Changing diet habits can be overwhelming. Trying to figure out how many calories you should be eating, what’s healthy and what’s not, and how to track it all can overwhelm anyone. Solution– Don’t try to make too many changes to your diet at once. Instead, make small manageable changes that, if consistently applied, build new habits. Once you have mastered […]
“Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor;open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.” (Proverbs 20:13 CSB) We all have been given the gift of time, a chance to make something great of ourselves. To impact and influence the lives of people around us. Yet many of us want to complain, “we don’t have time.” Time is short; it […]
Competition brings out two types of people. Ones that are driven by ambition and the ones that make excuses. Which person are you? With competitive sports, competition is designed for one purpose, to determine the best. To be the best, you must be willing to work. This means being willing to work harder than your opponent. So train harder, play […]
We would never say, “my goal for my newborn baby is to have him/her walking before they are six months old.” But, of course, many of you would say that is unrealistic and impossible. However, we can often do the same thing regarding our fitness journey. We set an unrealistic goal and get discouraged when we don’t meet that goal, […]
Girls (moms) wanna have fun! YES, it is ok for us to have fun, to schedule time away from the kids, house, husband, and chores once in a while. Time to regroup and recharge is desperately needed yet often overlooked. Getting away from the endless demands of motherhood, even for just two hours, can make us feel like a whole […]
Julie Whitley is a wife and highly driven, nonstop mother of four boys. She knows the realities of being a mom at every stage of development. She is not afraid to tell it like it is while reminding every mother there is no greater gift than love.