MAY THE STRENGTH BE WITH YOU
For starters, it's good to have a body that can be in motion. "A body in motion tends to stay in motion."
Due to mental restrictions, we often don't see how great we have it physically (compared to quadriplegics, or anyone who suffers a physical catastrophe).
Setbacks are the name of the game for the whole human race, but I believe the body to be a Temple that must be taken care of. Feed it right, and use it right!
Get the most out of it!
INGREDIENTS (Restrictor Plates)
Proceed with caution when picking up what have been voted as the most popular food items. There can be more debris than you think. Many of the grocery aisles should have their unhealthy foods cleared, with red flags in front of the lanes that carry such product placement. The Produce section should always have the green waving.
READ BEFORE YOU PROCEED. INGREDIENTS MATTER. WHAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR PLATE CAN RESTRICT YOUR PERFORMANCE.
FLUIDS
Oil and water don't mix, and neither should anything else mix with your water intake. A good friend once told me that it takes dozens upon dozens of cups of pure water to flush out one cup of Coca-Cola.
FAST FOOD
Racers love to be fast, but fast food can be a detriment to the body and its performance. It tastes great, and the habit of fast food was one that I could never break (no matter how much I tried and prayed). We trust God's perfect timing for an addiction to break, and I was given just enough strength to wean off of a lifelong problem.
It took months and months of driving past drive-thrus, in cities which seemed to be "Fast Food Capitals of The World."
I have faith that the food companies will use organic ingredients to make fast food healthy one day—for now, I respectfully stay away.
SUPPLEMENTING
I like to go all out when it comes to my health these days, so I don't shy away from putting the best in.
While developments are constantly being made, I recommend loading up your Amazon cart with what you feel is best.
Supplementing can truly SPEED up your results for weight loss and muscle gains.
MEDICATION
Not a believer. All it has ever done has made me drowsy, and put me into a horrible mental state.
For good reason, however; to show people that mental illness is caused by mistreatment of fellow human beings. If some people weren't so harsh in how they behave toward others, a lot less scarring would be done.
Beyond that, it is SPIRITUAL.
Many so-called doctors are improperly judgemental.
I thank the ones who help with the physical injuries that all of us suffer, but I've been to places where the patients are treated very poorly.
RPM BANDS
I enjoy using resistance bands to break through personal limitations that once slowed me down. They are a great way to work on your complete and total body (Temple).
FASTING
You may or may not be surprised to hear that we eat much more than we need. By water fasting, people will flush out so many of the toxins that were built up from unhealthy and excessive eating. It is so very sad to see the worldwide pandemic caused by a lack of knowledge when it comes to what we put into our bodies.
"Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food."
IN CLOSING
Unfortunately, many people's lives are crippled and shortened due to improper nutrition. In third-world countries, people face horrible diseases and deformities due to just the bacteria in their drinking water.
It's proven that a healthy diet prevents diabetes, and cures it in existing patients. Medication is made to treat the effect, when the cause is constantly being ignored.
Companies that produce and sell junk food are guilty of murdering an uneducated population.
Remember that, when you're racing, it's important to find the proper racing line and throttle input. It is just as crucial to pay attention to the food and drink you put into your body.
Like many, I was practically raised on fast food. When that addicition finally broke (through much prayer and hard work), my life and body changed together, and for the better. Keep it clean and green when it goes outward to inward.
Daniel 1:8-20: "But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s choice food or with the wine which he drank; so he sought permission from the commander of the officials that he might not defile himself. Now God granted Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the commander of the officials, and the commander of the officials said to Daniel, 'I am afraid of my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces looking more haggard than the youths who are your own age? Then you would make me forfeit my head to the king.' But Daniel said to the overseer whom the commander of the officials had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, 'Please test your servants for ten days, and let us be given some vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then let our appearance be observed in your presence and the appearance of the youths who are eating the king’s choice food; and deal with your servants according to what you see.' So he listened to them in this matter and tested them for ten days. At the end of ten days their appearance seemed better and they were healthier than all the youths who had been eating the king’s choice food. So the overseer continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and kept giving them vegetables. As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and intelligence in every branch of literature and wisdom; Daniel even understood all kinds of visions and dreams. Then at the end of the days which the king had specified for presenting them, the commander of the officials presented them before Nebuchadnezzar. The king talked with them, and out of them all not one was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king’s personal service. As for every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and conjurers who were in all his realm."
Ecclesiastes 10:17: "Happy are you, O land, when your king is the son of the nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time, for strength, and not for drunkenness!"
Ecclesiastes 11:10: "So refuse to worry, and keep your body healthy..."