Balance and Rest

How many days per week are you working out? I will admit I do at least something everyday, but beware of overworking certain muscle groups ( in other words, for instance, don't work out your biceps every day). I will work my arms one day, my back another, and my legs and abs yet another. Then I rotate. I keep rotating so each body part gets rest. We all need rest don't we? But, bad things that happen when we're overworked. We're tired, we're cranky, we hurt ourselves. Its a need of balance. But word of warning: don't try to balance your faith/relationship with Jesus. Don't just throw Him into your week and rotate Him out. He needs to be so important to us that He's in our every second, balancing the rest for us. We'll be so much stronger if we do things for Him and listen to Him.

Tip of the Day

Don't try to lose weight too fast or go on crazy diets that cut out important things your body needs. If you lose too much too fast, it will likely come back as quickly as it left. If you're not eating proper nutrition, when you do go back to eating a normal healthy diet you could, again, gain it back too quickly. I'm trying to teach you to balance a healthy lifestyle- NOT just go on a diet. Try to eat a food as close to its natural unprocessed state as possible. Shop the outer edge of the store- vegetables and fruits, meat, milk, cheese, eggs, (unless you're vegan/vegetarian). Go into the inside of the store for your natural rice, soy milk etc. Avoid the sauces, chip and ice cream sections at all costs! Haha. Hope these tips help.

One of my VERY favorite tips

Schedule Negativity. Put aside time, for instance 7:00-7:30 for doubting yourself. Then, if you find yourself starting to get negative and subcombing to self-doubt, remind yourself there will be plenty of time for that at 7am.