Habits and Hope - Motivation for Purposeful Change

Source of Power and Continuing the Story (Health)

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What does the bible say about health?

1 Corinthians 6:18-20, 1 Corinthians 10:31, Psalm 31:17, Ephesians 5:18, 3 John 1:2, Hebrews 12:11-13, Matthew 4:4, Proverbs 25:27, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Do your writing your story and write about your personal health ideal.  

Example: 

Ideal story

  • Eats a diet that is nutritionally enriched to give energy, vitality, mental clarity, and empowers for every good work.
  • Stays hydrated with water
  • Avoids foods, chemicals, or substances that would cause health issues or prevent me from feeling my best.
  • Has muscle tone that will allow me to do the things I want or need to do.
  • Able to outrun at least a couple of zombies in a zombie apocalypse (just in case). *thought I would through entertaining one in to show it doesn’t have to be serious
  • Good mobility in joints, spine, etc. even when older
  • Do not get sick very often at all.
  • Able to keep up with people of all ages
  • Health does not hold me back on anything 

    • Things that serve this story

    • I get 8 hours of sleep a night
    • I eat 50% vegetables at every meal
    • I prep my water every morning and track my water every evening.
    • I read nutrition by labels - the goal is 5 ingredients or less and watch the sugar!
    • I shop more in the outer aisles of the grocery store than in      the inner
    • I cook 90% or more of my food myself
    • I always have a workout plan and prepare the day before to do it.
    • I stretch daily
    • I will set a reminder to move once every hour during work      hours *just learned how huge the health benefits are for moving a couple      of minutes each hour
    • I will meal plan so I have great options all the time, even      when away from home
    • I will plan extracurricular activities that keep me active
    • I will go on regular walks
    • I will incorporate weightlifting regularly
    • Bike rides with husband

      • Things that do not serve this story

      • Staying up too late especially just sitting and watching TV
      • Working without breaks at my desk
      • Eating out especially fast food
      • Eating sugar
      • Regular wine, etc.
      • Procrastinating working out
      • Overfilling my schedule
      • Mindless snacking

        • Celebrate wins daily.

        Prepare for willpower or decisions before you need to make them and before you are worn out.

        Think about day the evening before.

        Workout: Bedtime needed, when are you going to workout, how will you preserve or boost energy, where will you workout, what is your workout going to be, pack your gym bag, remove obstacles.

        Food: How are you going to get your meals and make sure you aren't starving when you start to eat, have a list of food you CAN eat, plan snacks rather than planning on not snacking, prepping it ahead, emergency bag, insulin drop prep, use your crockpot.

        Stress: How can you protect your peace, needed boundaries, make more margin by eliminating things, what can you do at night to set you up better for tomorrow, how can you recharge?

        Spiritual: What are you placing before God, How can you arrange your day better, How can you get more time in with God, Memorize scripture throughout the day and how, Have a group of Christian like-minded people in your life and spend time with them.

        Verse for the week (memorizing) Psalm 127:1

        Song lyrics to What a Friend We Have In Jesus by Paul Baloche

        *Key is O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry everything to God in prayer.


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