It's that time of year, get in shape quickly!

First of all you need self discipline, realistic goals and a plan!

Don't compare yourself to others, this is about you, and your
health.

Set a schedule for yourself:

Monday-20 minutes of upper body strength
Tuesday-20 minutes of walking, jogging, or running
Wednesday-20 minutes of lower body strength
Thursday-20 minutes of walking, jogging, or running
Friday-20 minutes of all over body strength
Saturday-20 minutes of walking, jogging, or running
Sunday-Time for a Break! Shew(LOL)

Diet Changes:

Reduce foods with salt, sugar and trans fat
Eat lean proteins(fish, ground turkey, beans, greek yogurt, and eggs)
Eat lots of veggies and fruits, whole grains, and low fat
Avoid cholesterol and saturated fats

Consider meal planning and prepping
Consider how many calories 
Use smaller plates
Eat portion sizes(measure)

No fast-food and no sugary drinks

Here are some steps to consider:

Talk to your doctor, make sure you have no health conditions
Drink plenty of water(before and after meals)
Set realistic goals(take pics along the way)
Don't get discouraged it takes time
Don't give up
Don't focus on number
Focus on how you feel, how your clothes fit, and health improvement
Be consistent

Clean out those cabinets(toss)(sugar, junkfood, soda, juices, coffee
creamer, processed foods, high salt content, prepackaged snacks)
Instead get healthy snacks(nuts, whole fruits, chopped veggies,
hummus, low salt whole grain crackers, yogurt and seeds)

Slow down while eating(it takes your brain 20 minutes to realize 
it's full)

Get a good nights sleep(turn off phone and tv a hour before going 
to bed, turn down lights)

Let's do this!

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Can you commit to the Entertainment Challenge?

 

The Entertainment Challenge!

The importance of who we hang around, what we listen to and
what we watch can make a huge impact on our daily lives.

Pay attention to the word Entertainment, it has the word Enter
in it.

For 30 days:

Listen only to Christian Music
Only Hang around Christian Family and Friends
Watch only Christian movies, or shows

And see the impact this has on your life!

Are you up for the challenge?

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Are you Helping or Enabling??

Helping VS Enabling

Helping- is to give or provide for someone who can't help themselves.

Helping can be considered an act of kindness, but overdoing it can backfire.

Enabling- is to continue to help someone who should be doing it for
themselves. The person is receiving help instead of facing the
consequences and being held accountable, so they continue with this
behavior.

This is actually harmful not helpful- people tend to do this out of guilt,
pity, or shame. When they should be helping them find a solution. It can
actually, make the situation worse. Are you helping them make positive
changes, or making it worse, by keeping them stuck and then they
continue. You are actually keeping an unhealthy connection between you
both, called codependency. You are not a helper, you are an enabler. 

True help comes from inspiring them to be the best they can be!

Setting Healthy Boundaries lets people know what you will and will not
tolerate.

If you continue to keep rescuing them they grow weaker and become
dependent on you to bail them out. Instead teach them on how to handle
the situation. You can create a stronger impact on their life by teaching 
them on how to help themselves.

Sometimes we make excuses for them, but that only gives room for more
toxic behavior. They have to face the consequences or they will never learn.

Encourage them by helping them find the right resources, so they can
learn to help themselves. 

Jesus was not an enabler, he let people have free will, he never imposed,
even if they went away empty handed.

Sometimes God is working something out in their life, if we enable we
are interfering with God's plan.

Yes we should help others, but it shouldn't be a continuous thing.
Help once and teach them how.

Learn to help but not enable!

We are to help those who can't help themselves, but if they are able, 
we should encourage them to do so!

Romans 14:12 
So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God

Galatians 6:5 
For each one will bear his own load.

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Morning Beauty Drink

1 scoop of multi collagen peptides

1 scoop of bloom greens(my favorite mango)

1 lemon squeezed

1 bottle of water

Shake in a mixer cup

Drink and Enjoy!

I drink this every morning to start my day!

 

Collagen is a great source for hair, skin, nails and joints!
Green Powder is a great source of vitamins and a healthy immune system!
Lemon is a great source of vitamin c!
Water is essential for our bodies!

Together makes a great combo and low in calories!

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Our Purpose as Christians and Spiritual Gifts

What is your true purpose according to the Bible?

God created us on purpose for a purpose!

In Matthew 22:36-40

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.

Our  purpose as a Christian is to love God and have a relationship
with him, tell others about him and show love to others the way
God loves us, so they can come to know Christ.

As Christians we are given a Spiritual
gift or gifts! 

God uniquely gave them out to each of us, none is greater or lesser,
we are to find our gift or gifts and use them. Pray and ask God to
reveal to you what your gift or gifts are.

Romans 12 3-8

For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among
you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to
think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. 
For as we have many members in one body, but all the members
do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in
Christ, and individually members of one another.
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us
let us use them: if prophecy in proportion to our faith: or ministry, let
us use it in ministering, he who teaches, in teaching, he who exhorts,
in exhortation, he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with
diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Gifts:                      

Prophesy
Service
Teaching
Exhortation
Giving
Leadership
Mercy

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