How To Be Healthy

Before you follow my plan let me give you some qualifiers. I am not an expert, I just think I am. It does help that I married someone with a degree in Scientific Nutrition, she is an expert. A lot of the balance in my life comes from Michelle’s assistance. She keeps healthy food in the house, and is very consistent at exercise. She does let me have my Dr. Peppers and sweets, but this is balanced with healthy choices as well.


4 Facts

#1 – Fad diets don’t work. There is no way that you are going to lose weight and stay healthy in just 30 days. Studies have shown that you may lose weight, but in the long run most people gain it back PLUS more.

#2 – Health is a lifestyle. You have to make a choice to change your lifestyle. Exercising for 30 days won’t do it, you must exercise and eat health the rest of your life.

#3 – Balance is the key – You do not have to become a vegetarian tri-athlete to be healthy. You do have to have balance. Eat balanced meals and have a balance of exercise.

#4 – Weight Issues – There is a real simple, common sense formula for maintaining the proper weight. If you put more in more calories than you burn you will gain weight. It is that simple. Let me give you an example. If you eat a McDonald’s meal deal(burger, fries, soda) then you have just consumed 1390 calories with 85 grams of fat!

The RDA calories for an entire day is 2000-2500. So if you go with the low end of the RDA in one meal you had almost 70% of a full days worth of calories. Add in 2 other meals with snacks in between and Lance Armstrong wouldn’t burn off those calories.
You can eat McD’s every now and then, but it must be balanced. If you eat something like that once a day instead of once a month, get ready to by some bigger clothes.
Clothes are not even the issue. Being biblically healthy is not about your appearance. That is vanity. It is about taking care of your body. Having a unbalanced lifestyle puts you a such a higher risk physically. Things like heart disease, clogged arteries, and numerous other life-threatening conditions are directly linked to an unbalanced life.

There are more advanced ways to increase your health. Eating organic foods, avoiding processed items, limiting red meat, increasing cardio and strength training, are all worth looking into. My suggestions are the base line. You can move on from there.


Here is a plan. Exercise more often and consistently. Eat better balanced meals. You can have sweets and other things, just not as often. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Be balanced. You will feel better, and you will be obeying scripture.