God’s Word, Healthy Diet, Fitness and Weight Loss

Fasting and Praying

Many of us are fasting and praying as we seek to get closer to God during this Lenten season. This is a great thing. It is important to seek God and develop a closer walk with Him. We may be denying ourselves for specific reasons or more general in nature. For instance you are praying  for a financial break through or a physical healing. You may have a character flaw or weakness to a certain temptation. You may even just walk to get closer to God or experience the power of the Holy Spirit. These are all great reasons to fast and pray. Because the bible lets us know there are some obstacles we can not overcome in our lives without fasting and praying. The bible also shows us prayer and fasting as a form of repentance for sins. In either case or in the case of intercessory prayer, I highly recommend self sacrifice and personal denial seek to overcome the tougher obstacles in life.

Healthy Fasting

Regardless of your reasons before you fast you must access the type of fast you are committing to and your personal health condition to determine if it is the right fast for you. If you are not eating for periods of time, make sure you discuss this with your physician. Especially if you have known dietary health problems like diabetes. Even if have other conditions like high blood pressure or high cholesterol, abstension from food is not good for you. So please discuss the changes to your diet with your doctor. Now this assumes you see your doctor regularly. If you don not you should. Always consult your doctor for substantial changes to the way you eat. Especially when you diet or fast.

Drink Plenty of Water and Avoid Sugar

That says it all. As you fast remember to drink plenty of water. More than you usually do. Our body needs water to survive. Water also limits hunger pains. On the other hand a diet with too much sugar is deadly. If we limit many of what we eat and still eat sugar, high fructose corn syrup, white processed foods that convert to sugar then our bodies become out of balance and we become more susceptable to serious diseases like cancer, heart disease and diabetes.

Final Note

If you fast to seek God, great!

Fasting to lose weight is an absolute no no. A drastic reduction in caloric intake and your body can go into starvation mode. This means your metabolism slows down and your body begins to store fat. That is the wrong course of action for those looking to lose weight.

Yet you want to seek God and continue to lose weight, you must exercise and not do a dramatic fast.  Remember your prayers are the most important ingredient to seeking God. God does not want our bodies torn down, even if it is in the name of getting to know him better or getting a break through.

Be Blessed.

Be a Blessing.

Coach Louis.

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Healthy Weight Loss Program.

Breakfast is essential for a healthy weight loss program. To meet your weight loss goals you must break fast every morning with a healthy breakfast to help your energy, stimulate your mind, excite your metabolism and just get you going on the right foot to start your day. Here are four quick healthy breakfast recipes to help you start the day off right.

Oatmeal.

This very simple 5 minute meal is great for nutrition and helps lower cholesterol. Oatmeal is a whole grain that is good for you and when prepare properly gives you a complete breakfast. First of all choose old fashion or quick but avoid instant if you can. Instant oatmeal is a processed food with preservatives and additives not found in the old fashion or quick versions. I use the one serving size; which is 1/2 cup of oatmeal to one cup of water. If you choose to add salt use sea salt. Follow the simple directions on the box to cook on the stove top or microwave (they are equally healthy). When you serve use butter sparingly and do not add sugar. I add raisins and fresh fruit. You can choose blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, apples or peaches. Any sweet fruit to your taste. The try a few walnuts, pecans or almonds. This variety allows me to eat oatmeal 2 to 3 times a week. some people eat it every day, but i like variety.

Bowl of Fruit.

Fruit is full of energy, fiber and some protein. One quick, delicious and nutritious breakfast is to add a variety of fresh fruit cut up in a bowl and serve like cold cereal with or without low fat milk. Berries are particularly healthy full of antioxidants and they give you a good energy boosts. Blueberries, Strawberries and raspberries are my favorite. any fruit will do. My breakfast fruit bowls literally consist of whatever fruit I have at the time, which is almost always berries, citrus fruits, melons, bananas and apples of course. So you see there is lots of variety there and any fruit you use is right.

Vegetarian Omelet or Scramble.

Like a fruit bowl my omelets are a concoction of whatever fruit I have available. My staples are onions (all types); red green and yellow peppers; chopped fresh garlic cloves, broccoli, cauliflower and spinach or other dark leafy vegetable. Women should not eat more than one egg a week and men ca have two. So that means a one egg omelet for women and two egg omelet for men. You can add a little low fat milk if need be. I chop my fresh vegetables of the day and put them in the warm skillet which has been heated with a tablespoon or two of olive oil. I quickly add my scrambled eggs that have been seasoned with Mrs. Dash Salt Free Seasonings. I especially like the spicy variety. otherwise I just add cayenne pepper. I also like a little jalapeno peppers and almost always tomatoes. As mentioned earlier, whatever vegetables are available. Top your omelet off with a little shredded cheese if you choose along with salsa. In five to ten minutes you have a great nutritious breakfast.

Meal Replacement Shake.

I promised four complete healthy nutritious breakfast recipes and one of my favorites is the Advocare Meal Replacement Shakes.  Simply blend one package with 9 ounces of water and you have a complete meal that provides a complete nourishing meal in 2 minutes. I love fruit and I add fruit to the shake. Frozen fruit is nearly as nutritious as fresh and quite often is cheaper, especially in the off season. Three to five minutes and you have prepared and consumed one of the healthiest nutritious breakfast you can have.

Healthy Breakfast.

Four healthy breakfast recipes for your healthy weight loss program that all take less than 15 minutes to prepare. There is no reason to skip the most important meal of the day. All you need to do is to be prepared and add lots of fresh fruit and vegetables to your shopping list. Get Oatmeal and Advocare Meal Replacement Shakes and breakfast is complete.

Be Blessed. Be a Blessing. Yes You Can Lose Weight.

Louis

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