Eat, Move, and Think.....
Three basic elements for a simple healthy lifestyle.
Ah! Eating something the Hilbert family does so well.
When one of the girls was diagnosed with a dairy allergy, we realized label reading is essential.
Now, we are becoming more aware of the ingredients in food, we have decided our family will eat clean. No were not vegans, we live in the Beef state, with a real Man. Clean consist of
real food, no processed, everything your Great Grandma would eat. (Minus the Whiskey)
Living in Montana the people here are very activity. I love to watch 70 year women snow shoe, they look like they are 50 and could whip a teenagers tail end blind folded. Lord please let that be me someday. So" when in Rome, Do as the Romans," or in our case Montanans. For you to truly get the physical benefits of a healthy lifestyle you must move 30 minutes a day. This could be as simple as a walk. The kick is, doing it at least 5 days out of the week for the balance. The brain requires movement, watch any little kid they can't sit still for very long, because their brain is growing and developing. As adults we find excuses to not move, therefore the brain is lagging. And we fill our bodies with caffeine, therefore creating a cycle of highs and lows. When what our bodies really need is a healthy balance.
"Finally tinking," as Saylor says.
How you think impacts the brain, this effects the nervous system. When the nervous system, which is located in the spinal cord is effected it thows off the entire body's balance. Positive thinking is very difficult for our house, those hormones always get in the way, not to mention we do have to live. Life has stressors and believe me, we have our share. We have decided for our health the way we think is critical. To combat negative thinking we will speak 3 positive things to
others and ourselves everyday. Taking captive those thoughts that will throw off our balance.
Maybe a Healthy lifesytle is as easy as mind over matter.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
Haiti
If your anything like me, your mind is running with the thoughts and imagines of Haiti.
My thoughts run back to a time in high school when I had to write a paper on
Mother Theresa. Being a young an naive student I didn't know much about her, but
after many weeks of study I began to realize this is someone I began to admire, and probably where my passion for orphans began. Her love for the children who were unwanted broke my sheltered life. Her desire to serve those no one else would even look at sparked a fire in me.
While, time has quickly advanced my admiration of her only grows more fond.
Her simple life, few words, and her love and compassion still stand out in my head.
Today as I wonder what I can do to help the Haitian people?
And find myself pondering on Mother Theresa's faith and words.
I am reminded Pray, Remember, and Serve and love as Jesus did.
"More tears are shed over answered prayers, than unanswered ones."
"Being unwanted, unloved,uncared for,forgotten by everybody, I think is a much greater hunger,a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat."
"If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
"It is not how much we give,but how much love we put into giving." Mother Thresea
My thoughts run back to a time in high school when I had to write a paper on
Mother Theresa. Being a young an naive student I didn't know much about her, but
after many weeks of study I began to realize this is someone I began to admire, and probably where my passion for orphans began. Her love for the children who were unwanted broke my sheltered life. Her desire to serve those no one else would even look at sparked a fire in me.
While, time has quickly advanced my admiration of her only grows more fond.
Her simple life, few words, and her love and compassion still stand out in my head.
Today as I wonder what I can do to help the Haitian people?
And find myself pondering on Mother Theresa's faith and words.
I am reminded Pray, Remember, and Serve and love as Jesus did.
"More tears are shed over answered prayers, than unanswered ones."
"Being unwanted, unloved,uncared for,forgotten by everybody, I think is a much greater hunger,a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat."
"If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
"It is not how much we give,but how much love we put into giving." Mother Thresea
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
National Human Trafficking Prevention Month
This month has been proclaimed National Human Trafficking Prevention Month by President Obama. Jan. 11 is Human Trafficking Awareness Day!
