Diets don't work. Lifestyle's either do or don't work, depending on the habits you forge. I love my lifestyle because it has given me a successful eating structure by which to live my life that is in line with my values or at least the things that I want to value. The more I engage in the Shibboleth Lifestyle activities and philosophies the more likely I am to eventually reach my goals and to be the person I want to become.
Example: My old lifestyle was a lack of daily discipline with my eating and exercise. My old lifestyle didn't have time to even fit in a devotion from the WORD. My old lifestyle was about being intellectually lazy and making excuses like "I don't have time."
I have found that waking up each day as though I'm born again, letting go of yesterday's perceived failings, and loving myself, looking at today as the first and last day of the rest of my life, forgiving myself, forgiving others, and then immediately interacting with my food and lifestyle journal has give me clear focus on what this day, TODAY, means! I can choose to make excuses or get leverage on myself. I immediately plug in each day to my Shibboleth DASHBOARD because it is set up to help me get clear focus on everything that is important to me; God, Family, Food, Friends, Faith, Goals, Personal Wellness, Work Goals, and other's Well-Being.
It sounds like a lot but it only takes a few minutes in the morning and then at night for me to stay motivated, thankful for life, and LEAN!
We have time for all kinds of FOLLY and ridiculousness every day and we live without structure and a plan as if those are WORDY DURDS. When in fact, if we get clear every day about what we are here for and how we want to live life, life is so much more fun. It's like sharpening the axe daily before chopping the tree down instead of trying to chop the tree down with a dull axe. In actuality, I spend little time with these positive daily wellness rituals but they make a huge impact in my life.
Part of my morning, this morning, was mixing my Advocare Spark and adding a few raspberries to it. I love raspberries. Then I logged into my Shibboleth Tiger Dashboard, finalized yesterday's journal entries from the pictures of the food I consumed yesterday. (Goals and activities we don't track will soon go by the way side.).
Next I looked at my vision and goal tracker and got intentional about the foods I would eat today and the exercises I would perform. I really want to achieve my physical goals because the more of them I achieve the better I feel about myself and about life.
I looked at the Shibboleth Prayer Corner to see who needed prayer. God knows all about everyone of those prayers whether I look at them or not, but I bow my head for a few minutes and ask God, not only to remember me but remember those fighting battles that I haven't had to fight yet or will have fought and won already. I ask God to give them courage and faith and heal their land as well as increase our capacities to love one another. After all, we are all one in Christ. By praying for my friends who have asked for prayer, I am caring for not only them but myself too.
I looked at my weekly timing calendar to see that I am in EFFICIENT FAT BURNING MODE and see the daily pop up scripture that comes up. I read and think a few minutes on the verse. The daily verse always seems to be just what I need.
Today's Shibboleth Journal verse: Romans 12:1 ~ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
I have been engaging in activities like this for almost twenty years. Granted those activities have evolved a lot over the years as I have realized through past failings that one cannot accomplish any lasting lifestyle goals separated from God.
I hope many will join me on this journey to wellness, leave diets behind forever, learn lifestyle principles that will help them, learn powerful food combinations that will allow one to reach their ideal weight range and live happier, healthier lives in the Lord.
The Shibboleth lifestyle must work. I have lost more than 100 pounds and kept it off for many years. My body fat has went from 44% body fat to 13% body fat. I have went from a size 44 pant to a size 32 pant. No more prescriptions.
As well, tens of thousands of our Shibboleth family members have lost and recorded losing millions of pounds and inches.
For that, all we can say is, #blesstheNameoftheLord ****