Rest days

REST DAY,

a day where

I stay home

and read

about

working out.

-Unknown

While, enjoying

 the beauty

 of life :)

How many of you take a rest day? What do rest days mean to you? 

Rest days are a day to motivate yourself to continue to strive for your goal in living for a better you. You have learned and are still learning so much about your body. It is important to achieve but still receive and give back to your body. Rest days are peaceful moments that many of us don't take advantage of. Make sure you go take a walk on the beach, let you mind, body, and soul enjoy the beauty of peace and quiet.

Rest days are about giving you time to relax and enjoy life. Oprah Winfrey said, "I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself." Your body knows that today you shall rest, but it doesn't mean that you can eat whatever you want. You have to show your body that you love yourself by continuing to eat healthy and clean.

"The body must be nourished, physically emotionally and spiritually. We're spiritually starved in this culture not underfed but undernourished." -Carol Hornig

Make sure you give your body a day to rest but fill your body with natural satisfying healthy foods to enjoy :)

~Sade G.

Day one of my challenge

My body will represent my strength not my weakness.

-Unknown

Today was the start of my challenge. Sometimes you don't realize what you get yourself into until you actually have to do it. I know I am the biggest procrastinator and tell myself that I am going to do something but most of the time I never stick to what I say. I can honestly say that I have broken that curse. Today I started my herbal life product at 6:30 am. First I had to drink a tsp. of aloe and 8 oz. of water. Then I had to drink a tsp. of tea and another 8 oz. glass of hot water. Right after I drank the tea, I had to drink a cookie and cream shake with 8 oz. of water. But that’s not all then I had to drink two cups of water.

As tempting as my day was I manage to pull through. Sometimes you get tempted to get things when you allow your mind to have control. I think the reason I survive through today was because I trained myself to avoid getting to the point when I was hungry. I made sure that I eat a protein bar or fruit if I was actually hungry and lots of water as well as my shake.

During today I almost broke my challenge without realizing that I was in one. As funny as that sounds it actually almost happened. Since I am interning at HBO Latin America they decided to start screening shows and their series at the office. While they were screening they provided snacks such as popcorn and potato chips. As the person in charged offered me some, without thinking I reached my hand out to grab a plate. I immediately stopped and pause with an ashamed look on my face. I couldn't believe that I haven't even fully begun my challenge and almost broke it at the same time.

What I realized during my first day of my challenge is that the devil is very busy. He disguises himself in many forms. I believe that he knows I was a bit unsure and he tempted me to want to eat the chips but I didn't let him. When you want something make sure you really want it because there is always someone watching and ready to see you fall down.

"It's gonna get harder before it gets easier. But it will get better; you just gotta make it through the hard stuff first."- Unknown

~Sade G.

Being Yourself

Life isn't about

finding yourself.

Life is about

CREATING

YOURSELF.

-By: George Bernard Shaw

We all go through the stage in life when we think we know who we really are but in reality we only know that we want to be like someone else. Aren't you tired of being someone you’re not?

Every morning I thank God for waking me up and allowing me to know who I am. Being yourself is being different and being different is better than being someone else.

Before I knew who I was, I was lost. I wanted to be so many people and do everything they did because I thought I could find myself by being someone else. But in reality I was making it harder for myself to find who I really was. I think you don't realize that you don't know yourself until you only have yourself. There are going to be times in your life when you only have yourself on your team. But don't ever give up because through Christ everything is possible. He gave you life to be able to create your true identity.

Yes, it is possible to find who you really are. You are the only person in the world who can create your own identity, no one else can. So stop trying to be someone else and be yourself. Be true to yourself by having faith that you can be someone great in this world. I know things take time but you have your whole life ahead of you just waiting for you to mark yourself with greatness. Confidence is built by taking risk and not being afraid of what people think or say. Make today the day you live life creating your true identity.

~Sade G.