THE BATTLE WITH FOOD BEGINS IN THE MIND!

CONQUER YOUR MIND

Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:1-2

Have you ever wondered where that voice inside your head came from and who in the world gave it permission talk to you in the first place?  How did we get to the point where we are always negotiating or justifying our decisions with it?  Or even contemplating our future?  And who controls this voice anyway?  Does God speak to me through this voice?  Certainly these are all good questions and ones that I don’t have a definitive answer to, but I do think the biggest contributor is our own thoughts and contemplations.  I also think that for a lot of people our mind or this so-called ‘voice inside’ has developed into a tool for self-criticism and judgment towards other people.  We have to learn to control this voice or it will control us.

I know that we have already touched on this subject before but we have to continue to bring to light the problems that have the biggest impact on us and the solutions to defeat them.  So this idea of our struggle with our own thoughts is just that, it’s a battle we fight in our mind and the war is ultimately won through self-discipline.  Just as the verse above says “but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” it is through Christ that we can restore our thoughts.  Our best weapon for this battle is the word of God and we must spend time in it each day and allow His words and knowledge to fill this voice in our mind.  It will be through prayer and meditation on His word that we hear the voice of God and see His restorative power.

"The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook" Journey Meals for Week 1

"The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook" Journey Meals for Week 1

May 30th - June 4th, 2011

pg 9 Crock Port Porridge
pg 12 Cottage Cheese Pancakes
pg 13 Egg White Turkey Scramble
pg 16 Eat-Clean Breakfast Burritos
pg 17 Power Oat Meal Pancakes

pg 117 Do-It-Yourself Olive Butter Spread

pg 177 Low Fat Turkey Burgers
pg 180 Salmon in Brine
pg 181 Turkey Breast with leek and oatmeal stuffing
pg 184 Every Day Meatball Day
pg 185 Tofu Cabbage Rolls

pg 213 Farm Stand Tomato Salad
pg 216 Colorful Sting Beans
pg 217 Sauteed Wild Mushrooms

pg 283 Super Pudding
pg 286 Whole -Wheat Flax Cookies

Let's Get Healthy,
Coach TIA

EXERCISE BY OSMOSIS

This is a devotional out of my Healthy Lifestyle class, I Don't Do Diet. 

EXERCISE BY OSMOSIS

You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:20

I’m going to ask you to think back to your grade school and high school days when your teachers were telling you that you couldn’t learn history by just putting the book under your pillow at night in hopes of the knowledge just seeping in while you sleep.  They were trying to get you to realize that at some point you would have to pick up the book and study the material to learn it.  The same concept is true of your goal to living a healthy lifestyle and becoming physically fit.

As tempting as it seems we have to be careful that we don’t carry this childhood concept into adulthood because exercise doesn’t happen by osmosis.  I have come across many people that could walk into any health club and teach a class on proper exercise technique and nutrition but they still struggle with holding themselves accountable to the daily routine that gets it done.  They have become rich in knowledge but poor in the application of that knowledge.  Remember that the win is in the ‘doing’ not in the ‘knowing or learning.’ 

I know some of us, me included,

"The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook" Journey Week 1

"The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook" Journey
Grocery list	Fruits and Veggies	Proteins/ Nuts	Dairy / Eggs	spices and seasonings	Grains
Recipes found on Pages...	variety of mushrooms (8)	salmon	skim milk	sucanat	whole grain tortillas
Breakfasts	green onions	turkey breast	eggs	ground mace	protein powered
pg 9	banana	lean ground turkey	FF cottage cheese	flax seeds	oatmeal
pg12	orange	almonds	FF plan yogurt	fresh cilantro	high protein cereal fakes
pg13	apple peal	black beans	unsalted butter	white balsamic vinger	whole wheat flour
pg 16	fresh green beans a varity			fresh basil	oats
pg 17	bell pepper			canola oil	cracked wheat
Dinners	onion			EVOO	rye flakes
pg 177	garlic			wheat germ	maple sugar flakes
pg 180	carrot			flax seed
pg 181	celery			cinnamon
pg 184	tofu med firm
pg 185	cabbage leaves
Sides & Desserts	purple onion	in pantry
pg 213	leak
pg 216	spinach - fresh
pg 217	tomatoes
pg 283	sweet peppers
pg 286	sweet onions
Condiments	variety of tomatoes
117	sultana raisins
	raisins
	chopped dates
5/30/2011	150 Recipes in 10 Weeks

This is my grocery list for the recipes listed in "Recipes found on Pages".
My goal on most days is to make enough dinner to have leftovers for lunch.

click for : "The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook" Journey Meals for Week 1

Let's Get Healthy,
Coach TIA

My "The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook" Journey

"The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook" Journey

I just received, in the mail, Tosca Reno's cookbooks today. SO EXCITED!!!
YES, I have been eating clean. However, I don't have any of her cookbooks,
"The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook" and "The Eat-Clean Diet Cookbook 2"

Until now, that is =-)

I just opened them up and saw that

What To Eat at Fast Food Places...Wendy's

Wendy's is another place I don’t eat at. It has a menu with few healthy options.

Like most fast food places, (there) really isn’t anything “clean” to eat here with the exception of the plain baked potato.

If you have to eat here, make smart choices. Choose a salad and vinaigrette dressings or grilled chicken. If you do choose a sandwich, as with the other fast food places, take off ½ the bun and don’t get the fries!!

SALAD:

Stick with the Garden