November 1, 2012 - It Takes Time

Okay, we cleared one hurdle - got through Halloween. How did you do? Did you get through the day sugar free? :) If not, today is a new day in a new month. Ask God to show you the balance needed. Perhaps you can have sugar and starch in limited amounts. That is awesome! Each of us knows where our triggers are and each of us should be using regular blood tests to determine the internal health of our bodies. Gotta remember, just because your clothes fit doesn't mean you're the healthiest you can be. People who are skinny can have high cholesterol. Right? Being healthy is composed of several elements and zipping our jeans is only one of those. wink I was thinking about how busy our lives get and sometimes I wonder if people are not healthy because it takes TIME TO BE HEALTHY. I wish it didn't, but it does. Someone asked me last night about this and all I know to say is I was desperate to live. (sometimes I sound like my Iphone on repeat) I think people really expected that within a few months I would be back at the obese stage again. I can understand why they would think that. But as I have started to really LIVE this life, not because of HCG or loosing weight, but out of a real love for health, I realized that one component is critical in the success of this journey...........TIME. It takes TIME to shop and find the healthiest foods, as well as TIME to explore different things so we don't get bored with the eating plan. (a 100 calorie snack bar is easy - full of sugar and processed flour, but easy) It takes TIME to stop and drink water all day. It takes TIME to prepare and cook real foods. It takes TIME at a restaurant to examine the menu, ask for modifications, and choose the healthy items. It takes TIME to go for a walk. Come on........this JOURNEY takes TIME. But let me remind us.........we make TIME for the things important to us. I spend hours on Sunday and Monday preparing foods for lunches and quick-fix dinners after a long day at work. I try at least once a week to prepare something special for my grand daughter who will be 10 soon and has lost over 20 pounds recently choosing to eat healthy. This takes TIME - it would be easier to buy a bucket of candy. But the candy would lead her back to a place of being diabetic, so I'll give my TIME to assist in her journey. The moral of this morning's blog - being healthy DOES TAKE TIME - but you and I are SOOOO worth it. Where can you take some time from another venture that is not going to allow you to live a full and healthy life? Maybe take one television show a week - perhaps and hour - and give that to your HEALTH. Pull out some of the recipes from Life Group and make those, freeze some and do something wonderful for YOU. I watch some TV too, but not before I prepare my foods and invest my TIME in the future of my health. Have an awesome day! PK