no matter how hard we try, we never will be.

I like your idea of using the 80/20 rule for diet/health/exercise. Although it may seem like a cop out, it does give us a chance to not be so strict with ourselves that we can’t keep up.

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