(SCTNow.org)
Child Trafficking Statistics
* 300,000 children in the U.S. are at disk every year for commerical sexucal exploitation- Dept of Justice
*600,000-800,000 people are bought and sold across international borders each year, 50% are children, most are female. U.S. Dept. of State
* An estimated 14,500 to 17,500 foreign nationals are trafficked into the United States each year. The number of U.S. citizens trafficked within the country is even higher, with an estimated 200,000 American children at risk for trafficking into the sex industry. US dept. of Justice Report to Congress
* An estimated 2.5 million children, the majority of them girls, are sexually expolited in the multibillon dollar commercial sex industry. UNICEF
*Investigators and researchers estimate the average predator in the U.S. can make more thatn $200,ooo a year off one young girl. NBC
A Prayer for National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. God, we pray not only that we would strive to shine a light on the 27 million people trapped in modern slavery, but that we would also have the boldness and the wisdom to take action on behalf of these people, each of whom is precious in your sight. We pray for your kingdom, Lord.
(SCTNow.org)
Child Trafficking Statistics
* 300,000 children in the U.S. are at disk every year for commerical sexucal exploitation- Dept of Justice
*600,000-800,000 people are bought and sold across international borders each year, 50% are children, most are female. U.S. Dept. of State
* An estimated 14,500 to 17,500 foreign nationals are trafficked into the United States each year. The number of U.S. citizens trafficked within the country is even higher, with an estimated 200,000 American children at risk for trafficking into the sex industry. US dept. of Justice Report to Congress
* An estimated 2.5 million children, the majority of them girls, are sexually expolited in the multibillon dollar commercial sex industry. UNICEF
*Investigators and researchers estimate the average predator in the U.S. can make more thatn $200,ooo a year off one young girl. NBC
A Prayer for National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. God, we pray not only that we would strive to shine a light on the 27 million people trapped in modern slavery, but that we would also have the boldness and the wisdom to take action on behalf of these people, each of whom is precious in your sight. We pray for your kingdom, Lord.
January 12,2010
Psalm 116:6 The Lord preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.
Simple= those whose lack of wisdom and experience exposes them to danger.
As I think about the times in my life, where I was in need of wisdom and by God's grace and intervention He provided. Yes, even when I didn't want it, or thought I didn't need it, He still provided(thanks Donna Kay).
How important it is to be aware of the words we speak to others, not to condemn but to remember those who lack wisdom. To speak truth in love sometimes comes without words.
As I walk this journey in a strange new land (Montana) I am grateful to the many people that speak truth into my life. Thanks for being true friends and followers of Christ. I look forward to many new friends and pray I can be as good of friends as all of you have been to me.
Simple= those whose lack of wisdom and experience exposes them to danger.
As I think about the times in my life, where I was in need of wisdom and by God's grace and intervention He provided. Yes, even when I didn't want it, or thought I didn't need it, He still provided(thanks Donna Kay).
How important it is to be aware of the words we speak to others, not to condemn but to remember those who lack wisdom. To speak truth in love sometimes comes without words.
As I walk this journey in a strange new land (Montana) I am grateful to the many people that speak truth into my life. Thanks for being true friends and followers of Christ. I look forward to many new friends and pray I can be as good of friends as all of you have been to me.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
January 9,2010
With the new year upon me I once again made a couple of New Years resolutions.
1. To stay up with Technolgy(thus the Blog)
2. To apply Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 to my life.(let my words be few) this may sound easy if your not a Hilbert
3 Try a new recipe once a week (I love to cook), but this is Clean Eating Now.
4. To honor my parents better.
5. Encourage,Keep in touch with friends (thus the Blog)
6. Engage culture in a healthy way.( the Blog)
New Resolutions have a way of making us stronger by seeking change or reveal to us how far we are willing to go to do something. Whatever your New Year Resolutions are, I hope you remember the simply things in life are what matter.
1. To stay up with Technolgy(thus the Blog)
2. To apply Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 to my life.(let my words be few) this may sound easy if your not a Hilbert
3 Try a new recipe once a week (I love to cook), but this is Clean Eating Now.
4. To honor my parents better.
5. Encourage,Keep in touch with friends (thus the Blog)
6. Engage culture in a healthy way.( the Blog)
New Resolutions have a way of making us stronger by seeking change or reveal to us how far we are willing to go to do something. Whatever your New Year Resolutions are, I hope you remember the simply things in life are what matter.
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