Are you fighting through an Injury?

Is Life throwing a bunch of lemons at you? 

Is your family making it hard to eat healthy? 

Start focusing on what you can do as opposed to what you can't do. 

Take those lemons and make lemonade! 

Change your habits and inspire your family as they watch you change.

"He has made everything beautiful in its time." Ecclesiastes 3:11

"Your ATTITUDE is a little thing that makes a BIG difference!

SMALL CHANGES, BIG RESULTS!!

Fighting Night Time Food Cravings

How Do you Fight Those Night Time Food Cravings?

We can all relate to food cravings! That intense gotta have something sweet or salty feeling that can literally make us go crazy as we down a whole bag of chips and ruin our hard earned perfect day of eating and exercise!!

Food cravings can be caused by several different factors!

• Hormone Imbalances from lack of sleep, poor eating habits, medical issues, learned patterns and behaviors, etc..
• Not eating enough Fiber in your diet
• Dehydration
• Stress and emotional exhaustion
• Sleep Deprivation

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  Fun ideas that I have used: 
  Put a sign up or goal picture that will make you reevaluate your choice.  Put this sign in the fridge or in the pantry. 
  Have a system in place. For example, Dance like a crazy person to your favorite song (yes, I have done this LOL), If you still really want something: eat a cucumber. It takes effort to peel, and a long time to crunch and eat. Next if you are still needing something have a hot cup of peppermint tea (sweetened with stevia). You get my drift, figure out what works for you!
  Brush your teeth
  Chew a piece of Gum
  Exercise, go for a walk, etc..
  All of these suggestions are of course after you have eaten sufficiently for the day and know that eating more will go against what you are trying to accomplish.
  Preparation is key to success. Know your tendencies and plan so you can live fit, have flat abs, and feel good about yourself! Join my online community for more tips about how to develop a healthy and fit lifestyle both spiritually and physically @ www.freakofnaturefitness.com
  
  
  Small Changes lead to Big Results,
  Tosha Firestone

Interval Training

Hello! This is Tosha Firestone. I am excited to talk with you about Interval Training today!

Intervals are intense, short, bursts of energy that have a long lasting effect! If your goal is weight loss and/or a strong, healthy, and fit body adding interval workouts to your routine is a MUST!

FOR EXAMPLE: Do your normal weight lifting routine but in between sets add 1 minute of jump rope, jumping jacks, burpees, one minute sprint etc.. Do these intervals throughout your entire workout and watch your body go through a transformation when you couple that with a clean diet.

While I continued to put the final touches on my fitness e-book at www.freakofnaturefitness.com  God challenged me with the true meaning of being fit!

"For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things holding promise for both the present life and the life to come"  1 Timothy 4:8

Through this challenge the Lord inspired me to "pause" my fitness passion and prepare something for HIM first.  That is when Interval Training With Jesus 365 Day Devotional E-Book was Born.

Short, intense conversations with Jesus that are close to my heart from my quiet times with the Lord. God wants to meet you where you are and bring you into a close, growing personal relationship with him.  Spiritual Intervals coupled with Physical Intervals creates a synergy and an environment internally that will bring you joy, peace, and health!  For more information about this devotional visit: www.intervaltrainingwithjesus.com

Become apart of the community on facebook to be inspired to live fit both physically and spiritually at: www.facebook.com/intervaltrainingwithjesus   and www.facebook.com/freakofnaturefitness

Thank you and be blessed!!
Tosha Firestone

Small Changes lead to Big Results

What Feelings are you Surfing?

Hi My name is Tosha. I have been married for 13 years and have 3 beautiful kiddos! I am happy to be blogging for Erin once a month. I played volleyball in college and have a passion for health and fitness. I am silencing the myths and bringing the truth to light about fitness and nutrition here:  www.facebook.com/freakofnaturefitness. Please join me.

FEELINGS ARE MUCH LIKE WAVES, WE CAN'T STOP THEM FROM COMING BUT WE CAN CHOOSE WHICH ONES WE SURF!

Feelings come and go based on our circumstances, our mood, our attitude, as well as other peoples' attitudes. So many people choose to live a life that is run by their feelings. Have you ever had that moment where you said to yourself  "What was I thinking!?!"

We live in a world that tells us to:
 "FOLLOW OUR HEART" , "CREATE YOURSELF" , "YOU DESERVE THE BEST"
As we let these worldly "mottos"  permeate into our minds and our hearts we open doorways for our feelings to attack us. We soon can become our own worst enemy. How often do we "FEEL" like eating healthy? Working out? Submitting to our husband? Putting others first? Forgiving one more time?

We will experience different kinds of feelings all day long. Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it. You cannot control the feelings and thoughts that may cross your mind, but at that moment you do have a choice whether to dwell on them!

The bible is very clear that we must have a game plan with how to deal with our thoughts and feelings.

"So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace." Romans 8:6 NLT


"...take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." 2 Corinthians 10:5

Are you currently entertaining thoughts and feelings in your mind that you know go against God's word? Are you an emotional roller coaster where often times the people around you never know what kind of mood you are going to be in? How about those "everything is meaningless" moments?

This is your SINFUL NATURE trying to rob you from God's best for your life. Stop, Pray , and Seek God through his word. He will meet you right where you are, and guide you along a straight path as he protects you not only from your circumstances, but from yourself. There are times when you absolutely should not trust yourself or lean on your own understanding!


"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight!" Proverbs 3:5

As you go through the process of trusting, God will correct your heart. There is Power in the Process. God is refining you and getting you to a point in your life where you will fulfill your potential!!

"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender responsive heart." Ezekiel 36:26


In HIM,
Tosha Firestone
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