What are the first things I should pay attention to when reading a food label?
Start by looking at the ingredients on a food label. The first few ingredients will help you distinguish if the item is actually good for you, or if the label is just ‘selling’ the product as healthy. For example, when you look at a loaf of bread, the label may say “whole grain”, but if the first few ingredients are white or whole wheat flour, you probably know that it is not in fact whole grain.
In addition to...
“Your focus determines your direction.”
You’ve probably heard that saying before, but have you ever really paused, considered and applied it in your life? There’s profound truth in that little bitty statement. The Bible says it this way, “As a man thinks so shall he be.” What we think about, pour our energy into, meditate on, and direct our focus to tend to increase in our lives.
Let me give you an example from my own life. I've spent the better part of my life a little miffed with God...
We all know that moving our body is an important aspect to overall healthy living. When dealing with some sort of physical limitation (pregnancy, sickness, fatigue, travel, etc) or injury though, that can feel like a hard and frustrating thought. Today, I’m going to talk about how to deal with physical challenges and offer my thoughts on how to “exercise” self-kindness when your body requires it.
Regardless of why you may need to modify physical exercise, I believe there is one important...
It is difficult to start a story, when you are not sure yourself when it really began. Just as I am unable to remember the date and time of my coming to Christ as a young child, so I am equally lost as to a specific date that I started down the road of bulimia.
I wish my story were as “clean cut” as, “I struggled with bulimia, and then when I became a Christian, I finally had victory.” But as I battled my own unique story with bulimia, I found myself wondering if the story I was living could...
One of the most common questions I get from people who want to commit to a healthy lifestyle is, “how do you meal prep?” We talk a lot about the importance of meal prepping and how being prepared contributes to overall, long-term success in healthy eating. I find however, that many people feel overwhelmed by the thought of it and it is enough to keep them from even starting. Let me tell you, I’ve been there!
After years of practice though, I’m happy to be able to encourage you that with just...
Staying in solid, firm faith isn't always easy is it?
James 1:8 describes the battle, "You can't make up your mind! You waver back and forth!"
This kind of double-minded faith is a rattling sense of instability. It's restlessness in all you do, think, feel and decide. Double-minded faith retains the option to disobey (read that again!). When disobedience is our back up plan we are on unstable ground!
When my husband and I got married, we agreed that divorce was simply not an option. Why?...
Hey friends! Is it just me, or does it always seem to surprise you guys at how quickly summer comes and goes! I do have to say though, just as much as I love summer, I am just as excited about fall, because it is just beautiful this time of year here in Michigan!
But, before we say goodbye to the summer season, I wanted to share some of the highlights of the season around here!
One of the things I love about summer is the fresh fruit and vegetables, and being able to grill! I certainly will...
Giving up is not in my nature!
In October 2001 I was 7 months pregnant with our first child. I needed to take our 125lb dog outside for his daily potty break and since our yard wasn’t fenced, I put him on a leash to go outside. While walking him I was pulled forward on the cement when the dog saw a squirrel. I landed on both knees and this caused my kneecaps to be pushed out from their natural center position. About 4 years later, I had arthroscopy to re-align my right knee cap. The problem...
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