Maintaining a healthy and strong body requires a personal decision, invested time, a deliberate approach, and continual adherence.  If you have heard that it is easy, and without sacrifice, DON’T BELIEVE IT!   The truth is it takes effort, just like it takes effort to maintain healthy teeth and gums, good hygiene, an automobile, and a clean home.  You have to value the benefits more than you value the effort and sacrifice.  Once you do, you will find it very easy to maintain.

You must be conscious of every eating decision and specific in your choices of what to eat, what not to eat, what rules to follow, and what concessions you allow for yourself.  Never eat just because something is in front of you, offered to you, left over, or because the clock suggests it's time.  We must maintain more control than that for a healthy and strong lifestyle. 

 

You must continue to move your body.  Exercise can be done in 10 minute intervals, 30 minute sessions, or 1 hour fitness classes.  From the time you wake up to the time you go to bed, the more you move - the more you burn.  Even the little things count -- taking stairs, parking further away, 5 minute after-dinner walks.  It’s all good, and it all adds up!

We have all heard that "the truth will set you free."  The REAL truth is - the truth CAN'T set you free if you don't apply it to your life.  Without application it's nothing more than un-applied wisdom.  So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and make the choice today for a healthier and stronger YOU beginning right now!

Christi Taylor :)