The reason that I have begun eating for health rather than fitness is because ultimately I believe that FITNESS FOLLOWS HEALTH...not the other way around.
Yes, you should exercise because it is healthy and will help you burn calories and make your heart, bones, and muscles stronger.
However, I have noticed a pattern of injury and illness and psychological limitations that are debilitating to people and always put them back at square 1. Ultimately, their bodies and minds can't keep up because they are sick and because they are focused on the wrong things.
ALWAYS put your HEALTH first. You will see fitness and weight loss as bonuses rather than achievements. Achievements are a PRODUCT of something. If we do not "produce" we feel as though we have failed.
When you focus on becoming healthy then you are engaging in a PROCESS. You focus on the journey and you are free to take your time. The "products of your process" will feel like blessings rather than achievements which will keep you humble and grateful and ENERGIZED.
Should you set goals? ABSOLUTELY!!!
But center you goals in life around a broader impact that is outside yourself and will leave a legacy that doesn't begin and end with you. Too many people think they have to wait until they fix themselves until they can be meaningful to others....and as a result they never get anywhere. They stay trapped in a failure cycle.
YOU are unique and you are here for a specific reason and I can tell you for a FACT that it is NOT to get yourself PERFECT. We are designed to impact and influence other people no matter how big or how small.
Make the decision to nourish your body in such a way that it helps you fulfill your purpose. Your body should be the means to an end...not the end. When your perspective changes....everything changes....and after all....isn't CHANGE what you're after?
SLOW down and take it one day at a time. Only put things in your body that fuel your purpose. Energy, Healing, Fitness, Weight Loss, etc....will follow. I PROMISE.
Yes, you should exercise because it is healthy and will help you burn calories and make your heart, bones, and muscles stronger.
However, I have noticed a pattern of injury and illness and psychological limitations that are debilitating to people and always put them back at square 1. Ultimately, their bodies and minds can't keep up because they are sick and because they are focused on the wrong things.
ALWAYS put your HEALTH first. You will see fitness and weight loss as bonuses rather than achievements. Achievements are a PRODUCT of something. If we do not "produce" we feel as though we have failed.
When you focus on becoming healthy then you are engaging in a PROCESS. You focus on the journey and you are free to take your time. The "products of your process" will feel like blessings rather than achievements which will keep you humble and grateful and ENERGIZED.
Should you set goals? ABSOLUTELY!!!
But center you goals in life around a broader impact that is outside yourself and will leave a legacy that doesn't begin and end with you. Too many people think they have to wait until they fix themselves until they can be meaningful to others....and as a result they never get anywhere. They stay trapped in a failure cycle.
YOU are unique and you are here for a specific reason and I can tell you for a FACT that it is NOT to get yourself PERFECT. We are designed to impact and influence other people no matter how big or how small.
Make the decision to nourish your body in such a way that it helps you fulfill your purpose. Your body should be the means to an end...not the end. When your perspective changes....everything changes....and after all....isn't CHANGE what you're after?
SLOW down and take it one day at a time. Only put things in your body that fuel your purpose. Energy, Healing, Fitness, Weight Loss, etc....will follow. I PROMISE.
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