Living a Healthy Lifestyle - Choice #3
Friday, March 2nd, 2007So, I admitted my need to change my lifestyle and I committed to drinking more water each day. I’m cutting down on my soda and caffeine intake - what now?
Choice #3 - Start cutting back on the “whites.” That would include sugars, white rice, white bread, white flour…
O-o-o-h…that’s going to hurt. That may take a while. How much time do you have? Well, just start small. If you have a sweet tooth, cut out deserts once, twice, three days per week. I used to eat something sweet (I mean junk food sweet) everyday. Candy, pastry, a Snickers or Reeses candy…YUMMY, a desert - I was cursed with a sweet tooth.
I started reducing my sweets intake. I would cut out sweets two days a week, decreasing my consumption. I still average 2 pints of hagen dazs ice cream per week - not the best but that’s better than eating 2 pints per day at times! I love ice cream (Hagen Dazs!) Reeses is still my favorite candy but instead of one everyday, I may have one every 1-3 weeks - it just depends. I began cutting down on my white rice, noodles, bread intake and substituting with wheat or whole grain products. You get the picture. Let’s make wise, healthy choices so we can offer God a physical body fit for worshiping Him through our healthier lifestyle.
p.s. - Don’t compare your body, weight, appearance with the next person. Just start committing your life - spirit, soul and body to King Jesus. He loves you unconditionally and desires that you be conditioned for His race.