Mini Blog Challenge - Day #4

Why Should I Eat More Plant Based Foods?

 

I hope you take a few moments to check this video out.  It is about a vegan trailblazer and public health nutrition expert, Tracye McQuirter.  Tracye is the author of By Any Greens Necessary, a must-read for anyone serious or just curious about making plant -based diet changes.  I read this book for the first time over a year ago.  Since then, it has served as a knowledgeable reference for incorporating fresh fruit and vegetables into everyday meals.
 

 By Any Greens Necessary

Mini Blog Challenge - Day 3 (My Passion....)

I am passionate about healthy eating. I believe that eating well can prevent so many health problems. Too often, I hear people complain about so many ailments that can be improved or eliminated just by making dietary changes. Approximately 20 years ago, I was carrying around a bag of medicine that I had to take daily. I had migraine headache medicine( preventative pills and pills for pain), acid reflux medicine( 3 different pills), asthma medicine, and acne medicine. One day, I decided that "enough was enough". I felt that I was way too young (back then, I was still in my 20s) to be dependent upon all of that medicine. Determined to improve my health, I researched holistic ways to feel better. One of the first things that I learned was that there is a direct correlation between "eating right" and health.

 

During that time, I didn't know much about the connection between eating right and feeling better, but I did notice that certain foods were real acid reflux triggers. So, I drastically decreased the amount of fried and spicy foods in my diet, and I increased my water consumption. During that time, I stopped buying so much junk food. My thoughts were, "if it's not here, then I can't eat it." Within a few weeks, I started to feel better. I was experiencing very little reflux, and the migraines were occurring less frequently. Within a couple of months, I no longer needed the migraine and acid reflux medicine. ( My acne did not improve until I started eating more plant-based foods). I really felt good about the changes, and I wanted to share them with others. However, I quickly learned that so many people would rather take medicine than to alter their diet. I also learned that so many overindulge in the wrong foods and they are comfortable with it. Our church often does corporate fasts, and there are so many people who refuse to participate - not because of health reasons, but because of lack of discipline.

 

I am a firm believer that God wants us well, but I believe that we must be active participants. And, we do so by controlling that which we can control - diet and exercise. By no means, do I eat perfectly. I am a work in progress, and I have come a long way!

 

Doing You Well Wednesdayl #18

It's Subject To Change!

It is subject to change! Does not matter what your "IT" is, nor how long you have dealt with your "IT" Whatever has not aligned itself with the WORD of GOD is subject to change.

Pain in your body - subject to change!

Don't have a job - subject to change!

Marriage messed up - subject to change!

　

2 Corinthians 4:18

The Message (MSG)

16-18 So we’re not giving up. How could we! Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace. These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There’s far more here than meets the eye. The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow. But the things we can’t see now will last forever.

Disobedient children - subject to change!

No money - subject to change!

Troubled mind -subject to change!

Be encouraged that your present circumstances are not permanent situations. Remain firmly fixed on that which is good and right in the eyesight of God. Cast your cares on HIM. Trust HIM!

Mini Blog Challenge - Day 2 (Letter To Bloggers)

Dear Wonderful Bloggers,

Thank you for visiting Victory. Victory is an inspirational blog that focuses on the total man - the spirit man, the soul man, and the physical man. As author of this blog, I believe that God wants HIS people to be spiritually whole, mentally whole and physically whole!

According to 3 John 1:2,

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

and 1 Thessalonians 5:23

And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God wants us well!
 

Therefore, the posts that I share on Victory are all about how to become whole - prosperous in spirit, mind, and body! I start the week with my Happy Sunday post that provides spiritual food designed to nourish the spirit and the soul (mind, will, emotions). Then, on Meatless Monday, I share simple meatless meals that include a variety of fruits, grains and vegetables to edify the body. And, on Wednesdays, I link up with Michell and share something I'm doing well that benefits the spirit, mind or body!

Thanks for dropping by. I hope that this letter to you is beneficial, and I hope that you will come back again!

Anticipating your next visit,

Trinity

  

Mini Blog Challenge - Solve A Problem

Have You Ever Resolved To Eat Healthier?

 

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At the beginning of the year, did you resolve to eat healthier? Perhaps, you started off pretty good. Maybe, you loaded your grocery cart with an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables - only to throw them away after you realized that you were growing some type of science experiment in your refrigerator! (HA! HA!) That probably happened because you had a plan, but you didn't have a process. Today, I will share with you just 5 simple steps to adding more fruit and vegetables to your diet!

Plan - Incorporate more fruit and vegetables into each meal.

Process - 1) When you go to the grocery store, decide on one fruit/ vegetable that you are sure to eat between grocery visits. Dice, slice or chop that fruit and place it in ziploc bags or small containers. Place them in the fridge so that you can have easy access to them.

2) Eliminate at least one of your usual processed snacks. Simply put - DON'T BUY IT! Replace it with the fruit(s)/vegetable(s)

3) Experiment with various yogurts and dips. Dipping fruit and veggies into dressings, sauces or yogurts is a good way to start eating more of them. This tip is also helpful in encouraging kids to eat more of the good stuff!

4) Include at least one serving of fruit/vegetable with every meal. The more the better!

5) Each week, add another fresh fruit/vegetable to your grocery cart.

Remember the goal is to eat FRESH - as much as possible! Steer away from only eating canned and frozen fruit/ vegetables.

YOU CAN DO IT!

 

Get Fit Friday Blog Hop!

Meatless Monday - Taco Salad

This is a simple meatless taco salad made with black beans, corn, grape tomatoes on cilantro and kale.

Sauce

cilantro, tomatoes, ,chopped red bell peppers, cayenne, sea salt, parsley (puree in blender)

 

 

 

Top it with shredded cheese.  Enjoy it with your favorite chips.  I used Salsa Sun Chips!

 

 

Happy Sunday!

^{Isaiah 55}

¹⁰ For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

¹¹ So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

 Linking up with Deidre and the Sunday Community, and Scripture and a Snapshot!