When most of us start something new, a new job or a new relationship or a new diet/workout plan, we have a motivator. It could be to make more money, to get married, or obviously to lose weight; this post will focus on the diet/workout plan because, well, this is a fitness coaching business 😉

I want to encourage all of you who are currently working with me, and those of you who are reading this just because you’re curious to think about your motivators. What makes you do the things that you do? They are most likely, no offense, worldly things. To “look better” to “be skinnier” to “fit into size ___”. Why are those things so important to us? Well, it’s just because we’re human, we’re sinful and selfish by nature and we just can’t help it. We can, however, choose to set our sights on something else while still having those little worldly drivers chirping in our ear. What if the reasons that we are engaging in a workout plan, or focusing on cleaning up our diets had to do with Christ? Have you ever thought about it like that? I am like most of you, I want to look fit, to be strong, to feel sexy…but lately I have been really trying to change my focus from ME to HIM. He made me, He made you, He created us and knows our bodies and made each one in it’s own unique way. There is not another YOU in the whole world, think about that! So what are you doing to make that one, individual, one-of-a-kind body something that glorifies it’s maker? Are you taking care of it? Are you loving it? Or are you abusing it? Disgusted with it? Treating it poorly and filling it with disease?

I am urging all of you to change your focus, don’t think about a weight loss journey, or a new outlook on nutrition as a worldly selfish thing, don’t do it so that you can look like someone else; stop comparing yourself to other people (and yes, I am guilty of this too…) remember that He broke the mold when he made YOU. So when you decide that you want to truly live for your Maker, do it in a body that is honoring to Him, that shows appreciation for the wondrous work that you are. That doesn’t mean you have to be a certain pant size, or be able to run a certain distance; it means that you care about and are appreciative of the body, the temple, that you have been given.

Feed your body good foods, move your body so that it functions optimally, rest your body so that it can heal itself, and love your body because the One who loves you more than you could ever imagine made it just for you.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

“Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought with a price. Therefore honor God with your body”