Diet Relationships

Is Your Diet a Relationship?

While I was at worship service on Easter, I was thinking about the Ultimate Relationship… You and God (or The Universe, Your Savior, or any other name you want to use). The thought came that many of us use our entire lives to develop this relationship in preparation for the afterlife, and then we hope to pass the test once we get there! We realize how ridiculous it sounds to ask for forgiveness of our sins, then immediately commit that sin. The better our relationship is with this Higher Power, the better our lives, here on Earth, can be.

The same situation exists between our bodies and its relationship with our diet. For example, let’s say that we all have a goal to live as long as we can and die of natural causes. Then we foolishly pick up a habit of having a cola and a candy bar every afternoon for lunch. We repeatedly say we want to lose weight, but we just don’t know how. Sounds like that relationship between the diet and the body isn’t working; such as wanting to pass the “afterlife test” and continuously knowingly sinning.

We need to treat our diet, nutrition and our bodies as a relationship and learn that the more we foster a good relationship and are respectful of the parties involved, the healthier we are and the more fulfilling our life can be. We all know sinning is inhibitive to our relationship with our Higher Power just as we all know that sugar is inhibitive to our health.

If you still can’t imagine them as a relationship, use a personal relationship in your life. Do you think your spouse will hang around if all you did was put them down and beat them all day? Do you think your body will “hang around” if all you do is put it down and beat it all day? I don’t think so! 

Start now to develop that great relationship between your body and your diet.  You'll begin to love both all over again!