As a Christian, I have come to understand that my body is a temple for the Lord Jesus Christ, it is not my own. With this understanding in the forefront of my mind, I realize that I need to treat my body as such. In order for me to live a healthy life, and not be just another statistic of African-American women, I have to start making smart, and simple solutions for myself. Loosing weight doesn't mean going on crash diets, or overdoing it at the gym. It's a choice. It is finding a balance between eating correctly and maintaining your body physically through exercise of physical activity. I used to think that I was fat all the time and I was disgusted with what I saw when I looked in the mirror, but my mindset was that I thought it would be to hard to change. Now that I'm older and more knowledgeable about health risks, and healthy living I am more determined to be the healthiest that I can be, both spiritually and physically. I will feed my spirit with the Word of God, and I will tone my body with exercise, and feed my body with the right foods. This combination is bound to work because the Lord is the first thing on my menu. When I put Him first, He's leading me and I steadily follow Him in the right direction.
I am challenging myself to 10 days with no meat starting today. It was a little scary for me at first but then I thought to myself, no meat doesn't mean no flavor right? I can still have all of the flavors that I enjoy and have grown accustomed to, in a new way.
This is going to be a series of blog posts of my 10 day journey with a no meat diet. If all goes well, I'll make another blog that is devoted solely to healthy living and healthy eating from a Christian's perspective
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