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- This is the Day – A Devotion for Young Hearts
- Fat Burning Tips – Part One
IF YOU KNEW there was a powerful nutrient that would stimulate your brain, revitalize your skin, slow down aging, improve fat metabolism, lubricate your joints, decrease inflammation and protect your heart ...wouldn't you make sure your body got plenty of it? But, what if this nutrient was found in only a handful of foods that you rarely ate on a daily basis? And, what if the foods you were eating regularly were throwing off a your nutritional balance causing you more damage because you lacked this key nutrient? If you don't address this almost universal nutritional gap, your body, skin and brain will be short-changed.
The nutrient I am talking about is an essential fatty acid called omega 3. It is one of only two fats that are considered essential for life, the other being omega 6. Our body cannot produce these fats independent! ly and must have them to function properly. In addition to the list of great benefits above, I've listed some other compelling facts later in this article. I've been notching up my omegas for almost ten years and I there is a visible difference in my skin. In fact, most people guess my age in my mid-forties - but I'm really turning 58 next month! And, except for my occasional hormonal "menopause brain freezes"; my ability to concentrate and recall information has improved as well. Talk about a great nutrient for GROWING YOUNG!
The product that I personally take (in a daily double dose) is Coromega. I just recently found a source and just added it to my website store at a great discount. You can find it in my webstore under Webstore.
To learn more about the phenomenal growing young benefits of Omega 3 nutrition and the foods you should add and delete from your diet for maximum benefits, CLICK HERE and Scroll Down to the "Brain-Beauty Connection" article on my website.
...Offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God-this is your spiritual act of worship. Romans 12:1
For many years, I ate enough food to feed a third world village as I battled with emotional eating and bulimia. I know how difficult it can be to put good health first when chocolate and doughnuts seem to be calling your name. But, God created us with a body that is our one and only vehicle for life and it is our responsibility to care for it and offer it back to Him as a living sacrifice - an act of worship. So, let me ask you: How is your body worshipping its Creator?
The tips that follow are from my SCALE DOWN book and small group curriculum and can help give you a jumpstart to a healthier and leaner body. It's easier than you think, if you make consistent lifestyle changes. A lifestyle change is something that you can do most days of your life without too much effort or deprivation. Everything else is just another diet.
TIP #1: Change Your Thinking
Do you really believe you can get and stay lean for life? If you don't...you won't! Get in tune with your self-talk. Romans 12: 2 tells us to be "transformed by the renewing of our mind". We do that by filling it with truth. In the human brain, the most dominant thought wins. If you tell yourself a new truth long enough, you will start to believe it and your behavior will follow. Memorize a few healthy statements that will erase and replace your old negative ones. You can also try my biblical Healthy Self-Talk CDs if you don't know where to start. Listen or tell yourself these messages two or more times each day. Within a few months, your new self-talk will reset your "automatic pilot" and lead you down a leaner lifestyle path. This was exactly how I changed my mind, habits and life over twent! y-five years ago and have found total victory over my bondage to food.
TIP #2: Change Your Attitude
Get rid of your old diet mentality and legalize all foods. If you can have any food you want, any time you want it...then you don't need to have it all right now. Give yourself permission to enjoy your favorite foods without feeling guilty. Chances are your cravings will diminish and your will power will increase. Just don't keep them under your nose in your home until your mind is renewed! For now, selectively plan a controlled treat - ideally with an accountablitly partner nearby. While you are enjoying a small portion, tell yourself: "I am easily satisfied and can only enjoy small amounts fun foods such as this."
It's also time to get rid of your "all or nothing" attitude as well. It's not either a "diet day" or a "blow out day". Every time you think you've gone a little too far off the path, start fresh right then and there. Don't wait until the first day of the week, the first day of the month or the first day of the year. Restart again right now, even if it is Wednesday afternoon. If most women simply learned how to cut their losses and start fresh in the middle of the day, they would not feel their lifestyle spiraling out of control. Which brings me to one last important statement you should remind yourself daily: "I am in control of my food choices and I can easily say no to any food and stop eating before I eat too much." You can, you know? I've never seen a cookie or chocolate jump into someone's mouth. You are in control - Believe it!
Three more Fat Burning Tips Next Week!
Tip #3: Increase your energy
Tip #4: Burning more calories
Tip #5: Simple Ways to cut calories