Learning and Growing

I have been blessed in the past couple weeks by helping out with the depression seminar our church has been hosting. We are doing the series that Dr. Neil Nedley put out. What I didn't expect was that I would be benefiting as much as our guests are. ;) I guess that is always the case, always room for growing. God has been working on me to get me eating healthier. It might seem strange for me to be in such a place again, being a Nutrition major and with my past history and all, but yet, with all the temptatious foods out there, and my weakness for ice cream, it is very possible. Strangely, even though I have been studying nutrition for over two years now, the majority of my classes don't have anything to do with food, but other aspects of health and a health care career. I think it is just the way my schedule is set , but I am sure ready for the classes that actually focus on my field! I need it for my own health as well! I was reminded last night at our meeting of some foods that are especially good for the different nutrients our body needs, and for the seminar's case, those especially necessary for depression patients: Omega 3, B-12, Folic Acid, and another one which I am forgetting. Some of the highlighted foods were flax seed, walnuts, wheat germ, spinach, tofu, and brewer's yeast. We were also given some suggestions as to how to implement these foods in our daily diet. So I decided to give some of these tips a try. I had to make a late night stop at the grocery store anyway, so I picked up a few of the mentioned items. Then I made a smoothie this morning with orange juice, two fresh bananas, frozen strawberries, blueberries, a frozen banana, flax seed, wheat germ, and oat bran, as well as a little soy milk to make it creamier. It was amazing! Adam really like it too! A truly filling drink! After Adam left for work I went down to try out the elliptical machine I bought used the other day. After being invigorated by that, I came back upstairs for the rest of my morning activities. I also implemented the wheat germ on my cereal as well as walnuts (which I had already been doing).

The result.....I feel great! God's plan for our health really is the best! He wants us to feel healthy, awake, and alive! Its just a matter of listening to Him when He tells us something, and finding the means to implement the techniques!