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.

About Me

I am strong,

I am worthy,

I am beautiful,

I am imperfect,

I AM ME.

-Unknown

Sometimes I think we get so caught up in what society wants us to look like instead of the image we were created to be, ourselves.  I will not be like everyone else, I will be different.

My journey first started when I became depressed and decided to comfort myself with food. I started to gain weight in my stomach, couldn't fit my favorite pair of jeans and was completely stressed. I started to stare at myself in the mirror and cry. I was treating my body like I didn't care about myself.  I had the impression that it was okay to eat everything even if I knew it was bad for me. I became self-conscious and had low self-esteem to where I would try not to take photos of myself. The more I became depressed the more I took it out on myself. I would eat at 2 or 3 in the morning just so I could make myself feel comfortable but all I was doing was letting myself go by not caring. I would walk around school or work and feel like everyone is staring at me because I was gaining weight. It got so bad that people started asking if I was pregnant because I gained so much weight.

But today is the beginning of transforming myself to live a better life for me. Food can either help you or break you. Being healthy is not just an easier way to live but also a lifestyle that will help you live years from now. Making that change isn't easy but just know that in life there will always be trials and tribulations but with faith anything is possible.

My name is Sade Gonzalez, I am beautiful and being healthy makes me happy.