{"id":2913,"date":"2016-01-25T01:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T06:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amykazor.com\/?p=2913"},"modified":"2024-05-16T11:43:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T15:43:07","slug":"finding-balance-in-my-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amyhood.biz\/site\/finding-balance-in-my-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Balance in My Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2914\" src=\"https:\/\/amyhood.biz\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/CreateBalance-300x251.png\" alt=\"Finding Balance in My Health\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amyhood.biz\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/CreateBalance-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/amyhood.biz\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/CreateBalance-150x126.png 150w, https:\/\/amyhood.biz\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/CreateBalance-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/amyhood.biz\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/CreateBalance.png 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In 2014, as a part of my Faith-Filled Annual Planning Experience I selected this verse: <em>&#8220;For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control\u2026&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2014 was a pivotal year for me around this verse. I felt called to this passage because I had found faith again, I was studying God&#8217;s Word and working on my own personal development (taking courses and increasing my skills) but I really needed to get a handle on self-control. It was as much needing to allow it as it was needing to do it. I focused on rounding out my practice with more ideal clients, finding work I really, truly love to do, and getting a handle on my health. Self-control. In addition to having amazing clients and converting my food intake away from my food sensitivities and allergies, I also made a lifestyle change to eat Paleo and worked with a functional medicine doctor to balance my hormones. The result? I lost over 50 pounds and regained my health. God provided, led, and gave me the tools and strength to make lasting change.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, I chose another verse for 2016 with a similar focus. Last month I wrote about <em>Ringing In the New Year: New Ways to Begin<\/em> (you can read more about that <a href=\"http:\/\/amykazor.com\/ringing-in-the-new-year-new-ways-to-begin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>) and one of my focuses for 2016\u2026 Finding Balance.<\/p>\n<p>My health is still a focus. In 2012, just a few months after my second move in two years, I was so far from health it was actually terrifying. That weight loss in 2014 was the beginning. I have maintained that path and lost a total of 80 pounds. But that isn&#8217;t the most important thing. My health is so much better. That has been my focus. That has been my reward. I wanted balance in that area and I have found it\u2026 but just like a balance beam or a tight wire\u2026 it is something I am working on every single day.<\/p>\n<p>[tweetthis]Just like a balance beam or a tight wire\u2026 health is something I am working on every single day.[\/tweetthis]<\/p>\n<p>I approach each and every work day from a better mental place now. The foods I choose to put in my body support my needs. I cheat from time to time (the holidays were tough) and each time I see the mental clarity dissolve, I have pain in my hands as I type, and I have trouble handling the challenges that each day brings. But, I clean up the diet, focus on the water balance, and work out again and all becomes right in the world. I balance the bad back out with the good.<\/p>\n<p>I wish I could share an image of the vibrancy and energy I have gained as I have shed the extra weight. I cannot. Instead it is an image that displays the before and after visual. But know, the inside impact, and my health improvements, far outweigh anything visual.<\/p>\n<p>Balance in this area has shown me what is possible. It&#8217;s an amazing blessing in my life and I will continue to focus there every day.<\/p>\n<p>What does balance mean to you? I would love to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2014, as a part of my Faith-Filled Annual Planning Experience I selected this verse: &#8220;For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control\u2026&#8221; 2014 was a pivotal year for me around this verse. 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