Do you struggle with fatigue, achy, and sore muscles, delayed muscle recovery from workouts, headaches, water retention, dry hair, skin, and nails? Do you have digestion problems, weight gain, temperature swings, irritability, shakiness, mood swings, nervousness, kidney stones, bladder and urinary track infections?????……………Have you thought of dehydration as a factor? About 70% of Americans have mild dehydration, which is shocking since we have drinking fountains, vending machines, and water readily available to us in majority of the places our two feet take us. Typically, people wait for a dry mouth as the indication that they are dehydrated, which, in fact, is the last sign. You need to acquire the habit to drink water even when you think you don’t need it, and eventually, your true thirst mechanisms will be reawakened.

Along with the obvious, water is also a wonderful aide in weight loss. It helps aide in metabolism, which is pretty much the process where substances are distributed and used in the cells throughout your body. Everything that goes in your mouth comes out or is stored. In order to keep your body flushing things through, water is key. Water also can help make you feel fuller while eating with a meal, which in turn helps you to consume less. Sometimes people confuse thirst for hunger, so drinking consistently throughout the day can prevent those extra munching times. Water also makes your workouts more effective. When your muscles have all the water they need, they contract more easily, which decreases muscle tears and helps quicken the recovery process. All in all………….Make sure you put water on the top of your New Year’s resolutions! If you don’t like water………….make yourself like it by adding Crystal Light or some other low calorie flavoring that will aide in your quest for refreshment and hydration. God bless!:)

Life is a gift, and from the day we were born, our days began to decrease.  Time is one thing we can never get back, and it is crucial that we all grab a hold of the reality of the gift of every moment. I don’t want to let the time go by and down the road wish I had done things differently.  Many of us wait until detrimental situations arise in our lives to finally make a change, but we need to be people that have the mentality of preventing problems and circumstances.  It isn’t luck or bad luck that we are where we are today.  We’ve made the choices to get here, and ultimately, we will determine where we are heading.  Just look around at the things you have been blessed with instead of what you don’t have!!!  It is all about changing the way you think of things, and that change will change your entire life! Then again, what each of us has may be what someone would give anything for!!

I wanted to just encourage everyone to look at his/her health as a top priority.  Many things in life can be prevented, so let’s put the effort into doing it now instead of then or until then. That “until then” might be your biggest fear, and all along you had the power to steer clear of it!!! BEWARE of the should ofs, would ofs, and could ofs!!!  God bless and have a wonderful holiday!!!

You have control over your life.  You decide what you eat, how much, or when you workout, how much sleep you get, etc.  Yes, we all have priorities in life, but no one has the excuse that he/she is too busy, for you are the one that makes your own schedule. There are things that we all do that we will find the time to fit in, regardless of a hectic schedule.  If you don’t make your health a priority, and you put other things before it that require a healthy and alert body such as your job (money), family, and/or relationships………..your health will begin to diminish and in turn your job, earnings, relationships, and overall way of life will begin to suffer.  Make sure you prioritize your life wisely and place emphasis on the things that will add to the abundance, joy, and longevity of your life.

Your health is your wealth! Don’t wish you had taken better care of it then.  Start today!  It is never too late to begin a healthier way of life.  Start with simple changes and make those changes become habits.  They say it takes about 21 days to make a habit as well as to break one.  Let today be the day to a healthier, happier you!  Little steps over time produce distance……..it is one step at a time, one day at a time, and in due season, you will reap a blessing for all the work you put into it!  You get out of something what you put into it! Hard work pays off! Results require action!!  Take ACTION today and don’t let the pressures of this world weigh you down!!!!