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

Preparation To Eat Healthy to Lose Weight

Our mindset is the most important ingredient to this 7 day lifestyle change that will lead us to lose a few pounds but more importantly begin to Eat Healthy To Lose Weight. If you have a positive attitude and believe you can as you encounter obstacles you will overcome. Know that you can count on your buddies to encourage you and with a little prayer you will make it through.

There are seven steps to prepare for healthy weight loss.

Step 1: Pray, Meditate and establish a goal. Set your focus on what you want to accomplish during this seven day period. I would submit to you that Weight Loss is your secondary goal. Our primary goal is to change some bad eating habits and to get used to being focused on eating right and feeding our families right. Yes, you should have a minimum weight loss goal but that is secondary. We are changing our lifestyles to Live Healthy, Eat Healthy and treat our bodies right. So with prayer and meditation every day we can stay focused on our goals.

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Step 2: Journal We remember 10% of what we read, 30% of what we speak and 60% of what we write.
If we read it, speak it and write it we will remember it all. We will then see the change on paper and this helps us to stay focused like a business plan that you follow closely. First enter your start weight. Now think of what your 3 meals and 3-4 snacks will be everyday for the week. Enter your meal plan and your shopping list. Now enter your daily challenges and victories. Focus on the challenges and the victories (never on the defeats). Every evening review your day and plan your next day. Thank God for your challenges and victories.

Step 3: Shop Hopefully you can plan your week and shop for the week. Do the best you can. It is easy to fall off if you have not planned and do not have healthy food available. We can eliminate that excuse here.

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Step 4: Buddy up Our Weight Loss Journey is personal. But, we all need support. It is best if your buddy is your mate. A friend, coach, or even an internet forum will be helpful. Share, ask for help, be open and honest. Buddies must be encouraging. It is good for us to be a buddy as well. For as we encourage others we are encouraged ourselves.

Step 5: Know Yourself, Be Honest to Yourself Know your strengths and weaknesses. Account for them. Get help and be honest. We are not trying to impress anyone. We just want to improve ourselves. Again; Share, Ask for help and Be Open and Honest.

Step 6: Praise Yourself Many times we set goals but through the process we fall short and do not meet our them. The attitude of failure can easily set in as you go through your “Weight Loss Journey” and change your lifestyle to one of healthy eating for weight loss. To avoid this Focus on the process (each day has a meal plan and we journal daily) and Praise Yourself For Each Victory! Praise Yourself For Each Victory! Praise Yourself For Each Victory!

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Step 7: This is a Lifestyle Change To many people weight loss is like a yo yo. We commit ourselves to a diet or program for a time. We have a little success and then go back to our old habits. This takes us back to where we started. If we are really serious about Healthy Eating For Weight Loss this is not just a 7 day challenge. This is the beginning of the new you. Let me encourage you as the benefits are well worth the change. Because you are now eating right you lose weight, you gain energy and stamina, your body is healthier and you suffer less from diseases, you live longer and more abundant lives, your self esteem increases and did I mention you lose weight.

So as we prepare for the “7 Day Healthy Eating For Weight Loss Challenge” remember these seven steps:
Pray, Meditate and establish your goal; Journal; Shop; Buddy Up; Know Yourself and Be Honest To Yourself; Praise Yourself; This is a Lifestyle Change. The benefits are much greater than the work it takes and it gets easier with time.

As always I appreciate your feedback and comments.

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WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT EATING HEALTHY?

God created man and He is the author of Healthy Eating. There were no overweight men or animals. In the six days that God created the earth he put natural laws in place to govern the world and made us stewards of His creation. After each day of creation God said it was good. Our stewardship is based on our obedience to Him and His laws. For example, there is a law of gravity. What goes up must come down. We have created airplanes, rockets, and even balloons to seemingly change or at least modify that rule. But let the airplane run out of fuel.

Even in our bodies there are laws in place. The original plan was for us and animals all to be vegetarians. Through the disobedience of Man that plan was altered. But the law was not changed. If we choose to eat things that go contrary to our bodies and the laws that God put in place the results are sickness, disease and eventually death.

Have you been to the doctor with a diagnosis of some disease and noticed the first thing he prescribes is a healthy diet. In most cases we are sick because of our poor diet and our sedentary lifestyles. We need to eat right, drink right and have regular physical exercise for our bodies to work properly and for us to fight the many toxins and impurities that enter our bodies.

So God first wants us to eat healthy. At least 60% (preferably 70%) of the food we eat should be fresh fruit, raw vegetables, whole grains, nuts and beans. This is along with herbs is plant food. You can truly have all of the nutrients you need without eating any flesh. Any protein needed is found in fresh fruit, raw vegetables, whole grains, nuts and beans. If you choose to eat meat, fish, or poultry, limit it to less than 10% of all calories you consume. This reduces the excess fat we get by over eating flesh. Of course all flesh would be lean if animals ate only plant as God intended according to Genesis 1:29.

FRESH FRUIT, RAW VEGETABLES, WHOLE GRAINS, NUTS AND BEANS ARE THE KEY TO WEIGHT LOSS AND HEALTHY EATING!

Why fresh fruit, raw vegetables, whole grains, nuts and beans? Fresh refers to organic with no pesticides and not canned, frozen, or processed in anyway. Raw includes fresh but adds uncooked. When fruit and vegetables are cooked they lose many of the vitamins and nutrients. Cook any plant over 120 degrees and all nutritional benefit has been destroyed.

When food is processed the nutritional value is processed out and that is why the grains in cereal, bread, and pastas are enriched. Even milk and juice have been vitamin fortified. The initial vitamin have been cooked and processed out.

There is no replacing the enzymes that have been cooked or processed out. Many times the enzymes found in fruit, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and beans are as important if not more important that the specific vitamins. That is another reason why it is important to eat fresh and raw. As a fruit or vegetable is cut open they interact with air and the chemical reaction causes them to lose their nutrients. Cut an apple open, let it sit for 10 minutes and tell me if it begins to brown. This happens to all fruit and vegetables.

So we know that God Word says man was meant to eat fresh fruit, raw vegetables, whole grains, nuts and beans. The US government through the USDA has recently changed its food chart and recommends people eat 3-4 servings of fresh fruit and 4-5 servings of raw vegetables each day. That is a good start. The chart also lists beans as a meat with nuts and seeds (though they are a plant) and whole grains have their own section in pyramid of a balanced diet. What the chart or the USDA does not do enough of is to tell America and the world the risks involved eating processed food, refined sugars, food additives etc that are known to cause all sorts of diseases including cancer, heart disease, diabetes and obesity to name a few.

Maybe in moderation a lot of these things are not harmful, but years of overindulgence and a lack of knowledge among the general population have caused the American health care system to be overwhelmed. Though we spend more money than any nation on healthcare per person, there are 15 countries with a longer life expectancy than the Americans enjoy. The first reason is our diet.

So finally how do you follow God and eat healthy? Healthy eating is to have 60% – 70% or more of your food as fresh fruit, raw vegetables, whole grains, nuts and beans. Sure it is hard to eat 9 or more servings of fresh fruit and raw vegetables a day. Consider juicing. 2 cups of freshly juiced fruit or vegetables can account for 6-7 servings a day. Eat Healthy Salad and snack on fresh fruit, raw vegetables and nuts.

Weight Loss is Eating Healthy. To live longer eat healthier.

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