Dis-ease

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Dis-ease

by Amy Lemieux

by Amy Mendez

May 2018

Be Beach Body in 8 Weeks

ere we are again! This is that time of the year where people start getting serious about getting into shape, looking forward to that beach body to make its debut. But, don’t wait until two weeks before your yearly trip to the beach to decide “now is the time to dial it in.” Give yourself a reasonable timeline to make it happen. Plan ahead for your beach body by strategically preparing for at least eight to twelve weeks. Now is the time to up your intensity in the gym and tighten up your diet. Be determined that this year is your year.

Change your perception of how you view your “program” of losing weight. When you call it a “program” you set yourself to fail because you are preparing your mind for an end date, at which point you plan to return to your previous life style that got you here in the first place. If you want to keep off your weight loss change your mind in how you view your “program”. View it as a life style change.

Make changes that won’t set you up to fail by reducing too many calories too fast. Keep yourself from getting bored in the gym by switching up your routine and challenging yourself. Don’t get complacent and just go through the motions.

Drink plenty of water. Carry a gallon jug around with you throughout the day and have it finished before bedtime. This way you ensure adequate water intake. The gallon jug takes the guess work out of asking yourself “How much water did I

Here are eight-week tips for your fat-burn plan.

Tip 1: Cut your carbs by half for six days. On the seventh day eat a high carb day. I usually consider this the day for my cheat meal.

Tip 2: Leave your carb intake the same but add 30-40 minutes cardio before eating your first meal of the day. Fasted cardio has been proven to burn more fat. Cardio allows you to push through plateaus without having to alter caloric intake About The Author Amy Mendez is a life coach, mentor, personal trainer, and a nutritionist at Results Unlimited in Calhoun, Ga.

Could your weight gain be caused by buried, suppressed emotions? Have you ever stopped to consider that your health and fitness—or lack thereof—could be linked to the rejection, shame, guilt, abuse too much. Reducing calories too much or too fast can cause and abandonment from your childhood or past or present relationships? The Bible tells us in your weight loss to backfire. Be sure you’re not missing meals. 3 John 2, that God’s will for us above anything is for us to prosper: “Beloved, I pray Tip 3: Up your weight training intensity by adding 10-15 reps to what you are already doing. Also add some supersets that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.” and burn out sets to your routine. During this week and through Let us say for example, that someone cut you with a knife and the wound was deep enough to need medical treatment, but you decided to “put on your big girl/boy pants” and not worry about it. What would the remainder of your prep, move to and from each exercise at a faster pace. Avoid resting too long and don’t get caught up in casual conversation. Remember you’re on a mission! happen? It would get infected. Tip 4: Eliminate carbs from your last meal of the day. But

Did you know that your soul is your mind, your will still eat your protein and veggies. This will help to speed up and your emotions? Did you know that when someone your fat loss. cuts you in your soul and you do not heal properly, Tip 5: Add a second session of cardio 30-40 minutes in you get an infection? Your soul is the very essence of the evening. This will really boost your fat burning and cut off who you are. It is you! The infection comes in many more pounds at a faster rate. different labels—high blood pressure, diabetes, bulimia, Tip 6: Don’t miss breakfast! Your body has been fasting all anorexia, obesity, high cholesterol…the list is endless. night and possibly early morning if you did fasted cardio. Be These are symptoms that come from self-rejection, self- sure to eat a full meal of 30-40 grams of protein with a complex carb like oatmeal. Don’t do meal replacements for breakfast if hatred, bitterness, fear and anxiety that lead to disease. Auto you can. immune disease is the body fighting itself because it is upset with itself. There are many diseases that have roots in the Tip 7: Eat 5-6 meals a day. Most dieters will decrease the amount of daily meals in an attempt to reduce calories. Most people have the mentality of only eating one of two times daily, but that mentality will crash your weight loss goals fast. condition of your soul. Disease means dis-ease. I remember many years ago, I was training for a fitness contest and the Lord kept bringing 1 Timothy 4:8 to my mind, “For bodily exercise profits little but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promises in this life Tip 8: Eliminate junk food – Junk food offers nothing but and the one to come.” I remember having a really hard empty calories. There’s no nutritional value in snack foods like time with this verse. At that time, weight lifting was the chips, sweets, and French fries. An occasional hamburger or a slice of pizza on the other hand can be a benefit when you’re most important thing in my life. It was the highest of my dieting, but not on a regular basis. priorities. The thought of it having “little value” was not registering in my heart. Then the Lord hit me hard with Stick to these simple weight-loss tips and watch the fat melt away!another verse: “For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit” (Romans 14:17). Wow, Lord, what are you trying to tell me? That is all I kept saying, “I do not understand Lord.” About The Author Amy Lemieux is the founder of Results Unlimited in Calhoun, GA. She combines her years of expertise in nutrition and strength training with biblical counseling to bring wholeness to the body in spirit and soul. Find out more about Amy and her business at www.rugym.com.

To sum it up, this is what the Lord taught me. Spending hours at the gym, running, biking or the many things we do for exercise only helps the outside. We can eat our macros, eat our vegetables, and we can take all the Vitamin C we can stand, but is all that helping our dysfunctional souls? Do you still walk on egg shells? How about fear of failure? Do you really think you are valuable? Do you walk in peace and joy after you have done all these things? Are you still striving for acceptance? Are you trying to look like you have it all together? Exercise and nutrients are only a piece of what God calls health. Having a healthy, thriving soul will ease all of the dis-ease in our lives.

So, after many years of letting the Lord heal me from the brokenness of my childhood, my eating disorders ceased, my self-image was restored, and I stopped trying to earn my place—I simply got into my place. My metabolism started working like the Lord designed it to. I started winning fitness competitions because I did not need man’s approval anymore. I did not have to wear myself out anymore. What a relief! The Lord really does carry the load. So, I encourage you to take an honest look at where your brokenness is and allow God to heal all your hurts!