Day 15: Survival vs Living

Action Items:

1. Spiritual Heath through Prayer & Meditation

Isaiah 58:11 (KJV) "And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not."

I had a thought today of survival versus living. Survival means the act or fact of surviving, especially under adverse or unusual circumstances. Living means active or thriving, vigorous, strong. My thought was how does one push out of near survival into living. As I meditated on this I thought about how we condition ourselves for survival instead of living. For example have you ever asked someone how they were doing and you hear responses back like "trying to keep my head above water" or "hanging in there" or "just trying to make it". This clearly shows are state of mind which manifests in our actions thus shows us mear survival. So how do we reach our living potential? By first recognizing that our basic necessities are already met we do not have to try to survive as believers when God already has us covered. There are so many scriptures that we could dialogue about on this issue however I wanted to focus in on Isaiah 58:11. This passage of scripture reminds us that Gods guidance is continual and it even touches on the fact of the droughts that we will experience. But guess what, He said he can satisfy our drought. Finally we even get some abundance in the process, our bones will be fat and He is going to water us so much so that the water supply will never fail! Whoa now who is living....I feel like running right now. No more survival for me or you if you believe it and receive it to walk in it daily. We are living healthy warriors from this moment forward in Jesus Name.

Prayer " Father in the Name of Jesus I come to you glorifying your name because you are faithful. Thank you for reminding be that Jesus came so that I might have life and life more abundantly. Forgive me where I chosen to believe the trick of the enemy that I was only capable of surviving only and not living. I choose today that I shall live and not die and declare the works of the Lord. In Jesus Name. Amen.

2. Physical Health through Exercise & Healthy Food Choices

45 mins cardio & 7 reps of 20 squats

Recipe Corner: Healthy Snack Choices

If your anything like me you always enjoy good snacks. I am the snack queen because I constantly eat to keep my metabolism high. So depending on what you want I have a few ideas listed below. Now remember just like your meals plan your snacks so you don't get unwanted additional calories.

Craving salty?

• 5 olives (any kind) (45 calories)
• 1 small Martin's pretzel (50 calories)
• 2 oz Applegate Honey and Maple Turkey Breast wrapped around 2 bread-and-butter pickles (80 calories)
• 1/4 cup hummus, 3 carrot sticks (80 calories)
• 1 Laughing Cow Light Swiss Original wedge, 3 pieces Kavli Crispy Thin (85 calories)
• One 1-oz package tuna jerky (90 calories)
• 1 oz buffalo mozzarella, 1/2 cup cherry or grape tomatoes (94 calories)
• 1 bag Baked! Cheetos 100 Calorie Mini Bites (100 calories)
• 15 Eden's Nori Maki Crackers rice crackers (110 calories)
• 1 cup unshelled edamame (120 calories)
• 50 Eden's Vegetable Chips (130 calories)
• One 1-oz package of Planters NUT-trition almonds (130 calories)
• 1/4 cup Trader Joe's Chili con Queso, 18 baked tortilla chips (140 calories)
• 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds in shell (143 calories)
• 2 pieces (30 grams) prosciutto, 4 dried figs (154 calories)
• 1 Subway Turkey Breast Wrap (190 calories)

Craving sweet?

• 1 package Original Apple Nature Valley Fruit Crisps (50 calories)
• 1 packet O'Coco's Mocha cookies (90 calories)
• 1 Jelly Belly 100-calorie pack (100 calories)
• One 100-calorie pack Trader Joe's Chocolate Graham Toucan Cookies (100 calories)
• One 100-calorie Balance Bar (100 calories)
• 1 Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino bar (120 calories)
• 1 package Back to Nature Honey Graham Sticks (120 calories)
• 1/2 banana rolled in 1 tbsp frozen semisweet chocolate chips (123 calories)
• 2 tbsp Better 'n Peanut Butter, 4 stalks celery (124 calories)
• 1 bag Orville Redenbacher's Smart Pop Butter Mini Bags topped with a spritz of butter spray and 1 tsp sugar (126 calories)
• 24 Annie's Chocolate Chip Bunny Graham cookies (140 calories)
• Half of a 1.08-oz container of M&M's Minis mixed with 1/3 cup lowfat granola (145 calories)
• 1 McDonald's Fruit 'n Yogurt Parfait (160 calories)
• 1 container Fage Greek Total 2% fat yogurt, 2 tsp honey (173 calories)

3. Relational Health

Today's focus is volunteering. Consider this as an option to add to your monthly regime. Helping others helps us not to be so self endulged and really does the heart good. If your not sure where to start google volunteer options in your community or pick a cause that is important to you. Choose to make a difference in someone else's life.

I'm here for you. You can always email me at fisher0331@gmail.com. For assistance with weight loss products you can visit my site at www.richfish.myitworks.com.

In His Love,

DeShawna