Day One

In an address given by Cheryl C. Lant on "God's Love" in 2006, she reminded me that loving ourselves is kind of commanded by our Savior when He was on this earth. He told everyone to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Cheryl explained that we can respect our bodies to build love for ourselves. As we avoid extremes with our dietary choices, exercise, and as we go to sleep early and awake early, we will not only feel better but be living in a way to receive promised blessings from heaven.

Dietary Choices:
Well, this is an ironic place for me to start! In one year, I hope to be a registered dietitian, as well. And just like everyone else, I still really could be better. I think my biggest struggle here is eating what I really want to eat - listening to my eternal eating cues. I will listen to these cues. Eat only till 80% full. This all very challenging when you work as a cook, but I will work on it this week.

Exercise:
This week I will not be working 54 hours like last week. I can get up at 6:15 am to exercise from 6:30 to 6:55. This would definitely help me to not be so angry at how out of shape and infrequently I exercise.

Sleep:
This means that I need to get to bed around 10:15 pm ... like an old person.

Her next point was on keeping our minds clean and pure.

Keeping Our Minds Clean and Pure:
I don't believe I do anything bad in day to drive the spirit away, but I could better come home and immediately make another one of these blogs (which would require more gospel study and pondering) than just turning on Netflix to unwind.

Well, I think that is enough goals for today.