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Dis-ease by Amy Lemieux
BeCBeach Body in 8 Weeks
26 // September 2021 May 2018
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ould your weight gain be caused by buried, To sum it up, this is what the Lord taught me. Spending suppressed emotions? Have you ever stopped hours at the gym, running, biking or the many things we do to consider that your health and fitness—or lack for exercise only helps the outside. We can eat our macros, by Amy Mendez thereof—could be linked to the rejection, shame, guilt, abuse eat our vegetables, and we can take all the Vitamin C we andagain! abandonment fromtime yourofchildhood past or present can stand, but iscalories all that helping our or dysfunctional too much. Reducing too much too fast cansouls? cause e we are This is that the year or where relationships? The Bible tells us in 3 John 2, that God’s will Do you still walk on egg shells? How about fear of failure? your weight loss to backfire. Be sure you’re not missing meals. eople start getting serious about getting into shape, for us above anything is for us to prosper: “Beloved, I pray Do3:you think you are valuable? Doby you walk in peace Tip Up really your weight training intensity adding 10-15 oking forward to that beach body to make its debut. that all may go well with you and that you may be in good joy after you have done all these things? Are you still reps toand what you are already doing. Also add some supersets t wait until two weeks before your yearly trip to the health, as it goes well with your soul.” and burn out sets to your routine. During this week and through decide “now is the time to dial it in.” Give yourself Let us say for example, that someone cut you the remainder of your prep, move to and from each exercise at ble timeline to make it happen. Plan ahead for your with a knife and the wound was deep enough to need dy by strategically preparing for at least eight to twelve a faster pace. Avoid resting too long and don’t get caught up in medical treatment, but you decided to “put on your big casual conversation. Remember you’re on a mission! ow is the time to up your intensity in the gym and girl/boy pants” and not worry about it. What would Tip 4: Eliminate carbs from your last meal of the day. But p yourhappen? diet. Be Itdetermined that this year is your year. would get infected. nge your perception of how yousoul view Did you know that your is your your mind, your will still eat your protein and veggies. This will help to speed up m” of losing weight. When you it athat “program” you your fat loss. and your emotions? Did youcall know when someone Tip 5: Add a second session of cardio 30-40 minutes in elf to fail yousoul areand preparing your mind for an cutsbecause you in your you do not heal properly, the evening. This will really boost your fat burning and cut off at which plan Your to return your you point get an you infection? soul istothe veryprevious essence of who you are.in It is you! The infection comes in many more pounds at a faster rate. that got you here the first place. If you want to different labels—high blood pressure, diabetes, bulimia, Tip 6: Don’t miss breakfast! Your body has been fasting all your weight loss change your mind in how you view anorexia, high cholesterol…the list is endless. night and possibly early morning if you did fasted cardio. Be ogram”. View obesity, it as a life style change. These are symptoms that come from self-rejection, selfsure to eat a full meal of 30-40 grams of protein with a complex e changes that won’t set you up to fail by reducing too hatred, bitterness, fear and anxiety that lead to disease. Auto striving for acceptance? Are you trying to look you haveif carb like oatmeal. Don’t do meal replacements forlike breakfast ories too fast. Keep yourself from getting bored in the immune disease is the body fighting itself because it is upset it all together? Exercise and nutrients are only a piece of you can. witching up your routine and challenging yourself. with itself. There are many diseases that have roots in the what God calls health. Having a healthy, thriving soul will Tip 7: Eat 5-6 meals a day. Most dieters will decrease the complacent and just go through the motions. condition of your soul. Disease means dis-ease. ease all of the dis-ease in our lives. k plenty of water. Carry a gallon jug around with you amount of daily meals in an attempt to reduce calories. Most I remember many years ago, I was training for a fitness So, after many years of letting the Lord heal me from the people have the mentality of only eating one of two times ut the day and have it finished before bedtime. This contest and the Lord kept bringing 1 Timothy 4:8 to my brokenness of my childhood, my eating disorders ceased, daily, but that mentality will crash your weight loss goals fast. ensure adequate water intake. The gallon jug takes mind, “For bodily exercise profits little but godliness is my self-image was restored, and I stopped trying to earn my Tip 8: Eliminate food Junk My food offers nothing workprofitable out of asking yourself water didlife I unto all things, “How havingmuch promises in this place—I simply junk got into my–place. metabolism startedbut calories.like There’s no designed nutritional value in snack foods like and the one to come.” I remember having a really hard emptyworking the Lord it to. I started winning sweets,competitions and Frenchbecause fries. An occasional hamburger or a are eight-week tipsverse. for your fat-burn plan. lifting was the chips, fitness time with this At that time, weight I did not need man’s approval pizza onI the other hand can myself be a benefit when you’re : Cut your carbs by half most important thingfor in six my days. life. It On wasthe the seventh highest of myslice ofanymore. did not have to wear out anymore. What but not onLord a regular basis. high carb day. IThe usually consider this “little the day for my priorities. thought of it having value” was not dieting, a relief! The really does carry the load. So, I encourage registering in my heart. Then the Lord hit me hard with youto to these take ansimple honestweight-loss look at wheretips your brokenness is fat and Stick and watch the al. another verse:intake “For the of add God 30-40 is not a matter of allow God to heal all your hurts! melt away! : Leave your carb theKingdom same but drinking, righteousness, peace and joy cardio eating beforeand eating your but firstofmeal of the day. Fasted in the Holy Spirit” (Romans 14:17). Wow, Lord, what s been proven to burn more fat. Cardio allows you to are Amy Lemieux is the founder of Results Unlimited in Amy Mendez is a life coach, mentor, you trying to tell me? That to is all I kept saying, “I do not Calhoun, GA. She combines her years of expertise in ough plateaus without having alter caloric intake nutrition and strength training counselingat to personal trainer, andwitha biblical nutritionist understand Lord.” bring wholeness to the body in spirit and soul. Find out Results Unlimited in Calhoun, Ga. more about Amy and her business at www.rugym.com.
