Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s are upon us! Is it just me, or does anyone else have a love/hate relationship with this time of year? It seems like we blaze through each event focusing only on the next event to come. We waste Thanksgiving thinking about Black Friday and cyber Monday. Then we get caught…
Tag: spiritual
I Only Need to Knead the Bread for Today
“She considers a [new] field before she buys or accepts it [expanding prudently and not courting neglect of her present duties by assuming other duties]; with her savings [of time and strength] she plants fruitful vines in her vineyard.” Proverbs 31:16 “She tastes and sees that her gain from work [with and for…
Five Tips For Boosting Your Mood {FTT12}
We all have those days when we just feel less than our best mentally. It passes with time, but what if you want to do something about it ASAP? Here’s 5 tips! 1️⃣ Do something for others. The quickest way to experience joy is to do something that brings joy to another person. Do a…
Five Tips For A More Relaxed Approach To Tracking {FTT11}
I love the flexibility of tracking macros. Custom macro programming is one of the ways I work with my clients who are just getting started on their healthy eating journey. We’ve all heard of flexible dieting, but what about using macros for flexible maintenance? There’s nothing wrong with having goals, but when you…
Five Tips For Better Sleep {FTT10}
How is your sleep? Not just the quantity, but also the quality? Sleep impacts everything. Our mood, our health, our ability to gain and lose muscle or fat, our function at our jobs, our ability to live out our calling… The list goes on. It is not a badge of honor to run on as…
Five Tips To Help Determine If The Splurge Is Worth It {FTT9}
Keep in mind that the purpose of this post has nothing to do with guilt or shame, rather the removing of these from your eating choices. Sometimes practicing self-discipline (which also happens to be a fruit of the spirit) in the form of refraining from partaking is the healthiest thing to do. Other times, the…
#GiveMe30HabitProject 08.01.2019 {Morning Routine}
Welcome to the 8th habit in the #GiveMe30HabitProject!! See this post for all the details and backstory! This month’s habit is to implement a morning routine! Do me a favor and watch this video! Seriously. Even if you have to watch it in chunks, because I know it is long. So many nuggets of wisdom in this…
Five Tips For Getting The Most Out Of Reading God’s Word {5TT8}
Scripture is God breathed and useful for edification (2 Timothy 3:16). It is living and active; sharper than any double-edged sword (Hebrews 4:12). It is our daily bread (Matthew 6:11). We are to nourish ourselves on the Word of God daily in order to feed our spirit and to crave it as a newborn would…
Five Tips To Prevent Overeating At Night {FTT7}
This is a common problem for a lot of people, so if you struggle, just know you’re not alone! First, in order to know what to adjust, you must understand where the behavior is coming from. Is it a mindless eating habit? Unchecked cravings? Or perhaps true hunger that’s not adequately addressed? Each one…
Five Tips For Meal Prep Success! {FTT6}
One of the most common questions I get about #MealPrep is how to get started. It can seem quite overwhelming, especially when you think about adding one more thing to your already busy life. Meal prep (regardless of what it looks like for you personally) should help you to streamline your life, not overwhelm you…
Five Tips For Using Your “Why” To Accomplish Your Goals {FTT5}
First things first, you need to come up with a strong and compelling “why” for your goals and dreams. It needs to be something significant and meaningful to you personally. You cannot set out to achieve your goals based on things like meeting someone else’s expectations for you or vague and unimportant reasons. It also…
Five Tips For Increasing Protein Intake {#FTT4}
This seemed like a good week to cover this topic given the #Giveame30HabitProject for the month is to prioritize protein! You can find all the previous monthly Habit Project challenges here. You probably know by now that sufficient protein intake is important for a variety of reasons. Something that comes up quite frequently with my…