I'm Inviting You to Join Me In Ending The Trend of Obesity - Starting in your own home!

 I get asked all the time What do you do? well this is it I coach individuals like you and if I don't offer these groups & programs every once in awhile on my wall You might miss out. I don't want that someone (YOU) that really wants and needs to change their health and fitness to miss out on these fitness groups I'm offering. They are fun, Yes hard, but worth it, all done in your home so it fits into your schedule, easy meal plans, daily motivation and support from me and other challengers. Don't wait to get started Let's Go Today!

Joyforfitness - Glorifying God in Faith, Family, Fitness and Food

Beachbody Cruise Week

What books to bring on a cruise?

We were challenged by our Pastor to read the book Knowing God by J.I. Packer so I thought no better time to focus on Knowing God than a week long cruise with no kids and no responsibilities. 

With opening this book I know I might be opening the door to examine my actions, thoughts and dreams and see if they are in line with what God has planned for me and who He is. I know this will be a life changing book and with that comes hard struggles of reality to face, some ask why would you read a book you know will cause you to struggle and cause you to question yourself? My answer at this time is I want to know Him! I do so many other things and I research them to no end and I want to know my God more than anything else and connect as I would an old friend. I've let so many other things get in my way that this week I'm focusing on Him and knowing Him more and inviting Him to change my heart, change my earthy desires and actions to desire His will and His mission.

I plan to have my journal of notes to bring back and share with you and pray through this blog and this book you to might open your heart to research who God truly is in your life and get to know Him more.

Post to come in one week until then be healthy, exercise daily and eat well.

Joyforfitness - Glorifying God in Faith, Family, Fitness and Food

How is Your Health & Fitness like the Game of Clue?

I’m sure most of you have played the game of clue a time or two, well as I was playing it got me thinking that Health and Fitness is much like that game in many ways. This isn’t a long thought today but I wanted you to be aware of these guesses and clues in case you fell into choosing the wrong set of three and got kicked out of the game and now we are really talking health and fitness.

Playing the game: In the beginning we are all handed out 3 cards the things we are certain of our strengths, our guarantee no failure cards; why because we know certain things are facts, a free pass so to speak. This is you being able to get up early to workout, to watch your portion controls, to say no to sweets and yes to water whatever your “certain no failure cards are”  you don’t have them all you are still looking for clues as to the whole picture.

Observations: this is where over time you start to mix and match your “no failure cards” with guesses of what will and what won’t work, here you are actually asking others for their own no failure cards and this in return helps you discover the whole picture of the game, some cards help and others not so much and some you already know it’s not for you. But you continue to ask and observe your fellow gamers (people at work, in the gym, at the playground) you are observing and asking questions all day long in hopes to get the answer to all the clues in this life of Health and Fitness.

Taking everyone else’s ideas as your own: this hardly ever works and if it does it is very short lived, when you toss your guaranteed strengths to the side and start taking on the “guess” of others you actually lose this game of Health and Fitness much like guessing your card is the weapon in the game of clue, even though you are hold it in your hand “well if everyone else is guessing that maybe it’s the right thing” WRONG you know it’s not stop listening to others when you know what’s right. 

How to win this game?  You look at the cards you were dealt, which ones are strong and will help you make wise choices regarding fitness and healthy habits and which ones need to be switched out because you guessed and they aren’t working for you? Only you can make this observation and guesses. And  I would love to help you narrow your “cards” down so in the end you are not searching for Clues or guessing after each conversation you have with your fellow gamers but that you stand firm on your decisions using your three best guesses and standing on your own strength’s and no
one else's

Only you can make the call and sometimes you have to take the leap of faith, but never lose who you are in the game because in the end if you win by being yourself you’ve won more than your Health and Fitness. 

Joyforfitness

Glorifying God in Faith, Family, Fitness and Food

Fitness is My Platform, What is Yours?

Another thought last night had me up, I think I need to just wake up and blog at 2 am but then again the 6:30am workout probably wouldn’t get done, whew! Talk about the benefits of a fitness partner (well maybe I’m the only one talking about that) that’s another story well maybe not, today was a great workout thanks to my husband and P90X3 partner we are in the last weeks of our 90 days and going strong. I’m thankful he got me up today to get it done early, MMX is no joke but a great kick in the booty.

OK back to my thoughts in the middle of the night.  “With Knowledge comes great responsibility”

As a Christians I know the great commission and my mission is to spread the Goods news of Great joy to everyone. The question is do I do it? Everyday am I looking to reach others for Christ or am I on a little personal mission to reach the ones I think I might want to spend a minute or 2 talking to? Jesus didn’t come to save those that He felt were worth His time he came to talk to love to save all of us, to reach the ends of the earth and pick us up at our lowest points.

I so desire to reach out and talk, love and encourage everyone and the most comfortable way I do that is through fitness and health.

I was talking to my accountability partner and we both feel the calling to fill the role of health and fitness consultants and coaches and that God has placed that on our hearts and together we can make a difference, not just in this world but for God’s kingdom, we were given a body and mind to choose to live a life worthy of praise and it’s my mission and goal to share my knowledge of Jesus Christ in and through fitness. I choose to take the responsibility to not only change bodies and lives but hearts, to stop and not pre-judge others, but look for every opportunity to speak the words of truth. Yes, I do believe fitness is my platform and yes I do believe He has great things planned for those that do His will and live for His purpose to further His kingdom filled with truth and grace. I would love to have you join me if you feel this is your calling or this is something you’d like to do. I’m shy when it comes to getting out there but I’m working on it and I do know that I can do all things when I place His ways before my own.

Joy for fitness,

Glorifying God in faith, family, fitness and food