So, since we’re out from under the old tyranny, does that mean we can live any old way we want? Since we’re free in the freedom of God, can we do anything that comes to mind? Hardly. You know well enough from your own experience that there are some acts of so-called freedom that destroy freedom. Offer yourselves to sin, for instance, and it’s your last free act. But offer yourselves to the ways of God and the freedom never quits. All your lives you’ve let sin tell you what to do. But thank God you’ve started listening to a new master, one whose commands set you free to live openly in his freedom! (Romans 6:15-18 MSG)
Today I discovered a new way of thinking with regard to healthy habits. As I listen to the Lord about my health, He leads me from unhealthy to good, better, and eventually to best choices. I find going cold turkey or bare knuckling is almost impossible for me. I am most successful when I replace with a healthy alternative.
it is a stair step process for me. Here are some examples:
Unhealthy Couch Potato, no exercise
Good 15 minutes 3-6 days a week (3 years)
Better 30 minutes 3-4 days per week (3 years)
Best 45-60 minutes 3-4 days per week (1 year and counting)
Unhealthy enriched flour: cookies, cakes, white bread without limit
Good 50% white/wheat limit cookie and cakes on special occasions
Better 50-75%whole grain, limit cookie and cake on special occasion and limit serving size (one cookie/ small piece of cake)
Best 75%+ whole grain, special occasions are less than once per month
Unhealthy Eating out: whenever and choose whatever
Good: Choose healthy restaurant, limit trigger foods (bread, pasta, chips, fries)
Better: Pack healthy snacks, choose healthy menu restaurants, pay extra and replace starches with extra veggies, even request no butter added.
Best ALWAYS have a Plan. Eating out looks as healthy as eating in
Okay, your turn. What is a step you are taking or need to take? I'd love to hear yours.
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